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The folks at Microsoft Office are looking for a small group of U.S.-based families, students, technology influencers, small businesses, and home-based businesses (1-4 PCs) to participate in Microsoft’s Office 2010 Real Life Stories program. This program provides a select number of people with a...

Jeff Conrad and John Viescas’s Microsoft Access 2010 Inside Out (ISBN: 9780735626850; 1488 pages) is out now! You can find the book’s chapter-level table of contents and an introduction to this in-depth guide to Microsoft Access in this previous post . The bo ok includes a companion disc...

How time flies... 8 Years ago I joined Microsoft and joined the Microsoft Press team. With many strong series in print, the Inside Out books were my favorite as these books are really the encyclopedias on the topics they cover. Fans of the 'Inside Out' series will know the incredible detail that...

Just a couple days ago, I blogged about the release of more OneNote Trainer Packs (OTPs) but also hinted at more news coming soon. If you thought OTPs were a good way to prepare for a course, then you might want to participate in our latest pilot that takes this concept to the next level. Here are the...

Exam 70-177 is now available in Prometric testing centers. This is a Technical Specialist exam designed to assess candidates’ hands-on skills using and configuring Microsoft Project Server 2010. Candidates for this exam: are experienced in implementing and supporting the Microsoft Project Server...

Continuing the celebration of our newest product releases: new training videos are available right now over at Channel 9 Application Compatibility for Office 2010 - Analyze your environment for installed add-ins and identify potential migration issues as you migrate earlier versions of Office to Office...

Title pretty much says it all—our Office 2010 learning snack is now available in four languages. Go get ‘em! Introducing Common Features Across Microsoft Office 2010 Programs (English) Introducing Common Features Across Microsoft Office 2010 Programs (Spanish) Introducing Common Features Across Microsoft...

New SQL Sever 2008 R2 training available now, over at Channel 9. Hear from the experts on the latest capabilities with SQL Server 2008 R2: See how StreamInsight provides real-time monitoring and analytics on incoming event data that would otherwise not be possible. Find out how PowerPivot for Excel 2010...

In honor of our brand spanking new Office 2010, here’s a new free Learning Snack for your noshing pleasure: Introducing Common Features Across Microsoft Office 2010 Programs.

With Office 2010 hitting stores soon, we decided to look around the Microsoft Training Catalog for special offers and training opportunities that can help you quickly master the new and often overlooked features in the Office suite. We also found some cool online training to help you get ready to use...

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...

Watch Stephen Elop, President of the Microsoft Business Division, announce the launch of Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 on May 12, 2010 at 11 a.m. EST. The live Microsoft keynote focuses on the next wave of productivity that delivers: End user productivity across the PC, phone and browser IT choice...

Into my mail box today came not one but two notifications of cool resources from Microsoft to help me get stuff done like a pro! No 1: Microsoft Fix IT This seems to be a great resource of known issues and troubleshooting tips. Pretty AND cool ;-) No 2: Microsoft Answers This is a HUGE , and I mean HUGE...

Readiness is key to every MCT so that we can remain sharp and keep "up to date" with the technologies we teach. I have been fortunate to attend the recent in-person summits and the virtual summit last year, finding great value from being part of these events. I thought I would share some reasons...

Can a game about Office 2010 really be fun? Yes it can, at least I believe so! I just installed Ribbon Hero which shows me the new features in Office 2010 as I work. And I get to boast my scores on Facebook, it is fun to read the response on that :-)  ( Click here to become a Ribbon Hero fan on...

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...

Tomorrow is Thursday, and it will be this month’s Third Thursday. Each month, on the Third Thursday of that month, we run our MCT Readiness meetings. We dive into new technology, new courses, new ways of training students. I get up at 5:30 AM, race to work, open the LiveMeeting, I keep my eye on the...

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...

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...

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...