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Have you joined the special offers and updates mailing list from Microsoft Learning? Here's a good reason to sign up soon: In addition to announcements about exclusive deals and the latest training and certification resources, if you sign up by February 28, 2011 we'll give you free access to...

I'm on the wait list for my Windows Phone 7, waiting is the hardest thing... If you have been reading Bob Caswell's blog posts , you may have seen some of the great Windows Phone 7 content that we offer, at no charge . If you plan to learn more about Windows Phone 7, check out the free e-book...

Today we had over 1,000 developers take part in Windows Phone 7 Jump Start Session 1 and Session 2 . It was a great event with lots of jokes , demos, and fun. Windows Phone 7 Jump Start training continues on Thursday. In fact, registration is still open for Session 3 and Session 4 . Feel free to sign...

Today the Windows Phone team announced the availability of the Windows Phone Developer Tools Beta . We here at Born To Learn wanted to highlight the best part of this announcement (well, in our opinion): Get Trained for FREE – Windows Phone 7 Jump Start Windows Phone 7 Jump Start is a FREE virtual...

It’s spring in the northern hemisphere, and here in our office it’s time for some spring cleaning! As Kanthi shared with you a couple of weeks ago, we’ve cleaned out and rearranged our virtual closet by revamping the Microsoft Training Catalog, and there are thousands of training and...

We’re happy to announce that Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant, Second Edition , by William Stanek, has shipped to the printer. The book’s ISBN is 9780735627383, the book includes 17 chapters and 736 pages, and it will be available after April 21. The book’s first edition...

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...

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...

Hi all, Patty Gardner here, Content Development Group Manager for Microsoft Press. I’m very proud to present this year’s STC (Society for Technical Communication) Award winners. The STC is an international organization of technical communicators whose purpose is to foster quality in print...

Hello everyone. Kimberly Kim here, managing editor at Microsoft Press. As we plan the Training Kits that will cover the next round of .NET Framework exams, I d like to hear from readers of the Training Kits that covered the last round. If you’ve read any of the books in the list below, let me know your...

We’re in the middle of our MCT Readiness session on Office 2010 right now, if you are not an MCT and if you want to dive in early too, here’s some really good news! I was just given this FREE e-book by Microsoft Press, it’s so fresh that we have not yet uploaded it to any official web page yet, but we...

Gang, CLR via C#, Third Edition (ISBN: 9780735627048), by Jeffrey Richter, is proceeding very very well. We’re 99% sure it will be available in the middle of February 2010! Because the book is coming soon, we’d like to post information originally shared by Jeffrey about how the third edition differs...

By the Microsoft Forefront TMG 2010 Administrator’s Companion Authors In March 2008 we got together to brainstorm an idea about this book and from day one we realized that we would have some interesting challenges to overcome, such as chapter rewrites as the product evolved. However we knew that once...

Good morning. If you read our Microsoft Office Step by Step books, such as Microsoft Office Word 2007 Step by Step , Microsoft Office Project 2007 Step by Step , and many others, please let us know if you use the books’ “Quick Reference” sections. We’re working on our Office 2010...

Post a Haiku on Twitter; win Xbox 360, home theatre system. We just announced a contest on Twitter where you can write a haiku (yes, stay within 140 characters :-)) that captures the benefits of Windows Server 2008 R2. The winner takes an Xbox 360 Elite and a home theatre system. It’s not that hard,...

Debating whether or when to upgrade to Windows 7? Already installed Win 7 and wondering which book(s) have the information you need to learn your way around? Let us help you make up your mind: Discover the portfolio of Microsoft Press books on Windows 7 (and pick up a few pointers) with this new, free...

Just in time for the official launch of Windows 7 comes our newest Microsoft Press Training Kit – MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-680): Configuring Windows® 7 by Ian McLean and Orin Thomas (ISBN: 9780735627086; 912 pages). The Training Kit provides in-depth preparation plus practice for the MCTS...

Over 20 7 registrations have been recorded for the Microsoft Get on the Bus tour in the North of England, UK. Hosted by the University of York, the event has already attracted 35% more registrations than initially anticipated. Yorkshire is the largest county in the British Isles, however many IT events...

A reminder that the not-quite-so-early-bird $300 discount for PDC09 (November 17-19 in Los Angeles) ends in a couple of days. Register here . Also, if you’re enrolled in the Metro Early Adoption or BizSpark program, you’re eligible for a $500 discount. Interested parties should contact the PDC09 Registration...

We’re pleased to announce that Windows 7 Resource Kit by Mitch Tulloch, Tony Northrup, Jerry Honeycutt, Ed Wilson, and the Windows 7 Team at Microsoft, is now available for purchase in bookstores (Microsoft Press, 2010; ISBN: 9780735627000; 1760 pages)! To give you a taste of what you’ll...