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

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...

Microsoft certifications for new technologies--in the MCTS, MCPD, MCITP format--will retire when Microsoft discontinues mainstream support for the underlying technology ( Gerry posted this earlier). At retirement, your certifications will move to a 'retired...

MCP Live Meeting: 1 Year In - An Update on Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) As you may know, the Microsoft Certified Architect (MCA) credential is not your every day certification. Candidates are required to present to a Review Board rather than sit...

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...

If it isn't enough to have your mom tell you, you can now find out how special you are by seeing how many other people have your same Microsoft certification on the updated certification page on Microsoft.com . We made some changes based on the feedback...

This is the news: I have decided that I am going to do another job at Microsoft, so I won’t be your certification front-man anymore. This is not a particularly big deal for Microsoft, or Microsoft Learning, or for you. But it is for me! I will miss...

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...

...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...

Sounds like there are now two more months to get in on the TechNet Plus Direct offer of Exam Insurance fame. When you purchase Exam Insurance , register and take an exam by April 30, 2007 , you will receive a one-year subscription to Microsoft TechNet...

Two good meetings yesterday on Exchange 2007 credentials, exams, related training, and timelines. It is fun to know some of the people who are on the calls (hello, Vincent, hello Chris H.). Here is the recording link . A few common questions, below; in...

February 15, 2007 - English language Live Meeting. Rob Linsky (he's Microsoft Learning's cert product manager, you've probably heard him speak at an event or one of our other meetings...) will talk about the new exams, associated training, and implications...

Hello. Apparently, even with YT out of the office, people were still able to accomplish things at MIcrosoft. Though this damages my sense of self-worth and hurts my feelings a little, I won't stop you from hearing the new bits, as follows: Lifecycle policies...

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...

Retake invite for 621 and re-registration invite for 623 are both scheduled to be sent out on March 22. The invitations will not be sent out broadly until 72 hours after that point so re-takers and re-registering peeps get a seat if desired. For the background...

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...

In other news, we're having a party at TechEd, maybe you'd like to come? Windows Embedded is hosting a party to get the embedded and application developer communities mingling... Invitees are embedded developers, our partners, and staff... plus another...

Maybe you've heard that there's a Commons as part of our new Studios West campus--home of Studio E!!!!--with shops and restaurants and whatnot, including a little bike shop? I've already used said shop to buy a helmet when I forgot mine, and some reflective...

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...

Complete your Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), or Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) certification or upgrade your certifications to Visual Studio 2005 or SQL Server 2005...

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...

There are some very cool things in the works for MCPs in coming weeks. In the meantime, register for this Live Meeting on October 31 to hear from the MCP team (including Bill Wall, our director of strategy) about Microsoft Certification, new benefits...

For Office, there will be three MCTS level certifications for developers, each requiring 1 exam. MCTS is Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist , which is the technology-series certification in the new format of certification. There is also a Microsoft...

Is everyone else already in love with the Snipping Tool? I didn’t even know about it until my co-worker Cees passed me the ST pipe, now I can’t get enough. I bet you already know about it. But if you don’t, this just in: This Snipping Tool Will Change...

Something I learned at TechEd is that if you call anything a “smackdown” it seems cool, and less boring than if you do not call it that. There was some session called the Mobility Smackdown , and it seemed like everyone was all amped about...

For those of you waiting on a welcome kit, thanks for hanging in there. I know that the team here is working with our shipper to get these out to you. As a reminder, this is re: the known issue of welcome kits not shipping as planned to those of you who...