There are a number of benefits associated with Microsoft certification for organisations already employing or wishing to recruit IT professionals:

• Reliable benchmarks for hiring, promoting and rewarding employees. Hiring job candidates with MCP credentials assures employers that they are getting qualified professionals with proven proficiency in Microsoft technologies. Similarly, promotions and reward schemes have a solid foundation when they are dependant, amongst other things, on passing official Microsoft exams and obtaining qualifications.
• A way to measure training effectiveness. Many employers feel that they often do not get as much concrete result from training as anticipated. By knowing that, after the course, they will be tested in a rigorous manner, participants tend to concentrate more and intensify their effort to grasp the topics on which they are trained.
• Higher technical standards, improved service, better productivity. The competition resulting from the Microsoft exam and certification scheme is a strong incentive towards higher performance and effectiveness.