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Boost your career, take a second shot if you need one

By adding Second Shot to our Career Initiative, you can now register for a free retake (should you need it), and take the exam with less anxiety and fear of not passing the exam. ... read more

Digital MOC Just Got Better

Three months ago, Microsoft released digitally 71 of its most popular Microsoft Official Courses (MOC). Since that time, we've received a lot of great feedback and have been working around the clock to make improvements to the digital MOC experience. Today I'm happy to announce that digital MOC just got better. You asked, and we listened. Digital MOC now includes: ... read more




2009 Best in Show winner: Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit

Posted by Devon Musgrave on Feb 8, 2010
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Kim Spilker here. The Society for Technical Communications is an international organization of technical communicators whose purpose is to foster quality in print and online technical publications. Other competitors at the local level (Puget Sound region) included Microsoft UA teams and organizations like Boeing, Hewlett-Packard, and King County.

On a Tuesday night a couple of weeks ago Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Resource Kit won Best in Show in this year’s STC competition. The STC president remarked that the decision ultimately came down to the fact that this book was just really well written.

More winners from Microsoft Press and Next Level of Competition

This year Microsoft Press entered five books in the Technical Publications category of the 2009 STC Competition-Puget Sound Chapter. An amazing four of our five entries received awards, including two Distinguished awards, which is STC’s highest level of award!

Our Excellence and Distinguished winners now qualify for entry in the International STC competition.

Congratulations to our editorial team, creative team, planners, and authors – the STC judging standards are rigorous and these books reflect the best in the technical communication community.


Now Available! 70-579: TS: Windows Mobile 6.5, Configuring

Posted by sramesh on Feb 8, 2010
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Exam 70-579 is now available in Prometric testing centers. This is a technical specialist (TS) exam designed to assess candidates’ hands-on skills configuring Windows Mobile 6.5 devices. .

A qualified candidate for this exam possesses a deep and broad understanding of managing and configuring the user experience for mobile devices and mobile applications in a business environment. The candidate has the knowledge of concepts such as Outlook® Web Access (OWA) and synchronization solutions and XML configuration.

The candidate also has a minimum of one year of experience working with Windows Mobile devices. Experience includes using or managing Windows Mobile 6.5 with Exchange Server 2007, Configuration Manager 2007, and System Center Mobile Device Manager 2008. The successful candidate also has knowledge of mobile and general network security concepts such as firewalls, encryption, certificates, and configuration XML and security protocols; Microsoft ActiveSync® 4.5 or later or Windows Mobile Device Center 6.1; and messaging protocols.

The exam covers the following topics:

  • Configuring Device Connectivity
  • Configuring Device Synchronization
  • Configuring Enterprise Connectivity
  • Configuring Security
  • Managing Devices

For a more detailed list of the skills measured on this exam, check out the prep guide. To schedule your exam, visit Prometric’s Web site.


Take This Fun MSL Student IT Job Role quiz

Posted by Tjeerd Veninga on Feb 6, 2010
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Try the fun quiz on Microsoft Learning for Students Facebook site:  http://apps.facebook.com/plan-your-it-bejidae/


Call for Office 2010 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)!

Posted by Tjeerd Veninga on Feb 5, 2010
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Do you want to help develop a Microsoft certification exam?  Here’s your chance! 

Certiport© is recruiting SMEs to help refine the content of the Office 2010 certification exams.  Participants will be chosen based on expertise with the Office 2010 products – especially Word and Excel.  But, they are also looking for PowerPoint, Outlook, Access, One Note and SharePoint (end-user) expertise.  You will need access to the Internet and email to complete surveys related to this work.  Compensation will be in US dollars via gift certificates or gift cards. 

If you are interested, please submit your resume with details about your past experience working and teaching with Microsoft Office to SMERecruitment@certiport.com

Office 2010 SMEs with experience writing examination items are especially needed for this effort.

Learn how a certification exam is developed…become a SME!


Live Meetings for Managers: What Happened to the MCSE

Posted by Deborah Grauer on Feb 5, 2010
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If you were one of the 700+ folks who joined our first Live Meetings for Managers presentation … Thank You.

If you missed the Live Meeting or want to view it again, you can find a link to the recording as well as our schedule and registration links for the next meeting on our new IT Manager Portal

Ken did a fabulous job leading this topic, and the conversation is continuing here on Born to Learn.

Last of all, if you have ideas for a presentation topic as part of the Live Meetings for Managers series post them right here.


