According to Microsoft, as of April 2009:

153,130 people have received the MCDBA: SQL Server 2000 certification

51,445 people have received the MCTS: SQL Server 2005 certification

854 people have received the MCTS: SQL Server 2008 Implementation and Maintenance Certification

3,577 people have received the MCTS: SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence certification

333 people have received the MCTS: SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance certification

456 people have received the MCTS: SQL Server 2008 Database Development certification

7,928 people have received the MCITP: SQL Server 2005 Database Administrator certification

358 people have received the MCITP: SQL Server 2008 Database Administrator certification

3,377 people have received the MCITP: SQL Server 2005 Database Developer certification

213 people have received the MCITP: SQL Server 2008 Database Developer certification

1,385 people have received the MCITP: SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence Developer certification

137 people have received the MCITP: SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence Developer certification

18 people have received the MCA: Database certification

39 people have received the MCM: SQL Server 2005 certification

2 people have received the MCM: SQL Server 2008 certification

From the numbers above, it appears that DBA certifications are becoming less popular among DBAs. What do you think?

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