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UPDATE (2/3/12): Our survey is now closed. Watch BTL for more opportunities to get involved in the future. Thanks for your help! UPDATE (2/2/12): Thank you to everyone who has completed our survey so far - the response from the community has been terrific. I will be closing the survey tomorrow at 12pm...

This question is raised often amongst experienced IT professionals and in the most part their argument is that across the board, current MCTS and MCITP exams have become easier than the older "MCP" exams. I may stand alone here, but I must respectfully disagree :-S Let me share one point of...

Hi - I'm Mark Protus and want to introduce myself to the community. I'm a Lead Customer Marketing Manager at Microsoft Learning and have previously worked with professionals in both the Developer and IT Pro communities. In my new role, I'll be orchestrating customer and readiness materials...

Today we started our "train the trainer" Microsoft Certified Trainer Bootcamp in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. We have enrolled 13 experienced IT professionals to participate in the week long bootcamp, all aiming to join the community of 18,000 MCT trainers worldwide. Due to the earthquake disaster...

The updated Member Site has launched! Log into www.microsoft.com/certified to check out the new features, functionality, and design. As always, we would love your feedback and thoughts on the new experience. Please make sure to leave us your thoughts by clicking on the feedback button at the bottom of...

Windows Server professionals, What is the most common mistake or troubleshooting scenario when configuring Active Directory objects? Help us keep it real on our exams! Take one of our quick surveys on Windows Server 2008 . At the end of each month, we’ll give away exam vouchers (good for any Microsoft...

Yes, it’s true: we’re raising our MCP exam prices for the first time in almost a decade. (Technically, I should probably say "changing" since not every country will see an increase, but for most of you, it's an increase.) The new prices go into effect on July 1 st (August 1...

We are currently gathering information for exams 70-243 and 70-242. These exams cover System Center Configuration Manager 2012 and System Center Operations Manager 2012. If you are a System Center subject matter expert, we would like to get your input. The questions will be about experience, primary...

If you’re a Microsoft Certified Trainer, we know you’re all about helping your students acquire expertise on Microsoft products, technologies, and solutions. Now you can help them prove their expertise as well: Learning Rewards enables you to offer your students the best possible deal on certification...

If you receive our MCP Daily Flash, you’ve seen in the announcement about some new and updated MCP Benefits. If you receive the weekly or monthly editions, here’s what you have to look forward to: MCP and MCT Member Sites : Look for a new site to launch later this year—we’re hard at work improving, simplifying...

2011 will mark my third Microsoft TechED North America conference and I couldn’t be more excited for May to arrive. As active as I am in the Microsoft Partner network, it took me to actually attend the conference to understand its TRUE value. An analogy to help convey its value would be, “What...

Many of you have been asking us to collect our Windows Azure training and certification resources in a single place—and we’re happy to oblige. Just published: our new Windows Azure Training and Certification Portal , where you can review learning plans, watch snacks, find training, and prep for exams...

Braindumps . We all know they’re out there, and we all know it’s wrong to use them, and it’s very wrong to distribute them. (Lifetime decertification would be the least of your worries.) But just as with software piracy, we know there’s a seedy underbelly in this business, and we do our best to ensure...

Are you a BizTalk subject matter expert (SME)? We are currently working on a refresh of a TS exam for developing business process and integration solutions by using Microsoft® BizTalk® Server 2010 and looking for BizTalk SMEs who would like to volunteer and give us feedback through an online...

This week, the Certification team will host three events during PDC hours to give developers the opportunity to see what’s new in certification at Microsoft and help shape our program. All events will take place on Thursday, October 28, in Building 40, Classroom 3 on Microsoft Main Campus in Redmond...

Exam 70-523 is now finally available in Prometric testing centers! This exam is intended for candidates who hold an MCPD Web Application Developer 3.5 certification to upgrade to MCPD Web Applications Developer 4. Candidates for this exam should have experience designing and developing Web-based applications...

In January 1993, I was 24 years old, ten months into my marriage and four months away from fatherhood. My history degree collected dust while I spent my days as an administrative assistant, typing and filing for a staff of architects and engineers only a few years older than me; my wife was still in...

Exam 70-521 is now finally available in Prometric testing centers. This exam is designed for candidates who current hold an MCPD certification as a Windows Developer on .NET 3.5 to upgrade to the MCPD Windows Applications Developer 4. Candidates for this exam should have experience with developing applications...

What are the best situations, common mistakes, or typical tasks that should be the focus in exams? Should we ask how to share SharePoint content externally? How about configuring a SharePoint 2010 farm? How much should we focus on configuring search? We would like to invite SharePoint subject matter...

How would you test someone’s ability to design a database backup strategy? How do you validate someone’s knowledge on designing file storage for a SQL Server database? How would you ensure the DBA you intend to hire can deploy a SQL instance in a fault-tolerant manner? We would like to invite...