About requirements to become a MCT

Hi Chipmuck 🙂 There are a list of recognized instructional qualifications (and the companies that provide the training to achieve them) for MCTs on the page below:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/mct-certification#requirements-to-become-mct

The 'Essential Educate Trainer' qualification you mention though is Microsoft internal staff member training which is not available publicly.