The Real-Time Collaboration Weblog

We are pleased to announce the launch of the official blog of the Microsoft Unified Communications Team. All posts related to Real Time Collaboration (RTC) will be posted on the new blog from now onwards.

Please subscribe to the new blog: http://blogs.technet.com/uc

With the launch of new UC blog, we will discontinue this blog (http://blogs.technet.com/rtc).

The UC blog will include frequent posts on cutting edge technology and market trends from the Microsoft Unified Communications product development team members.

Thank you.
Kintan Brahmbhatt,

Program Manager, Unified Communications Group

Beta Exam 71-262: TS: Microsoft® Office Live Communications Server 2005 - Implementing, Managing, and Troubleshooting

Audience – IT Pros/Architects

You are invited to Exam 70-262 in its beta version. As a benefit to you for demonstrating your expertise by passing specific Microsoft certification exams or by other means, this beta exam is offered to you free. This beta exam will not be offered to the general public, and is only available to a certain number of candidates. Each seat will be assigned on a first come first serve basis.

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.

**Registration Information**

Note: You will be given four hours to complete the beta exam. Please plan accordingly.

Testing is held at Prometric and Pearson VUE testing centers worldwide, although this exam may not be available in all countries. You must register at least 24 hours prior to taking the exam. Contact your exam provider for seat availability. (Please note: all testing centers will have the capability to offer this exam in its live version.)

Please read carefully the following registration information as the schedules vary depending on which testing center you choose:

Registration begins:

April 15, 2006

Beta exam period runs:

April 27 – May 10, 2006

Please use the following promotional code when registering for the exam: TS262

These beta periods are subject to change; please check the exam preparation guides for the most up-to-date information:

http://www.microsoft.com/Learning/exams/70-262.asp

To register for this exam or for information about testing centers in your area, call:

• Prometric: (800) 755-EXAM (800-755-3926)
• VUE: 800 TEST REGistration (800-837-8734)

Outside the U.S./Canada, please visit the following Web sites for registration information:

• Prometric: http://www.register.prometric.com/ClientInformation.asp
• VUE: http://www.vue.com/ms/

Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) Information on the World Wide Web

For more information, visit the MCP Web site at http://www.microsoft.com/mcp/, write to MCPHelp@microsoft.com or call 800-636-7544.

Specific pages that answer some frequently asked questions are listed below.

What is a beta exam?

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcpexams/faq/procedures.asp

Where can I learn more about the registration process?

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcpexams/register/default.asp

How do I prepare for this exam?

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/exams/70-262.asp

When will my beta exam results be available?

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcpexams/faq/procedures.asp#D

Where can I learn more about the beta exam invitation process?

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcpexams/status/beta.asp

How can I learn more about the new and improved item types?

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcpexams/faq/innovations.asp.

Where can I learn more about the MCSE on Windows Server 2003 certification?

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcp/mcse/default.asp

If you have further questions regarding this exam or the MCP program, send e-mail to MCPHelp@microsoft.com or call 800-636-7544.

Thank you everyone for following the blog during this long hiatus and commenting on the single post. We are planning to revive the blog to cover a variety of products from the Unified Communications Group at Microsoft (yes, the Real Time Collaboration (RTC) group is now UCG). The new blog, with regular posts, should be live sometime in the May-timeframe (watch this space for updates…)

Robert Scoble and Channel 9 did a video on Live Communications Server, where we demonstrated federation, CWA, third party call control and cool ways to use the CWA AJAX SDK. We are super-excited for the recently released Microsoft Office Communicator Web Access AJAX SDK. It can be downloaded here.

The video on Channel 9 can be found at:
http://channel9.msdn.com/Showpost.aspx?postid=183636

communicate…

Kintan
Program Manager, UCG