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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Beta Exam Announcements  : TS</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/betaexams/archive/tags/TS/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: TS</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>Register for Beta Exam 71-680: TS: Windows 7, Configuring</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/betaexams/archive/2009/04/15/register-for-beta-exam-71-680-ts-windows-7-configuring.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:28:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3226837</guid><dc:creator>J. Seymour</dc:creator><slash:comments>184</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/betaexams/comments/3226837.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/betaexams/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3226837</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;Registration begins: April 27, 2009&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;You are invited to take beta exam &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;FONT size=3&gt;&lt;FONT face=Calibri&gt;&lt;?xml:namespace prefix = w ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" /&gt;&lt;w:Sdt id=9023348 title="Beta Exam Number" SdtTag="Beta Exam Number" StoreItemID="X_3602B906-5C63-4EE6-97AC-A40E7C27C9C2" Text="t" Xpath="/ns0:BPSPlanning[1]/ns0:CalculatedBoundValues[1]/ns0:BetaExamNumber[1]" PrefixMappings="xmlns:ns0='http://www.microsoft.com/learning/BPS/Planning'" DocPart="842DCB6D64F147B3946887535A7DFE2E"&gt;71-680&lt;/w:Sdt&gt;: &lt;SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold"&gt;&lt;w:Sdt id=9023351 title="Exam Name" SdtTag="Exam Name" StoreItemID="X_D943ACB1-4848-4BC1-BC8B-1A1205E24BD7" Text="t" Xpath="/ns0:MSLTitleManData[1]/ns0:ProductInfo[1]/ns0:ProductTitle[1]" PrefixMappings="xmlns:ns0='http://www.microsoft.com/learning/titlemanagerdata'" DocPart="842DCB6D64F147B3946887535A7DFE2E"&gt;TS: Windows 7, Configuring&lt;/w:Sdt&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;/FONT&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form. The 71-xxx identifier is used for registering for beta versions of MCP exams, when the exam is released in its final form the 70-xxx identifier is used for registration.&lt;BR&gt;&lt;BR&gt;By participating in beta exams, you have the opportunity to provide the Microsoft Certification program with feedback about exam content, which is integral to development of exams in their released version. We depend on the contributions of experienced IT professionals and developers as we continually improve exam content and maintain the value of Microsoft certifications. &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;w:Sdt id=9023354 title="Beta Exam Number" SdtTag="Beta Exam Number" StoreItemID="X_3602B906-5C63-4EE6-97AC-A40E7C27C9C2" Text="t" Xpath="/ns0:BPSPlanning[1]/ns0:CalculatedBoundValues[1]/ns0:BetaExamNumber[1]" PrefixMappings="xmlns:ns0='http://www.microsoft.com/learning/BPS/Planning'" DocPart="842DCB6D64F147B3946887535A7DFE2E"&gt;71-680&lt;/w:Sdt&gt;: &lt;w:Sdt id=9023355 title="Exam Name" SdtTag="Exam Name" StoreItemID="X_D943ACB1-4848-4BC1-BC8B-1A1205E24BD7" Text="t" Xpath="/ns0:MSLTitleManData[1]/ns0:ProductInfo[1]/ns0:ProductTitle[1]" PrefixMappings="xmlns:ns0='http://www.microsoft.com/learning/titlemanagerdata'" DocPart="842DCB6D64F147B3946887535A7DFE2E"&gt;TS: Windows 7, Configuring&lt;/w:Sdt&gt; counts as credit towards the following certification(s).&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; TEXT-INDENT: -0.25in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1" class=MsoListParagraph&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: Symbol; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="mso-list: Ignore"&gt;·&lt;SPAN style="FONT: 7pt 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;w:Sdt id=9023362 title="Certification Credit 1" SdtTag="Certification Credit 1" Text="t" DocPart="842DCB6D64F147B3946887535A7DFE2E"&gt;MCTS: Windows 7, Configuration&lt;/w:Sdt&gt; &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 6pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;Availability&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;Registration begins: &lt;w:Sdt id=9023365 lang=EN-US title="Registration Open Date" SdtTag="Registration Open Date" StoreItemID="X_14F0A2EA-7613-46E5-BD8F-D0A5BD9A6CCD" Xpath="/ns0:BetaInformation[1]/ns0:RegistrationBeginDate[1]" PrefixMappings="xmlns:ns0='http://www.microsoft.com/learning/BPS/Planning/Beta'" DocPart="D333039879E54C9FBD9BC41C13250833" MapToDateTime="t" CalendarType="Gregorian" Date="2009-04-27T00:00:00Z" DateFormat="MMMM