I need to be recertified as a Independent Developer

csimoneaux wrote:

We have purchased Development granual

If you purchased the development granule, then it shouldn't expire and you shouldn't have to retake the exams.

Only the solution center licenses expire, so it sounds like you're using an illegal copy of the license for development...

csimoneaux wrote:

We have an employee that has a full developers license. this company was looking into getting a partner status. My license expired because I need to retest. I am trying to do this. Can you help me with information?

Individual developers do not own developer licenses, it appears to me that you used to work for a solution center and you took the developer license with you to another job. Your name might be on it, but the license is owned by the solution center. Licenses don't expire because you need to retest, they expire because solution centers pay an annual fee for it, and expiring license is a way to get solution centers to pay the bill.

csimoneaux wrote:

This company is not doing anything illegal!!
SO CALM DOWN everyone.

It's hard to remain calm when solution centers works so hard to get their license and partner status, then an unethical employee steals their license and go works for the end user.

The employee is employed by the employer (duh), if the employer is aware that the employee is stealing copyrighted material from another company to do work for the employer, then the employing company is doing something illegal. So legally, your company is doing something illegal...

As far as I know MSFT does not issue NAV developer licenses to individuals, only to solution centers. As far as I know the only way to get them to issue one is to tie the license request to a solution center. Anyone who does so without working for that solution center is doing something illegal. I don't mean to accuse anybody for doing anything illegal, but I don't know of any legal way of doing what you are describing.

When you buy the developer granules as an end customer, it doesn't expire. The only license that expires is a solution center developer license. It doesn't expire because of a certification date, but because of a license fee that must be paid.

Just to put it in perspective, each developer license costs a solution center thousands of dollars. We might just be talking about a little 16k binary file here, but it represents actual money being transferred, and if that is not done legally, then I'd say there is cause to be upset. Thousands of dollars is a big deal where I come from.

csimoneaux wrote:

How does one become an independant Developer. I know that there are many people out there that work for themselves as developers. What do I need to do to get a legal Full Dev License?

To my knowledge, MSFT never gave individual licenses. It was an individual license, however, it was assigned to the solution center as well.

I am trying to do the right thing. I am an honset person.
Should I let my boss know that this other developer is doing something illegal? I really did not know this.

You're only in trouble if MSFT comes after you. In which case, consult your lawyer.

Hello,
Could anybody tell me how much do the development granules cost?

matttrax wrote:

About $30,000 US last I saw. I don't know if that includes report writer, dataport writer, etc. That might cost more.

$36,000.00 to be exact. (App. Build plus solution developer).

The solution developer granule is not assigned to the individual, it's assigned to the company. So this means that if you're a contractor and you convinced your customer to buy the solution developer granules, you will not be able to use it to develop granules that the customers did not purchase.

For most companies, buying the Application Builder (8k) is more than enough.