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Wednesday, June 17, 2009 11:17 PM

This RSS is dead… but the NEW one could win you a free exam!

As the title says… if you are reading this post thru your RSS, you are missing out big time. :) We know that moving is tough, but we couldn’t set up RSS re-direct on TechNet. So… we put together a little something for you to win when you let us know you
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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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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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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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Tuesday, April 28, 2009 12:03 PM

It Was the Best of Times: The Story of Exam Development (Part 3)

With everything that’s happening this week (Win7 Beta, Get on the Bus taking off), I bet you forgot that there is a little more to share about our exam development process. Below are descriptions of the final phases of our process. (Find a diagram of
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Monday, April 27, 2009 8:54 AM

Additional (but limited!) Beta Slots available for 680!

Hurry—the first batch went in an hour, and these will go fast too…
Posted by Krosen | 17 Comments
Monday, April 27, 2009 6:22 AM

Exam 71-680 – One Hot Ticket!

Wow—looks like our Win7 beta exam slots sold out (if you can say that about something that’s free) faster than a Springsteen concert! Just wanted to let you guys know that I’m aware of the situation and have escalated to my team back in Redmond to see
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Monday, April 20, 2009 11:56 AM

Certification exams for Office end users

A lot of us mainly focus on a certification track or path to support our current or desired job role. Database professionals take MCTS exams for SQL server while developers plow through the MCTS certifications for Microsoft Visual Studio. Office professionals
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Thursday, April 16, 2009 9:44 AM

It Was the Best of Times: The Story of Exam Development (Part 2)

I know that you’ve been waiting on pins and needles for the second installment of my exam development process blog, so here it is… Wait, based on all the comments to Ken’s earlier blog, I may be mistaken… You were waiting for information on the Win7 beta.
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Wednesday, April 08, 2009 9:32 AM

It Was the Best of Times: The Story of Exam Development (Part 1)

After my last post, I was asked to blog about exam development at a high level. Because your wish is my command, I shall make it so. Of course, I don’t understand the meaning of brevity (is that going to keep you from voting me on the bus?), so this will
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Tuesday, April 07, 2009 1:21 PM

How We Decide What to Test You On Without Using a Hat

Contrary to popular belief, we don't decide which tasks to include on an exam by drawing slips of paper out of a hat. The process does include slips of paper—but without the hat. More on that later. The tasks we test you on are determined by people like
Posted by Krista | 5 Comments
Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:44 AM

Exam Item Technology Updated

We’ve just released an enhancement to our exams that we hope you never need to notice! Our exam item “plug-ins” are used by Prometric test centers worldwide to support the onscreen appearance and functionality of our traditional item types during certification
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