d, yyyy" Calendar="t"&gt;April 27, 2009&lt;/w:Sdt&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;Beta exam period runs: &lt;w:Sdt id=9023367 lang=EN-US title="Beta Begin Date" SdtTag="Beta Begin Date" StoreItemID="X_14F0A2EA-7613-46E5-BD8F-D0A5BD9A6CCD" Xpath="/ns0:BetaInformation[1]/ns0:BeginDate[1]" PrefixMappings="xmlns:ns0='http://www.microsoft.com/learning/BPS/Planning/Beta'" DocPart="D333039879E54C9FBD9BC41C13250833" MapToDateTime="t" CalendarType="Gregorian" Date="2009-05-05T00:00:00Z" DateFormat="MMMM d, yyyy" Calendar="t"&gt;May 5, 2009&lt;/w:Sdt&gt;– &lt;w:Sdt id=9023369 lang=EN-US title="Beta End Date" SdtTag="Beta End Date" StoreItemID="X_14F0A2EA-7613-46E5-BD8F-D0A5BD9A6CCD" Xpath="/ns0:BetaInformation[1]/ns0:EndDate[1]" PrefixMappings="xmlns:ns0='http://www.microsoft.com/learning/BPS/Planning/Beta'" DocPart="D333039879E54C9FBD9BC41C13250833" MapToDateTime="t" CalendarType="Gregorian" Date="2009-05-18T00:00:00Z" DateFormat="MMMM d, yyyy" Calendar="t"&gt;May 18, 2009&lt;/w:Sdt&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;Receiving this invitation does not guarantee you a seat in the beta; we recommend that you register immediately! Beta exams have limited availability and are operated under a first-come-first-served basis. Once all beta slots are filled, no additional seats will be offered.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;Testing is held at Prometric testing centers worldwide, although this exam may not be available in all countries (see Regional Restrictions).&lt;SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/SPAN&gt;All testing centers will have the capability to offer this exam in its live version.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;Regional Restrictions: &lt;w:Sdt id=17730466 title="Country Restrictions" SdtTag="Country Restrictions" StoreItemID="X_14F0A2EA-7613-46E5-BD8F-D0A5BD9A6CCD" Text="t" Xpath="/ns0:BetaInformation[1]/ns0:ExamDeliveryRestrictions[1]" PrefixMappings="xmlns:ns0='http://www.microsoft.com/learning/BPS/Planning/Beta'" DocPart="0123132ABB7B4A24B5839C8B41691BF8"&gt;India, Pakistan, China&lt;/w:Sdt&gt; &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;A title=ECABAAAA name=ECABAAAA&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;B&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"&gt;Registration Information&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/B&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;You must register at least 24 hours prior to taking the exam.&lt;BR&gt;Please use the following promotional code when registering for the exam: &lt;STRONG&gt;&lt;w:Sdt id=9023373 title="Beta Promo Code" SdtTag="Beta Promo Code" StoreItemID="X_14F0A2EA-7613-46E5-BD8F-D0A5BD9A6CCD" Text="t" Xpath="/ns0:BetaInformation[1]/ns0:PromoCode[1]" PrefixMappings="xmlns:ns0='http://www.microsoft.com/learning/BPS/Planning/Beta'" DocPart="842DCB6D64F147B3946887535A7DFE2E"&gt;WIN7J&lt;/w:Sdt&gt;&lt;BR&gt;&lt;/STRONG&gt;Receiving this invitation does not guarantee you a seat in the beta; we recommend that you register immediately.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="LINE-HEIGHT: 140%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;BR&gt;To register in &lt;?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /&gt;&lt;st1:place w:st="on"&gt;North America&lt;/st1:place&gt;, please call:&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;
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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;Prometric: (800) 755-EXAM (800-755-3926)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
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&lt;P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;Prometric: &lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;A href="http://www.register.prometric.com/ClientInformation.asp" mce_href="http://www.register.prometric.com/ClientInformation.asp"&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;http://www.register.prometric.com/ClientInformation.asp&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/A&gt;&lt;SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Verdana','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 8pt"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/SPAN&gt;&lt;/P&gt;&lt;/TD&gt;&lt;/TR&gt;&lt;/TBODY&gt;&lt;/TABLE&gt;
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