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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...

Something great to report is: We are co-hosting the Influencer Party at TechEd again this year with the MVPs and other influencer teams. This is our way to say thank you to our customers in influential roles--either officially or unoffiically representing...

Yes, it is true! it is true! Any day now these will be added to the MCSA and MCSE sites for elective credit. As soon as it is "official" (the pages have been updated) I'll let you know. Here's what will change: Under CORE: CLIENT OPERATING SYSTEM...

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...

Spread the word, exams won't be out until early 2007... including a one-exam upgrade path for MCDSTs (exam 621, slated for mid-February) but in the meantime Rob (Senior Product Manager for Cert) and John (guy who is working with the Vista and Office product...

As you might recall, I ride the Tick, the Northwest's premier vanpool, to work. I have decided to start a new, very popular feature of my blog called "Ask the Tick." In this very popular new feature, you will pose a question and I will put it...

Oh, wait.     It looks like there are a few other people as raw as you.   http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/certified.mspx    But your game is still, um, pretty tight, or whatever.       "Ask around the streets, man, I'm certified, cross seas all...

I’m still here working at Microsoft Corp. Do you guys still have jobs? We lost a friend from the Tick. I’m no economist, but I'll tell you that it probably sucks if you lose your job. I hope you, especially those of you in countries who are...

I'm in a coffee shop trying to get some work done, and the woman next to me is clicking her pen maniacally. I'm losing my reason. What do you do with this? Microsoft public relations training--where they teach you to respond to even the most offensive...

Hello. Exam 70-400: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuring is live as of yesterday, Monday 21 January*, 2008. What this means is that you can now earn a certification called MCTS: System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuration...

I'm wearing the same pants, for the third day in a row. I hope no one notices. In other news, I have two things to say about beta exams. Gerry O'Brien posted an explanation of what happens to your comments and feedback on the betas. You can read that...

Argh, I just have heard that some people who tried to register yesterday were denied. If that was you - I'm sorry. I've been told we've reset our registration limits to 'unlimited' so hopefully no one will get shut out again. I'm glad so many people want...

At the suggestion and example of many of you good people, for example, our friend Wayne , we are hosting a Certification 101 Live Meeting in April. Certification 101: Getting Started with Microsoft Certification Audience: IT Professionals, developers...

I keep meaning to poast a few last TechEd things, and I can't believe a month has now gone by. I know many of you are waiting on responses to your posts and questions. Please know you're not alone; my mom and my boss are equally annoyed. For the moment...

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...

Hi. You probably already heard the update on WS2008 release to manufacturing (RTM) , now scheduled for 1st quarter of 2008 instead of end of year 2007. As a result... The transition exams 70-648 and 70-649 will be available on October 29, 2007 , now....

I thought it was just one ant. I squashed him, but have since seen three or four more ants, going about their ant business on my desk. What the hell, with these ants.

That's right, I'm referring to certifications for Systems Center Configuration Manager 2007 (SCCM) and Systems Center Operations Manager 2007 (SCOM ): the Systems Formerly Known As SMS and MOM. If you want to learn more about what these things do, you...

We're at beta 3 for Longhorn and MIcrosoft Learning just published five E-Learning clinics that should help you get familiar. The best part is that these are free for a while so customers (you) have excellent quality training to get things started with...

I think I've said this before, but I just heard that our pages and systems have been updated to reflect the following changes, so thought I'd point it out again: These exams/certifications... ...count toward: MCTS: Office Communication Server 2007 ( 70...

I would like to poast what I've learned about the Microsoft Certified Master, but I am too busy sitting in a beanbag giving snarky hats to accomplished IT professionals, so I will just post the link to where you can learn more: www.microsoft.com/learning...

Oh, don't mind me, typing a little something from my new office. We shuffled offices around again, as is our wont. Now I have one blue wall, instead of one red. And a window to the outside, instead of a window to the hallway and Jeff Hora 's office.*...

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

Developers, if you're interested in participating in the exam development process for WPF, WCF, or Workflow (and taking a cert exam/earning a certification for free in the process), check it: · Not available in China, India, Pakistan · No guarantee...

Windows Server 2008 MCTS exam release date is getting closer; we're looking at somewhere around March 10. As I said earlier, you can sign up to get an "exam live" notice from us when 70-640, 60-642, and 70-643 are available at Prometric. This...