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Can you post/send me community/forum/resource sites related to certification that you find helpful? I'd like to put pointers to some info (beyond just our MSFT-platform things) on our community resource pages on MIcrosoft.com, in the newsletters, etc...

All of the exams associated with Microsoft Certification start with a prefix of two numbers (7something) and then a three-digit identifier ( check out this example ). Here is an explanation of the "seventy-something" prefixes, if this has ever caused...

Hi, it's Trika, reporting on a few things. We ( Microsoft Learning ) just hired Program Manager for MCP to make sure all the parts of your program are working right AND work on other ways of making your status as a Microsoft Certified professional...

70-238: Deploying Messaging Solutions with Ex2007 goes live on July 12 . A while back I said June 28 , but it sounds like it moved to July 12 in the meantime. With 70-238 you can complete your MCITP: Messaging credential (watch this Live Meeting recording...

If you missed Sondra's update on the MIcrosoft Certified Architect program, you can now watch the recording that is available here . Or you can skim my notes from her TechEd session.

As a result of your heckling, I am heads-down finishing Stranger in a Strange Land , so I can't do any work, respond to e-mail, or blog about anything. I'll start doing work stuff again soon, maybe Thursday morning. or Friday. Until then, I remain...

If you are an MVP and/or MCT attending TechEd Australia, check out Jeff's blog for info on an Influencer Party some generous sponsors are hosting <note: I am not one of said generous sponsors>. Whut!??!

I just looked in the mirror and realized that in my mad rush to catch the Tick this morning, I didn't finish getting ready and I only have mascara on one eye.

At TechEd there were lots of questions about certifications for Project--you might have seen some of the articles on it. Exams are still in development so there isn't much public info yet, but I talked to my friend Marie in my office, who knows things...

If you want to know what is coming for WS2008 certification, watch this Live Meeting recording: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/lmevents/view?id=msft061307lm_am&pw=ATT1065 . This is early info and can change - exams are built on the technology...

The TechEd session on the Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) program, presented by Sondra from my team, was HOT (red font! on purpose! can you tell I'm using Live Writer?). Although we are doing this same session next week via Live Meeting ( register...

Howard, developer certification planner here at MSL, is looking for feedback on how we can be more creative in exam development (and not get shut down by "good idea, but there's no budget.") He also has a picture of a lake in the NW Cascades on his blog...

Per this post , it is a known issue that not all of the Vista exams are adding up to the right credentials on your transcripts. First, we know that is really, really lame and I want to apologize, again, for the slow turn on updating this. Second, I've...

but you might want to get your little travel-tracker notebooks out: this lady's going to TechEd in Australia in August, and then to the event in New Zealand the following week. I'll be helping with certification-related stuff and cabana talks and answering...

...hold up a sec while I tell you what I know. We held betas for Forefront exam 71-557 and Windows Server 2008 transition exams 70-648 and 70-649 ( learn more about the 2003 to 2008 transition path ) at TechEd last week, because it is a great way to find...

Reminder about the Live Meeting on Wednesday June 13 in which Rob Linsky, certification manager at Microsoft Learning, will go through the plans for Windows Server 2008 certification and answer your questions. http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/archive/2007...

My friends Linda and Ken from the Microsoft Press team presented a lunch session at TechEd on How to Become a Technical Author . For those of you with technical authoring aspirations but unable to attend said session, I'm poasting a somewhat unreliable...

This is not just in, but worth repeating: Vista exams 70-620 , 70-621 and 70-622 exams are all open for registration now at VUE and Prometric. Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technicians (MCDST) : your upgrade code to save 40% on 621 is DCAUPG...

Exam 71-557, our upcoming Forefront exam, is in beta this week at TechEd... Security peeps, take note: YOU CAN GO SIGN UP IN THE TEST CENTER (N330) AND TAKE IT FOR FREE. More info on the exam here: Exam 71-557: TS: Microsoft Forefront Client and Server...

Head up to the test center at N330, take a free practice test in the study hall, and then take and pass that exam... and you'll get your name added to the Wall of Fame (oh, you heard me! WALL OF FAME!!!) and you'll be entered to win a Zune... winner to...

And by money, I mean your MCP card. If you come to the Microsoft Learning booth and show your MCP card (sorry, it actually has to be your card, for real!) I'll hook you up with a coveted MCP 'GEEK' shirt. Funny about the shirts: one of my colleagues...

Tomorrow (Friday) at 2pm we're raffling off the (awesome) Microsoft Press books that have been in the study hall all week to help you prep for exams. If you want a shot at taking one home, head up to N32X a little before 2 tomorrow and put your name in...

I just followed an orange-polo-shirt clad young man <possibly a representative of the Partner Program?!?> well in to the depths of the ladies room. When he reached the stalls, he slowed, then stopped abruptly when he noticed me, a girl (!!!!), close...

if you already are registered or on the waitlist for tonight's party you can pick up your tickets until 3 at TechEd Connect booth on the show floor. After that, you can come find me at the MSL booth (under MSFT Resources Zone sign) until a little after...

Today I am working at our booth under the white Microsoft Resource Zone sign. YOU SHOULD COME SAY HI. At noon I'm going to see Sondra talk about the Certified Architect Program in room N230 so I can tell you what's going on with that. Then I'm going to...