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Last week I had the opportunity to meet students congregated from around the globe in San Diego, CA to compete for World Champion titles in Microsoft Office applications. These students are wicked fast at taking the Microsoft Office Specialist exams, which are used in the competition. Seriously. Typically...

I am excited to announce the arrival of the new SharePoint 2010 exam, joining our Microsoft Office Specialist 2010 line up. If you're like me, SharePoint has become a key, integrated platform to connect with coworkers on key projects, as well as store and share valuable information. And I love how...

Raised in Chicago, in what he calls a ghetto, Adrian Mercado, felt everything was hard. His grades at George Washington High School in the southeast side of Chicago were C's, D's, and an occasional F. He caught a lucky break. A "go-hard teacher" who according to Mercado encouraged students...

Do you consider yourself an expert with Word 2007 or Excel 2007? Microsoft Learning has an immediate need for subject matter experts (SMEs) on these Microsoft Office 2007 products to complete a simple blueprinting exercise by email. It should only take a few minutes of your time but does need to be completed...

We usually use this blog to let you know about the new products and programs we’re working on, but there are just too many good stories out there about the great work our Certified Partners for Learning Solutions and IT Academy members are doing… so here’s a run-down of a few that have hit our radar...

Attention North Carolina residents: during the next three months, we’re teaming up with the North Carolina Community College System, North Carolina Department of Commerce and North Carolina Employment Security Commission to get almost 24,000 training and certification vouchers into your hands. Lots of...

Early information but at this point, it looks as though there will be two new exams for SharePoint developers coming.  An MCTS and an MCPD for Office SharePoint Server.  Some of you asked for the MCPD at PDC and I indicated at the time that it would require audience research.  The SharePoint...

I realize we tend to provide more coverage to our IT Pro and Developer certifications here on B2L, but there’s lots of goodness happening around our business certifications too. Our partners offer some great programs around our Office certifications, and there are great community resources as well. Here...

A lot of us mainly focus on a certification track or path to support our current or desired job role. Database professionals take MCTS exams for SQL server while developers plow through the MCTS certifications for Microsoft Visual Studio. Office professionals would, of course, take exams for Microsoft...