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Beta in May: Windows 7, Configuring Exam
Microsoft Learning to put Exam 70-680 through the proverbial wringer from May 5-18.
As Windows 7 gets nearer and nearer to a rumored release date this year, the Microsoft Learning Group will be close behind with an exam for the OS. Before that happens, the exam still must be put to the usual beta test cycle. [...]
Windows 7 Exams Development Under Way
With Windows 7 scheduled to be released later this year, Microsoft Learning is closing in on exam development. On the Born to Learn blog, the group announced some preliminary information on three new MCST-level exams for the upcoming OS.
The news at this point is sparse; what’s known so far is that the group already [...]
DEMAND AND SUPPLY, AND SUPPLY, AND SUPPLY…
According to a recent press release, more than 1 million Cisco certifications have been issued since the creation of the program.
Mind you, this isn’t the number of exams taken (many certifications require multiple exams), nor is it the number of attempts or anything else equally reasonable. Rather, this is the number of certifications actually [...]
Microsoft releases three new exams for its newest network operating system in March.
Windows 2008 Exams Go LiveThe Microsoft Learning Group has released three new exams for Windows Server 2008. All three are available worlwide at Prometric testing centers. The release comes quickly on the heels of the official release of Microsoft’s newest network operating system software in Los Angeles at the end of February.
Windows 2008 Exams [...]
Why not tie exams to employment?
Here’s an idea worth considering: Currently in the IT world, multiple-choice and practicum-based exams are used to authenticate your skills, give you something to put on your resume and allow your employer to advertise that they have a certain number of certified administrators/technicians/etc.
It seems to me that here’s an opportunity for employers to incorporate practicum-based [...]
MICROSOFT TRAINING = SUCCESS?
Lutz Ziob, the general manager of Microsoft Learning, answered some questions recently on the need for Windows Server 2008 training and certification. In the interview, Ziob compares IT professionals today (unsung heroes) to “the men and women who designed and built the physical infrastructure that fueled” much of this era’s social and economic progress. Some [...]
Computer Certification: 2007 in Review and a Peek at What Lies Ahead
There was plenty going on in the certification marketplace in 2007, and the industry is showing signs of emerging from the relative doldrums of the last few years. From players large to small, certification vendors kept busy rolling out new exams and updating existing ones to incorporate the latest products and technologies. Going beyond maintenance, [...]
What’s in a name?
If you own a garage and want to hire someone who’s certified in the field and can keep cars running, you’d likely look for someone known as a “mechanic.” If you own a regional hospital and want to hire someone to diagnose that thing on a patient’s leg, you’d likely look for someone known as [...]
Microsoft’s 2008 Certification Shuffle
When it comes to the new certifications from Microsoft, I feel asconfused as Ricky Ricardo does after Lucy pulls another one ofher shenanigans.
In the beginning, the two main administrator-level certificationsfrom Microsoft were the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) and the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE). While a number of tracks and derivatives have popped up to [...]
With Windows 2008 Come New MCP Benefits
Microsoft Learning improves MCP benefits package with access to Microsoft Partner-level support articles and improved transcript and certification manager.
The Microsoft Learning Group on Monday said it has made some incremental improvements to the benefits package that it issues to those who achieve Microsoft Certified Professional status. According to a press release issued by the company, [...]