Prometric IT Scheduling System Planned Outage

Posted by Krista Wall on Feb 5, 2010
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Were you planning on registering for some exams prior to the start of that football game going on in Miami this weekend?  Letting you know that starting Sunday February 7th at 8 a.m. EST, Prometric will be experiencing a planned outage.  During the outage the Global Contact Center, Site and Internet registration will not be available.  They anticipate being unavailable for up to 6 hours.


Elevate America: Georgia, Kentucky, Colorado

Posted by Ken Rosen on Feb 5, 2010
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More states are on-line in our Elevate America program:

Kentucky has over 20,000 training and certification vouchers to distribute to state residents (unemployed workers have first dibs)

Colorado has over one million vouchers up for grabs.

Georgia is distributing at least 25,000 vouchers over the next few months.

Vouchers are available now—claim ‘em if you need ‘em! (click the links on the state names above for redemption instructions)


Looking for Certified Idols

Posted by Tjeerd Veninga on Feb 4, 2010
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[updated with Developer Roles and a working email address:-))

Microsoft Learning is seeking individuals to record video testimonials for our ‘Career Campaign.’ The Career Campaign is about providing customers training, guidance and offers to help them get skilled for popular jobs in IT and Development, to help people get a job, get a promotion, or become indispensible. For more info visit: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/start/start-career.aspx.

For these videos, we are seeking certified talent:

Customers who have a Job in IT/Development mapping to a job role listed in the Career Campaign. Here are a list of names w/alternative names in () :

· Server Administrator (Systems administrator, Windows Server administrator)

· Enterprise Administrator (Informational asset manager, Enterprise storage administrator, Network administrator, Reuse engineer, Software process specialist)

· Database Administrator (Data storage manager, Database analyst, Database designer)

· Consumer Support Technician (First-level or second-level support, Help desk, Junior administrator, Desktop and end-user support)

· Enterprise Support Technician (Second-level support, Lead desktop support technician, Help desk technician, Network engineer, Senior support staff)

· Enterprise Messaging Administrator (Mail server administrator, Messaging administrator, E-mail administrator)

· Web Developer (Web site manager, Web designer, Web administrator)

· Windows Developer (Database Developer Programmer, Engineer, Application/line-of-business specialist, Applications administrator)

· Business Intelligence Developer (Business systems analyst, Application systems analyst)

· Enterprise Application Developer (Informational asset manager, Enterprise storage administrator, Network administrator)

· Database Developer (Database administrator, SQL Server database developer)

In  the video we would ideally like you to discuss what you do, why you love their job, what projects you have worked on, benefits/rewards of their job, and how Microsoft Certification has helped you advance your career.

If you are interested in participating, please send us a small write-up (No more than 500 words per submission) with contact info (etc.). We will read each of the stores and evaluate, decide on the best ones for additional follow-up. Videos will be roughly 1 to 2 minutes in length. As part of the video we will also highlight individual/company information, etc. if desired, and put it on our Career site for additional exposure.

Please let us know if you have additional questions.

Submit your write-up to: myvideo@microsoft.com


Breaking the first rule of Fight Club

Posted by Ken Rosen on Feb 4, 2010
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For those of us here at Microsoft who are passionate about certification and are aware of our efforts to stamp out illegal braindumps, proxies, and the like, there’s nothing more frustrating than the blanket directive our legal team gives us not to discuss this stuff.

Even though I understand why (sort of)—cases can be compromised and influenced by our statements about them—it’s frustrating when you guys accuse us (understandably) of not doing enough to combat exam piracy and we’re not allowed to share examples of doing just that.

Which is why I was perversely delighted today to read this article in our local defunct-in-print-but-thriving-on-line Seattle Post-Intelligencer about a lawsuit we reportedly filed this week. I figure it’s a loophole (until my wrist gets slapped otherwise)… after all, if it’s in the news, and it pertains to Microsoft certification, that’s pretty much our bread-and-butter here at Born to Learn!

So read on, but don’t ask me for more information… I’m probably being watched. :-)


Visit our updated Career Portal

Posted by Tjeerd Veninga on Feb 3, 2010
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Whether you are new to IT or a seasoned PRO, you will likely find valuable information and special offers on our Career Portal.

Get the help you need to land the top jobs. Earning Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) status opens the doors to great IT and software development jobs. It’s the professional credential recognized by employers around the world, and Microsoft Learning has the tools to help you succeed.

Take advantage of our special offers, free career guidance, and Learning Plans designed to get you to the next step—whether you are just starting out, changing careers, or looking for professional advancement.

 

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