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

I do love your thinking. Sign me up for the next beta, whatever it is!

Well ... 5 days and counting ...

Any update on upcoming betas?

Any word on 71-653 TS: Windows Small Business Server, Configuring?  I just noticed yesterday that it is listed on Prometric.

Correct, I saw 71-653 also listed on Prometric.

Maybe the promocode will be made public the next few days?

Hum.. This is interesting! How would you like to get training for the 70-652 exam for free! Rod, posted

No results yet for me...

Never really got into Family Guy.

My son (2) is watching Curious George this afternoon...

still tested.. :( i was pressing refresh all weekend..

Still waiting - I hope results will be available soon :)

Still tested @ 2008-08-27 9:16 AM GMT +1:00

Come on, i failed the free MDOP exam, now i want to look at something positive ;)

maybe its better to pay the £90 and get your results right away than go through the anxiousness of waiting!!  :)

C'mon and the excitement of sitting in front of a Beta Exam?

;)

Gonzalo "Tested"

;)

Aug 28, 13.46 GMT+1, still tested. I'll have another beer...

Arrrgggghhh, still showing at "tested" as of this morning...

i called today to prometric and they didn't know when results will be available

hum, i'm a little bit impatient

"thats it! im off to buy esx :)"

Am I the only one that read that wrong on first glance?

I hope we get the beta results before Sep 10th when the world ends anyway...

http://quegrande.org/countdown/

I've received an answer from MCPHelp@microsoft.com

"We value your time and want to provide you with excellent service.

We would like to inform you that you will be receiving the confirmation after 3 months, if you pass the exam."

there is a french expression to describe this answer : "rien de nouveau sous le soleil" which means in a word to word translation : "nothing new under the sun" but in english it probably means nothing

waiting is the key ....

It is like standing in front of a pot of water on the stove, waiting for it to boil.  It just never happens till you walk away.

That being said, if I had a dollar for everytime I checked the site today, I'd be able to buy myself a really nice lunch.  Or one of those Certified Chuck Norris Fan hats or something like that...

The difference between this and the pot of water:

I control the knob on the stove!!!!

Yes - I checked again (hanging head in shame).  I have no control.  I am weak.

For the record - I take the beta's because it proves that I didn't use a brain dump to take the test, its free, and its a challenge to study without a braindump or even a textbook.  I know its frustrating to wait for results, but I guess that's just how it goes.

Ray

Just wanted to check the Prometric website again and now it says my login can't be found ...

Thank you for taking beta exam 71-652: TS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring. We are writing to let you know that your results are being processed and are not yet available from Prometric or Microsoft.

The exam was released in its live form on August 25, 2008. Although, in general, we hope to make beta results available on or before the release of the live exam, delays or changes to the process are inherent in a beta. In this case, the processing of your individual scores was delayed beyond the exam release date, and we wanted to let you know the status of your scores to hopefully avoid any confusion or frustration on your part.

To learn more about the beta process, please visit: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcpexams/status/beta.mspx.

We anticipate that your scores will be available within a few weeks, but we are not able to provide an exact date. There is no action required on your part; your scores will be available at Prometric and on your Microsoft transcript as soon as our processing is complete. Thank you for your patience.

We sincerely appreciate the contribution you make as a beta tester in the Microsoft Certification program.

Regards,

The Microsoft Certification team

Wonderful!

Your results will be available within a few weeks!

Trika, Is this a trick to keep us from bothering you with all these comments?:-)

According to the process in the link, once the scoring model is determined and handed over to Prometric, there is nothing more to do from Microsoft's side. Prometric should be applying that scoring model to our test answers and provide the results to us and Microsoft.

70-652 being live means that this scoring model is done and handed over.

Then why the uncertainty and the delay of another few weeks?

Am I missing something?

Failed :(

never mind, I'll take the full thing at some point or other i guess. Good luck everyone else...

Passed  :)

Wooohooo!!!

Thanks for the fun of setting in front of a Beta Exam... and the anxiety of waiting the results :p

Gonzalo

from Chile :)

Passed too !

Congrats to all people who passed the exam !

just checked prometric like all of you guys and I was glad when I read the sweet words... "passed" thx MS :)

Congrats to you all!

Pass as well!

http://www.pkguild.com/2008/08/30/aww-yea-hyper-v-certified-071-652-published-results/

Passed! Thank for the news! I'm having another beer! :P

I've been tracking this blog for a while, & I have to say unequivocally that Trika ROCKS!

Just got email that I passed!  Sweeeet!

Thanks for the opportunity to take the exam!!!