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Moving On
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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So, after ~ two years as the Certification Product Planner, in typical Microsoft fashion, it’s time to look at my next career move. I have enjoyed planning the developer and SQL focused certification plans over the past couple of years but I am...
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Windows Azure Beta Exam Announcement
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Register for Beta Exam 71-583, Pro: Designing and Developing Windows Azure Applications You are invited to take beta exam 71-583, Pro: Designing and Developing Windows Azure Applications. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be...
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Silverlight Beta Exam Announcement
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Register for Beta Exam 71-506, TS: Silverlight 4, Development You are invited to take beta exam 71-506, TS: Silverlight 4, Development. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam...
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Developer Cert Update
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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I’m a slacker, I know. However, I have been a little busy getting ready for our next fiscal year of exams. So that’s my excuse. Monday, July 12th is the day for the live release of our new Microsoft SharePoint 2010 exams. All four will...
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Are Your Apps Compatible with Office 2010?
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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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 2010. Learn how the Compatibility Inspector tools can perform an analysis...
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SharePoint 2010 Best Practices
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Learn SharePoint 2010 Best Practices Explore design considerations you should have as you start creating SharePoint solutions targeting SharePoint 2010. Additional videos, labs and code available on testing, deployment and security in this new training...
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Explore SQL Server 2008 R2 breakthrough capabilities on Channel 9
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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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 and SharePoint 2010 enables information workers to analyze huge amounts of data from...
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Why the SQL Server 2008 Certifications Don’t Cover R2
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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SQL Server 2008 R2 has just released and some of you are asking if the current exams will be updated to reflect the changes from SQL Server 2008 to SQL Server 2008 R2. The short answer is no, we will not update the exams to reflect the deltas between...
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Certification Exams, NDAs, and Responsible Behavior
Posted
over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Based on some recent events, I find it necessary to post this as a notification to all those who take certification exams. This applies to certifications across different vendors, not just Microsoft. During the opening screens of the exam, before...
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Free Silverlight Training on Channel 9
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Channel 9 is offering a free Silverlight 4 Training Kit. The training kit includes a whitepaper explaining all of the new Silverlight 4 features, several hands-on-labs that explain the features, and a 8 unit course for building business applications with...
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More VS 2010 Beta Seats Available
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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OK, you asked for it. We responded. The absolute best that I can do is to open up 150 more seats for each exam. Same beta codes. Register now as this will be the only increase that will be authorized. By the way, thanks for this awesome response...
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Free Windows Phone 7 Series Developer Training Kit
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Windows Phone 7 Series holds a promise to be an amazing personal mobile phone with new innovative user interface and functionality , as well as a great development platform on which you can quickly and easily build games and applications. With a myriad...
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Register for Visual Studio 2010 Beta Exams
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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You are invited to take part in one or more beta exams for Visual Studio 2010 and the Microsoft .NET Framework 4. If you pass one of the beta exams, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released...
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Free Developer Training on Silverlight!
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Channel 9 is offering a free Silverlight 4 Training Kit. The training kit includes a whitepaper explaining all of the new Silverlight 4 features, several hands-on-labs that explain the features, and a 8 unit course for building business applications with...
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Watch MIX10 Sessions Online!
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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You Couldn’t Make It to MIX10 - but You Can Watch Online While it isn’t the same as attending MIX10, we’ve made it possible for you to watch the keynotes and sessions (posted within 24 hours after they happen) and interact with the MIX Online community...
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Windows Phone 7 at MIX10
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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You’re hearing all about Windows Phone 7 Series—now learn all about it at MIX10. Everything you could ever want to know about Windows Phone 7 Series is at MIX10. You’ll preview the new development platform, show you how to work with the Windows Phone...
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Free Certification Exams
Posted
over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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<warning> This is a long post </warning> Want to see if you’re ready to develop for the Azure platform? Do you have what it takes to create Web apps using ASP.NET, JavaScript, AJAX and Silverlight? What about desktop apps using WPF? Perhaps...
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Learn About Development for the Next Generation of Windows Phone
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over 2 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Just when you didn’t think it could get any better, we took it to the next level. At MIX10, learn about developing applications and games for the next generation of Windows phone. We were serious when we said you’d be learning the “future” of development...
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Passionate About the Web?
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over 3 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Join us for MIX10, a 3 day event full of inspiration, content, and networking. MIX10 is a 72 hour conversation to learn about Microsoft's web platform and tools such as Windows Mobile, Silverlight, Expression, and ASP.NET. Register by January 15th and...
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Windows Mobile 6.5, Configuring Beta Exam Invite
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over 3 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Register for Beta Exam 71-579, TS: Windows Mobile® 6.5, Configuring You are invited to take beta exam 71-579, TS: Windows Mobile® 6.5, Configuring. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take...
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Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Beta Exam Invite
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over 3 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Register for Beta Exam 71-580, TS: Windows Mobile® 6.5, Application Development You are invited to take beta exam 71-580, TS: Windows Mobile® 6.5, Application Development. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript...
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More Developer Training from Channel 9
Posted
over 3 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Sitting here at PDC this week and watching the loooooonnnng line for the Azure hands-on labs. Wow! Not at PDC, or perhaps you are but you don’t think the camera or mouse is worth the wait? Try out the new training from Channel 9 online...
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New Training on Channel 9
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over 3 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Are you trying to find more information to help you prepare for certifications? Perhaps you would like to go a little deeper on some of the technologies. Channel 9 has always been a great go-to place for developers looking for the latest information...
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Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update
Posted
over 3 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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We are just finishing up week two of intense exam design sessions today. Last week we created the outline for the MCTS Windows and Web exams. Lots of great discussion by a group of excellent subject matter experts for each session. Please...
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Win 7 and VS2010 Training Courses LIVE
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over 3 years ago
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Gerry O'Brien
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Want to learn more on the latest versions of Visual Studio and Windows coming out of Redmond? Do you like how-to videos and hands-on labs? Just got word on some Visual Studio 2010 and Windows 7 training from Channel 9. Check out...
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