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The fourth challenge is live! Watch it here: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/bethenext.aspx Read on to find out more about the technical side of the challenge, and how you can enter to win free books and be entered to win a new laptop! This week I was joined this week by Dandy...

It was an awesome honor to be asked to be a guest judge for Be The Next Microsoft Employee. As noted in previous blogs on Be The Next , this is a great way to show the type of questions and problems we regularly face as Microsoft employees. For more information, check out the show’s website or...

Buck Woody and I set out to provide our contestants with a challenging, real world security scenario. With security being foremost on everyone’s mind these days, we felt that this was a very key scenario for which our contestants needed to demonstrate mastery not only of the basics, but some more...

Have you ever wanted to work at Microsoft? A few weeks ago I was approached to help with a very fun project – something you might not see at other tech companies. The idea was a reality show that brought together four contestants for a very unique set of challenges, that I would help design...

These contestants aren’t just good. They’re awesome. The four contestants on the reality show Be the Next are all hard-core SQL pros. They’re also funny, nice, and fearless. Only one will win—who do you think it’ll be? Alex Aguilar, aka SQL Hulk, from Phoenix, AZ...