What can MCT trainers do?
AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators — Included with FCI.
Microsoft Certified Trainers bring technical expertise into learning environments. But the real professional value of an instructor is not simply the ability to deliver content. It is the ability to help people understand, apply, solve problems, build confidence, and become more capable.
What can MCT trainers do?: Develop Portable Professional Instructor Capability
Microsoft Certified Trainers bring technical expertise into learning environments. But the real professional value of an instructor is not simply the ability to deliver content. It is the ability to help people understand, apply, solve problems, build confidence, and become more capable.
Professional context
MCTs work within the Microsoft learning ecosystem to help individuals and organizations understand and apply Microsoft technologies. But effective technical instruction reaches much further than explaining features, walking through labs, or presenting courseware.
Practical application
Turn technical concepts, platforms, tools, architectures, and processes into language learners can understand.
Knowledge transfer
Show learners how technology operates in realistic situations rather than limiting instruction to theory.
Career opportunity
Help people move from uncertainty toward greater confidence in using technology independently.
FCI develops 15 transferable professional instructor competencies: communication, active listening, facilitation, emotional intelligence, presentation, questioning, classroom management, conflict resolution, executive presence, coaching, feedback, adaptability, critical thinking, problem solving, and knowledge transfer.
Transfer What You Know. Develop What Others Can Do.
Technical or occupational expertise provides the subject foundation. Professional instructor capability strengthens communication, facilitation, coaching, and the application of knowledge in real work.
Any One of These Three Pathways Qualifies
Recognized Certification
Relevant technical, industry, professional, or occupational certification.
Professional Experience
At least one year of relevant professional experience.
Employer Verification
An employer verification letter confirming relevant expertise.
Only one accepted pathway is required. No college degree is required.
Choose Your Professional Instructor Certification Pathway
FDTEC Certified Instructor™
Develop professional instructor competencies around the expertise you already possess. Includes the AI module, digital credential, and lifetime course access.
Explore Standard FCIFCI Capstone Verified
Extend the FCI pathway with applied instructional performance verification.
Explore Capstone VerifiedApplying Instructor Capability in This Professional Context
Microsoft Certified Trainers bring technical expertise into learning environments. But the real professional value of an instructor is not simply the ability to deliver content. It is the ability to help people understand, apply, solve problems, build confidence, and become more capable.
Microsoft Certified Trainers bring technical expertise into learning environments. But the real professional value of an instructor is not simply the ability to deliver content. It is the ability to help people understand, apply, solve problems, build confidence, and become more capable.
MCTs work within the Microsoft learning ecosystem to help individuals and organizations understand and apply Microsoft technologies. But effective technical instruction reaches much further than explaining features, walking through labs, or presenting courseware.
Turn technical concepts, platforms, tools, architectures, and processes into language learners can understand.
Show learners how technology operates in realistic situations rather than limiting instruction to theory.
Help people move from uncertainty toward greater confidence in using technology independently.
Ask questions, challenge assumptions, troubleshoot obstacles, and help learners think beyond memorized procedures.
Help teams connect technology to workflows, business requirements, operational realities, and performance expectations.
Move people beyond exposure to knowledge toward understanding, application, capability, and stronger performance.
Microsoft May Be How You Found Us. Professional Instructor Development Is Why FDTEC Has Been Here Since 1999.
FDTEC spent more than 25 years working at the intersection of technology expertise and instructional capability. That experience reinforced something fundamental: knowing the technology and knowing how to develop other people are different professional capabilities.
The Microsoft MCT Pathway Has Changed. The Professional Need Behind Instructional Skills Has Not.
Today's workplace is increasingly cross-platform, cross-functional, AI-enabled, distributed, and outcome-driven. Professional instructors need capabilities that move with them across those environments.
That is why FDTEC's modern instructor-development model goes beyond one technology company, one certification ecosystem, or one instructional setting.
Your Technical Expertise Is Valuable. Professional Instructor Capability Multiplies What You Can Do With It.
Subject-matter expertise and instructional capability are not competing qualifications. They reinforce each other.
The technology, industry, business, professional, or specialized knowledge you already possess.
Communication, facilitation, presentation, questioning, coaching, feedback, problem solving, adaptability, and knowledge transfer.
More ways to help learners, teams, customers, employers, and organizations turn expertise into usable capability.
Qualification and Certification Assessment
Candidates qualify through one accepted pathway: a relevant technical, industry, professional, or occupational certification; at least one year of relevant professional experience; or employer verification of relevant expertise. No degree required.
The FCI assessment includes 50 questions, a two-hour time limit, a 75% passing score, and multiple attempts.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is the AI module included with FCI?
Yes. AI for Trainers, Facilitators, Coaches & Educators is included with FCI.
How do I qualify for FCI?
Candidates qualify through one accepted pathway: a relevant technical, industry, professional, or occupational certification; at least one year of relevant professional experience; or employer verification of relevant expertise. No degree is required.
What is the FCI certification assessment?
The assessment has 50 questions, a two-hour time limit, a 75% passing score, and multiple attempts.
What are the self-paced program prices?
FDTEC Certified Instructor™ is $1,497. FCI Capstone Verified is $2,497.
How long is the FCI credential valid?
The FCI credential is valid for 36 months.
Expand Where Your Expertise Can Take You.
Cross-Platform. Cross-Industry. Professional Instructor Certification Is Here.