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Friday, May 29, 2009 6:46 PM

Announcing Podcast #1: Certifications

**This is a cross post from Born to Learn .  The permanent link of this post is http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/2009/05/announcing-podcast-1-certifications . **   So… you may have noticed that a new thingy appeared on the left sidebar. 
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Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:06 PM

A Day in the Life

Even though we always see it coming, this is still an insanely busy time for my team (and for most Microsoft employees, I’d wager). Fresh off the bus and home from TechEd, we plunged immediately into planning for our next fiscal year (we run our business
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 11:45 AM

Update: Dunbar High, Microsoft Certified High School

Remember our article on Dunbar High in Florida? Certification Magazine just published a great update . Dunbar is getting ready to graduate their first students who have completed their four-year technical program, and their 26 graduating seniors have
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Thursday, May 21, 2009 9:48 AM

Certiport brings Technology to Disadvantaged Kids in India

Certiport (our exam delivery partner for our business certifications) recently announced a new program to bring Office-related e-learning and certification to 500 middle and high-school kids who wouldn’t otherwise have access to technology. If all goes
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:48 AM

Cooking up exams: Surveys and secret recipes

Have you ever noticed that some topics have more questions than others on an MCP exam? Well, we do that on purpose. In your daily work, some tasks are more important or are done more frequently than others. The content of MCP exams reflects these differences.
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 10:08 AM

Insider’s Guide to Access 2007 Certification

I realize we tend to provide more coverage to our IT Pro and Developer certifications here on B2L, but there’s lots of goodness happening around our business certifications too. Our partners offer some great programs around our Office certifications,
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Tuesday, May 19, 2009 9:55 AM

Computer Weekly: Certification Improves Employment Opportunities

Still catching up from while-we-were-on-the-bus news, so look for a few quick-hit posts today. First up: Computer Weekly reports that 84% of IT Pros believe that certification improves their employability potential. Most frequently mentioned certifications:
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Sunday, May 17, 2009 4:06 PM

Bill doesn’t work here anymore

I honestly thought this would go either unnoticed or unremarked, but judging by the queries we’re getting, you guys are apparently just too eagle-eyed and passionate about your Microsoft certifications. So yes, we’ve made a change to our certificates:
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Friday, May 15, 2009 10:43 AM

Yikes!

I wouldn’t have thought it possible to make a Second Shot commercial that I’d probably get spanked for if I linked it here, but one of our Learning Solutions Partners managed to do it. Great concept, but just on the other side of the work-safe line. If
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Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:56 PM

First Virtual Lab-based MCP exam launches

We’re pleased to announce the general availability of our first Virtual Lab-based exam, 83-640, Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory . 83-640 is part of the MCTS track, an alternative to taking 70-640. More info here (including some good background
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Thursday, May 14, 2009 12:17 PM

Second Shot: Last Chance

Heads-up: Our wildly popular Second Shot promotion ends June 30th. If you’ve been putting off taking your exam, don’t delay much longer…
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Thursday, May 14, 2009 11:19 AM

We got you back!

Well that didn’t take long… all 4,000 exams are gone, folks; hope you all were among the lucky ones!
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Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:10 PM

Career Express Day 6: Johnson County Community College

“I am a Chemist, and I am taking server classes and considering getting certified.”  Wow.  I was literally speechless for a few seconds when I heard this from a gentleman that attended our “Get On The Bus” session at JCCC.  It is amazing
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Thursday, April 30, 2009 1:04 AM

Certification Coaching Sessions - Your Feedback Needed

Well that's a wrap. Yippee. Our two month series of Live Meeting Certification Coaching session finished on Tuesday. And what a run it was. If you missed any of these, I've included the recording links for each. Check them out and use them to help prepare
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Monday, April 27, 2009 10:53 PM

Last in the Series: Certification Coaching for Exchange Server 2007 (70-236)

The last Live Meeting in our current Microsoft Certification Coaching series takes place tomorrow. Please join Bob Reinsch, Microsoft Certified Trainer, as he reviews key exam topics including installation and configuration of Microsoft Exchange Servers,
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