Decision Log

One entry per decision, newest at top. Use Template - Decision for bigger ones that deserve their own note. Format: YYYY-MM-DD — Decision — why — answers [[Questions#^q-###]]

Decisions

• 2026-11-03 — Environment must be plug-and-play (client requirement): browser-based dev container with Copilot, HVE Core, Foundry and Fabric pre-wired — Environment
• 2026-11-03 — Merged planning notes into this vault; your note names kept as canonical — Vault Conventions
• 2026-11-03 — Scale target: up to 10,000 people, mixed roles (engineering, project management, etc.) and mixed technical levels — sizes Scale and Capacity Model, ^q-004
• 2026-11-03 — Trial program expected soon; funding, approval and marketing terms in negotiation with Microsoft — ^q-014
• 2026-11-03 — Deployment phase: leaning yes; structure TBD — ^q-018
• 2026-11-03 — Individuals earn the certificate (working assumption); firm-wide use TBD — ^q-017
• 2026-11-03 — Microsoft issues the certificate; Microsoft is filing an internal staffing issue to enable the project — ^q-015
• 2026-11-03 — HVE = Microsoft’s open-source HVE Core, taught as published — ^q-006
• 2026-11-03 — Frontier engineers teach; workshops are Microsoft-branded — ^q-003
• 2026-11-03 — Credential earned via in-person workshop, not an exam; design benchmarked on Claude Frontier Academy — ^q-002
• 2026-11-03 — White-label for Microsoft, sold to consulting firms (e.g. PwC), who use “Frontier Certified” as a business distinction — ^q-001
• 2026-11-03 — Delivery is in-person first, with the course platform as the before/during/after layer
• 2026-11-03 — Product scope is GitHub Copilot, Microsoft Foundry, Microsoft Fabric + HVE
• 2026-11-03 — Vault set up per Vault Conventions