Academic Care Blog (Gautam's Blog)

Follow these Step-By-Step Guides for configuring IT Academy Federation Services to establish trust with Microsoft Corp.STS (ADFS v2.0) ADFS 2.0 Step-by-Step Guide: Federation with CA Federation Manager ADFS 2.0 Step-by-Step Guide: Federation with IBM...

Microsoft DreamSpark ™ program launched on Feb 19, 2008 in United States, the United Kingdom, China, Germany, France, Finland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and Belgium with the goal of jumpstarting the student developer with an offering of developer...

The benefits of enabling Federated claims-enabled access to IT Academy eLearning websites/resources include Single Sign-On provides access to multiple sites/resources [no additional usernames/password to be remembered /supported] The institution...

IT Academy eLearning website resources have been claims/assertions-enabled and on-boarded to enable the Federation handshake with the institution's identity provider. Now institutions have the capability to federate with Microsoft so Faculty, Staff and...

With the large number of disparate benefits in the ITA program, each fulfilled by different suppliers, student and educators (‘users’) have to maintain multiple user accounts and passwords to access each benefit . Single sign-on is an attempt...

Microsoft IT Academy provides High School students the latest IT Productivity Training and Certification solution with numerous resources for use in and out of class and include: IT Productivity Curriculum E-Learning Portfolio IT E-Learning multi-media...

High Schools students can get the latest IT Productivity Training and Certifications through the IT Academy program , opening-up additional employability opportunities at graduation. The Microsoft IT Academy program offers students a world-class Microsoft...

Announcing the launch of Microsoft bliink – a web design contest for middle and high school students across US. Microsoft bliink is about providing a opportunity for Aspiring Technologists in US high schools to create websites that ‘Imagine...

Microsoft bliink is about providing a opportunity for Aspiring Technologists in US high schools to create websites that ‘Imagine a future made better by technology’. Microsoft bliink competition aims to build student interest in technology...

Microsoft Developer Network Academic Alliance High School (MSDNAA – High School) is the easiest and most inexpensive way for US High Schools teaching Computer science, web design or database technologies to get the latest Microsoft software they...

Now in its 3rd year, Microsoft bliink is about providing a opportunity for Aspiring Technologists in US high schools to create websites that ‘Imagine a future made better by technology’. The goal of the Microsoft bliink contest is to build...

Imagine Cup is the world’s largest student technology competition. This annual competition inspires students to create innovative solutions to solve world’s toughest problems as defined by the United Nation’s Millennium Development Goals .  Imagine...

Imagine Cup 2011 is the premier student technology competition. The IT Challenge is about preparing students for careers in IT – skilling you in interpreting customer needs and managing configurations that require an in intimate understanding of...

DreamSpark is a program that provides verified high School and College students with professional-level developer and design software for download, at no cost.  Along with the software, the DreamSpark site includes links to FREE learning content...

DreamSpark and MSDN Academic Alliance currently include XNA 3.1 and the Creator’s Club Academic Memberships, along with Visual Studio 2008. To install XNA 3.1 Game Studio on your PC, Ensure that your PC is running Windows 7 or Windows Vista...

Kodu – http://bit.ly/kodu1 Kodu is a visual programming language designed specifically for younger students to create their own 3D games using a PC. Kodu is a free download to your PC. Kodu teaches introductory computer science concepts in a playful way...

TiE Young Entrepreneurs (TYE), a registered non-profit organization, is accepting applications from high school students into its 2010/2011 program! Chapters in Boston, Carolinas, Delhi, London and Seattle are accepting applications. The Seattle chapter...

In August, September and October of 2010, each month, 500 FREE Windows Azure One Month Pass are given out to developers in the 50 United States. To request the Free Windows Azure One Month Pass, click here    or email msdevavb@microsoft.com...

Microsoft is offering a Free training to create video games at it’s Redmond, WA campus. Learn problem solving, logic and storytelling skills, along with the basics of computer programming, while building a video game -- all with out writing any code....

Expression Encoder v4 from MSDNAA and DreamSpark incorrectly limited the screen capture on some PCs to 10 minutes. To fix this issue, download and install an updated version of the English Expression Encoder from http://bit.ly/EncoderFix . This free Expression...

  Microsoft Professional Developer Conference (PDC 10) http://bit.ly/9uVaPf   is the leading-edge developer and architect conference where you can hear firsthand from Microsoft’s leaders about the next generation of Cloud Services, Phone, Tools...

What is DreamSpark? DreamSpark is a direct-to-student online software download mechanism for technology students to obtain the latest in professional-level software from Microsoft onto their personal computers for non-commercial use in learning...

679EAVRD3PD7 Students, another great reason to develop Windows Phone applications in the Windows Marketplace for Mobile -- No registration fee on the mobile marketplace – DreamSpark program waives the $99 registration fees Get...

Elevate your technology skills with cutting-edge insights and expertise that will update your courses to reflect industry needs. TechEd 2010 , New Orleans, June 7-10 is the single best place to get the latest business strategy, product information, implementation...

Microsoft and IEEE are collaborating to make MSDNAA software available to all IEEE student members as an online download from http://msdn04.e-academy.com/ieee_cs_r9 to help realize your potential with the latest tools and technology. MSDNAA program includes...