"So, a booth babe and a geek walk in to a bar..."

All of your holiday wishes are coming true. You can find a PDF version of this new report here, if you're interested: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/benefits/whyhire.asp

On the developer upgrade landing page , we talked about a four-exam upgrade path for MCSDs to earn all three MCPD certifications and there have been a number of discussions about this following our VS2005 live meeting . The fact is, the systems are set...

My favorite thing about working at Microsoft is my vanpool. It is called the Tick and is unquestionably Microsoft's premier vanpool. In fact, it might well be the premier vanpool in all of King County, " America's Leading Public Vanpool Provider "! I...

Everything fun happened before I worked here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=voOPHVvIz1Y

If you want to take any of the dev upgrade exams (551, 552, 553, 554) you might like to know that there are offers on e-learning, practice tests, and exams through the end of this month, more info here: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/upgrade/default...

Someone asked about exam 501. Here is what I learned: 70-501 (Technology Specialist exam): Windows Server 2003 Hosted Environments, Configuration and Management was in beta in October and releases December 15, 2006, which (this just in!) is tomorrow....

The next few certification-related Live Meetings we're planning, below. This is supposed to be helpful for you guys, so if I'm getting it wrong, tell me what you'd rather hear about instead. Intro to Exchange 2007 cert paths (early February) ...

This just in, Microsoft is moving us around again, which is something that happens a lot. One of my friends at work just told me he's moved offices three times in three months. Since I've only been moved 3 times in 2ish years, I'm feeling pretty good...

Customer #1 posted: How do we get pricing? Exceptionally helpful customer #2* then posted: The USD Exam Insurance voucher price is $187.50, and you can purchase as many as you like for each different exam. This is only PARTIALLY true, so here...

621: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-621.mspx 624: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-624.mspx But not 620, or 623 yet. We're just trying to keep you on your toes...

Something fun to report is that we had two Live Meetings yesterday on Vista certs. About 750 people dialed-in, which means at least 18 people were listening to the presentation... actually we had v. many questions, so we know lots of you were listening...

Reminder that tomorrow (Wednesday, December 6) we're hosting Live Meetings to show you the Vista certification paths and upgrade options... and Q&A with the certification product manager and the Office training portfolio manager (who knows what, when...