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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...

Exam 70-583: PRO: Designing and Developing Windows Azure Applications is now available in Prometric testing centers. This exam is a professional level exam for candidates who are seeking to prove their skills and knowledge in designing and developing applications that will be hosted on the Windows Azure...

You are invited to take beta exam 71-665: PRO: Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Administrator. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form. By participating in beta exams, you have the opportunity to provide the Microsoft...

You are invited to take beta exam 71-681: TS: Windows® 7 and Office 2010, Deploying . If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form. The 71-xxx identifier is used for registering for beta versions of MCP exams...

Exam 70-693 is live Exam 70-693 is now available in Prometric testing centers! This is a Professional exam designed to validate a candidate’s knowledge of Microsoft virtualization technologies. Candidates should have one to three years of experience using Microsoft virtualization products, including...

Windows 7 is just about the hottest ticket around and now you can get in on the action! Join Microsoft Certified Trainer, Craig Brown, this Thursday for the first ever exam cram to address the Windows 7 Technology Specialist and IT Professional exams all in one exciting session! Craig will take you from...

No red telephone for me—Sniff! Some of you may remember the Beta Drama, Red Telephones, and Silver Linings post from a few months ago. We did follow up with Prometric about whether they could move the registration start time from midnight Eastern Standard Time (EST) to sometime when Prometric offices...

Last July we launched a program that enables subject matter experts (SMEs) to express interest in participating in content development for Microsoft Learning. At the moment, our SME database contains about 2000 profiles—way more than I ever expected. If you have created a SME profile, you should have...

Anticipating the rapid adoption of Windows 7, Microsoft Learning introduced numerous training and certification resources and offers to help IT professionals and developers get up to speed quickly. Many of these resources, including certification upgrade paths, are now available on a single Web page...

Exam 70-663 is now available in Prometric testing centers. This is a Professional exam designed for candidates who are responsible for the Exchange messaging environment in an enterprise environment. Candidates for this exam are responsible for the planning and deployment of the Exchange servers in an...

When my colleague Deborah asked me to present a Live Meeting for IT hiring managers called “Whatever Happened to the MCSE? (and What’s This MCITP?),” I figured we’d maybe get a couple hundred interested participants. So when I checked the registration numbers today, I was a bit shocked to find that we...

As part of Microsoft Learning’s Career Initiative –which is designed to help customers and students to get trained and certified on Microsoft technologies – we are bringing back Second Shot starting TODAY. We believe Microsoft Certification can boost your career and we want you to be...

If you work with/are a student interested in a career in IT, check out Microsoft’s Student Career Portal . The portal provides students with information and resources about careers in information technology, and information on training, certification and resources to pursue five job roles.  Those...

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the EDST, so I thought I’d post what I think you want to know in one tidy package. Requirements To earn the MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician 7 credential, you’ll need to take the following exams: 70-680: TS: Windows 7, Configuring...

Late-night panic At about 9PM last night I get an IM from Helmer, telling me that the beta code for 693 is giving the error message “Promotion not found.” Helmer tells me that Freddie in Canada was able to register. So I know that (a) I put the correct registration start date in the notification; and...

Betas are very important to us here at Microsoft Learning, but so is releasing an exam in a timely manner. Not only because we like to strike while the iron is hot, but also because we have commitments to support the Product Team’s launch. We also have many partners, MCTs and other folks who depend...

I’d like to tell you a little story about a beta named 71-659: TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization. Notifications were sent Using our SME profile database, we identified folks who expressed interest in a beta, who had work experience with virtualization, and who authorized us to send...

Many of you have been asking about virtualization exams for some time now. Well, the first of the virtualization exams is entering beta soon, so I guess it’s time to open the box and let you see what’s inside. Here are the exams we currently have on the development schedule: 70-659: TS: Windows Server...

In 2010, we will be creating online communities where people can contribute and collaborate on exam questions for several live exams. We hope to establish a community-based item pool that not only taps into the real-world expertise of industry professionals but also opens the door for more influencers...

Exam 70-662 is now available in Prometric testing centers. This is a Technical Specialist exam designed to assess candidates’ hands-on skills configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2010. The typical candidate for this exam is a Messaging Generalist responsible for the maintenance and administration of...