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Microsoft Learning has just released our first White Paper on Cloud Computing: What IT Professionals Need to Know. The move to cloud solutions opens up new opportunities for IT professionals and they should look forward with both competence and confidence. Key technical skill sets become more critical...

Microsoft Learning is conducting a focus group to improve our certifications, and we'd like to hear your thoughts. To participate, you need to hold at least one Microsoft certification (IT Pro or developer). Participants will be compensated. NOTE : This research is aimed at candidates who are not...

After talking to customers, New Horizons found that many customers get busy in the days and weeks right after taking their training classes, and by the time they are free to go sit for a certification exam, they are worried that have forgotten much of the information they need to pass the exam. To help...

Microsoft MVPs Rob Miles and Andy Wigley are back! Mobile application developers raved about the fast-paced, demo-rich original Windows Phone 7 Jump Start . Don’t miss out on the sequel: Building Applications for Windows Phone Mango Jump Start is a two-day virtual class specially tailored for developers...

Earlier this year we asked the Career Factor cast to give us feedback on their journey so far and any advice they have for others following their paths. As their stories come to a close, we’re publishing their personal statements to help you get inspired to start your own journey. (Another great...

Neil Simon applied for Career Factor while he planned a move from his native Dublin, Ireland to Terrace, British Columbia, Canada. Despite a big move and adjusting to living in Canada while keeping up with his work back in Ireland, Neil set out to develop an app for Windows Azure and document it for...

Rabeb Othmani is finishing her college career with an impressive résumé: Microsoft Student Partner, Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist, Imagine Cup 2010 national winner, and now Career Factor star. As a young, experienced developer, Rabeb faces a promising career ahead. Rabeb's...

Simon Davis lives in England, works in North Wales, and manages a team of software engineers whose services are in demand around the world. (Ask him about spending time in a Malaysian prison !) As an IT manager, Simon's Career Factor goal was to help his employer maintain Microsoft Gold Certified...

A few weeks back we rolled out a sneak preview of a new item type for developer exams. Now you can see for yourself what this item type is about and tell us what you think. The code case study item type is designed to test you on some of the skills you'd use when you review or maintain code. Code...

Microsoft has developed a new item type for developer exams, and we’d like you to be the first to see it and give us feedback. Join .NET subject matter expert Bill Chapman as he demonstrates the code case study. This item type is designed to test you on some of the skills you'd use when you...

What's happening on Career Factor? Read on to find out... Caroline – The Office Competition Contender, Canada Goal: Compete at the 2011 Certiport Worldwide Competition on Office This week: Caroline received encouragement and congratulations from Certiport . She also celebrated her 21 st birthday...

Late last week we announced the release of a new "Jump Start" course designed specifically for Application Architects and Developers. “Building Cloud Applications using the Windows Azure Platform” provides an in-depth illustration of how developers can leverage the Cloud using the...

Exam 70-506: TS: Silverlight 4, Development is now available in Prometric testing centers. This exam is intended for software developers who are creating rich Internet-based applications using Silverlight. The exam focuses mainly on Silverlight 4, but also covers core Silverlight concepts. Candidates...

Just before the Holidays, Microsoft hosted another new and exclusive Jump Start virtual training event, this time covering the Windows Azure Platform. What a success! “Building Cloud Applications using the Windows Azure Platform” was tailored for application architects and developers interested...

We're still looking for volunteers to help us with the development of a new Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)* exam covering Microsoft .NET fundamentals. So if you've taught introductory Developer courses in a high school, community college, or other learning environnment, we want you! MTA...

Have you taught introductory Developer courses in a high school, community college, or other learning environment? We’re looking for volunteers to help us with the development of a new Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)* exam covering Microsoft .NET fundamentals. MTA is the first Microsoft certification...

Now available for your viewing pleasure: Colin Lyth explains the Microsoft Certification family for developer technologies, shares upcoming plans for developer training and talks about the growth in developer certification. Watch Now Visit the IT Manager portal to view the upcoming schedule, download...

Microsoft has developed a special series of webcasts to help managers of IT professionals and developers get the most out of training and certification opportunities and optimize team performance. Developer Certifications (and Why Your Team Needs Them) Wednesday, October 20, 2010, 8:00 A.M. Pacific Time...

Available now on MSDN: the second volume in our Windows Azure Patterns and Practices series . Volume 1, Moving Applications to the Cloud on the Windows Azure Platform, provides an introduction to Windows Azure, discusses the cost model and application life cycle management for cloud-based applications...

Back in July, we put together 12 hours worth of live training on Windows Phone 7 that over 1,000 of you attended. We then released it in August as a series of videos to get you up to speed on all you needed to know for Windows Phone 7 application development. As it turns out, a few things have changed...