Are you sitting down, Windows Server sports racers? Here is the beta information (and live prep guides) for the three Windows Server 2008 Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist exams, she says, with cautious enthusiasm, bracing for onslaught of questions...

A memo just landed on my desk (JUST KIDDING! MEMOS ARE SO 1999*!!) letting me know that we have some good information available now on Microsoft Dynamics certifications via the MIcrosoft Learning website. From our certification overview , you can get...

Apparently our RSSerators were down. Are they working now? Hullo? Surressly, is this thing on?

We did this presentation at TechEd last summer; we're offering it again via Live Meeting for those of you who didn't happen to be in Orlando. Ken and Linda, from Microsoft Press, will be presenting. It should be excellent. Microsoft Press Presents...

We're hosting a January 23 meeting to update you on Visual Studio certifications--and anything else you want to talk about, as long as it is somewhat related*. I'm pleased because, in this meeting, we can introduce some new-ish team members focused on...

If you fancy System Center Configuration Manager, you might like to take the beta for 70-401: TS: Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007, Configuring . Feel free to share with colleagues. If you don't know much about betas, read this or this...

What happens in Scottsdale, stays in Scottsdale. This is what is written on a bedazzled t-shirt I considered buying in Phoenix, Arizona* this weekend, when I was visiting my parents for our Thanksgiving holiday. In my experience, nothing very much was...

Exam 70-351: TS: Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2006, Configuring is now available at VUE and Prometric. When you pass 70-351, you earn a stand-alone certification: MCTS: ISA Server 2006, Configuration . Here's a sentence on...

System Center Configuration Manager beta exam I think we'll post the System Center Configuration Manager beta exam information (71-401) at the end of this month. In the meantime, you can check out the exam objectives on the 70-401 prep guide , which...

In unrelated news, the " number of certified " table has been updated. Besides the Windows Server 2008 MCTS certs, let me know if you notice anything missing and we'll track it down. *a smallish, Spanish-fugitive banana--you know the type.

A few bits of interest, if you care about Visual Studio 2008 : There is a "what's new" classroom training course you can take now There are two free e-learning options - an e-clinic on "ASP.NET AJAX Extensions" (ASP.NET AJAX Extensions, no doi) and some...

I just got in to the office and unpacked my laptop bag to find a little Spanish banana (!) in the side pocket; I took it from the conference center in Barcelona on Thursday and forgot about it. When I went through U.S. customs yesterday, I reported in...

Here are the top three reasons to come to the Microsoft Learning booth RIGHT NOW I"M SERIOUS RIGHT NOW* This is good: We're giving out full, digital editions of the MIcrosoft Press Intro to Windows Server 2008 book - take some home to your IT mates...

This post will be more applicable to you if you happen to be in Barcelona, where we are. At 2:45 PM today we are having a Meet the Author event next to the Microsoft Learning booth in the Ask the Experts area. Said author is Don Jones, who knows things...

We've added the deck from the October 24 System Center meeting to the MCP site, if you'd like to download and use/share it. https://mcp.microsoft.com/mcp/community/community.mspx

and is wearing a green Ask the Experts polo shirt, at the Barcelona conference center. Things to report from TechEd IT Forum include: Microsoft Learning has a booth in the very middle of the Microsoft Ask the Experts area, right next to the jolly bunch...

1. I'm about to get on a plane for London, that will be nice. It will be Diwali (nov 9) when I land, is what I hear. 2. As hostess gifts, I'm carrying two snack-sized bags of Tim's Cascade Chips/crisps, and an US magazine (gossip mag with britney spears...

Hello? If you're so inclined, you may now certify on OCS. It takes one exam to earn Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Office Communications Server 2007. This is one of the cool things of our "new generation" certifications - we want people...

If you are in Barcelona for TechEd developers, look for these Microsoft Learning people and introduce yourself. They will be the ones in Microsoft polo shirts. OK, more specifically, they will be in Microsoft polo shirts hanging out at the Microsoft Learning...

This just in: "...Microsoft is excited to announce the expansion of its largest annual technical conference. Tech·Ed U.S. is evolving from a one week conference to two separate back-to-back conferences : Tech·Ed U.S. 2008 Developers, June 3-6, and Tech...

Advance notice that you won't be able to order welcome kits or certificates, if you happen to be eligible for one, between November 29 and December 6, 2007 . This is true for orders from the MCP site and orders/re-orders/changes placed through the Regional...

So many questions, understandably, about what you should do next, with Windows Server 2008 certifications on the horizon. Lots of "I have 2000, and want to get 2008 certified, what do I do?" or "I'm an MCSA wearing a cape, what exam is right for me?"...

Don't have time at the moment but I'll write up a little summary in a bit. URLs and contact info we referenced during the meeting, below. Let me know if there I missed anything. OT: I watched the Godfather last night. Man! EVENT RECORDING: HTTPS://www...