Blog :: Upcoming MS Exam Retirements for H1 2016
In keeping with Microsoft's stated policy of informing the certified population about planned cert exam and credential retirements, MS Learning's Liberty Munson shared planned retirements for the first...
View ArticleBlog :: SAVE BIG!! Black Friday for Cert Stuff at PITC
If you're in the market for cert books, practice tests, or video training materials, head on over to Pearson IT Certification, where you'll find savings of up to 55% on a storewide basis (you must buy...
View ArticleBlog :: Cert Vs. Degree Gets Another Look
Ever since I started writing about certification and related IT career development topics back in the mid-1990s, one perennial question I've been posed has been "Which is better: a college degree or IT...
View ArticleBlog :: MCSA: Windows 10 Debuts December 14, 2015
In a recent post to Microsoft's Born to Learn blog, Senior Product Manager for Certification Larry Kaye announced the pending release of an MCSA for Windows 10, along with its specific requirements....
View ArticleBlog :: Gifting Technology to the Less Fortunate
This is the time of year when we can all thank our lucky stars for our current situation, and prepare for the onslaught of the holiday season. Most of my readers here are technophiles like myself, so...
View ArticleBlog :: Top Skills for 2016
As that inimitable and always sly soothsayer, Yogi Berra, once said: "It's like deja vu, all over again," when it comes to chart-topping IT skills and technical areas for 2016. There are some recurring...
View ArticleBlog :: Liberty Munson Dishes on MS Beta Cert Exam Prep
Dr. Liberty Munson is not just the Principle Psychmetrician for Microsoft Learning -- and as such, a driving force in exam development and delivery -- she's also a calm, reassuring, and often funny...
View ArticleBlog :: MS Releases Updated Technical Certification Roadmap
Last month, MS updated some of its technical certifications, adding the MCSA: Windows 10, and dropping the earlier versions of that cert for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Perforce, this changes the...
View ArticleBlog :: LinkedIn Sheds Light on High-Demand Skills
When LinkedIn bought online training company Lynda.com in April 2015, a lot of people wondered what was really going on behind the scenes. A recent post from Steve Weiss, Content Manager for Business...
View ArticleBlog :: Great Answers to Q: "Why Hire Certified IT Pros?" from IDC/Microsoft
In trying to understand the value proposition for IT certification, employers and IT pros alike are always interested in finding good answers to the question posed in this blog post's title: "Why hire...
View ArticleBlog :: Microsoft's Month-Long "Know It, Prove It" Challenge for Feb 2016
You've got to hand it to the team at Microsoft Learning and the Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA): they're always coming up with cool and interesting ways to incent people to dig more deeply into their...
View ArticleBlog :: College Credit for MS Certifications
Ace psychometrician and MS Learning guru Liberty Munson helps certification minded IT professionals strike gold once again in a recent blog post for Born to Learn. In that post, she not only asserts...
View ArticleBlog :: SQL Server Exams Get Content Refresh
Interesting item showed up on the Born to Learn blog from Larry Kaye at Microsoft Learning on February 16, 2016, to inform readers that most of the SQL Sever exams will now cover content from both SQL...
View ArticleBlog :: Cert Vs. Degree Gets Another Look
Ever since I started writing about certification and related IT career development topics back in the mid-1990s, one perennial question I've been posed has been "Which is better: a college degree or IT...
View ArticleBlog :: MCSA: Windows 10 Debuts December 14, 2015
In a recent post to Microsoft's Born to Learn blog, Senior Product Manager for Certification Larry Kaye announced the pending release of an MCSA for Windows 10, along with its specific requirements....
View ArticleBlog :: Gifting Technology to the Less Fortunate
This is the time of year when we can all thank our lucky stars for our current situation, and prepare for the onslaught of the holiday season. Most of my readers here are technophiles like myself, so...
View ArticleBlog :: Top Skills for 2016
As that inimitable and always sly soothsayer, Yogi Berra, once said: "It's like deja vu, all over again," when it comes to chart-topping IT skills and technical areas for 2016. There are some recurring...
View ArticleBlog :: Liberty Munson Dishes on MS Beta Cert Exam Prep
Dr. Liberty Munson is not just the Principle Psychmetrician for Microsoft Learning -- and as such, a driving force in exam development and delivery -- she's also a calm, reassuring, and often funny...
View ArticleBlog :: MS Releases Updated Technical Certification Roadmap
Last month, MS updated some of its technical certifications, adding the MCSA: Windows 10, and dropping the earlier versions of that cert for Windows 7 and Windows 8. Perforce, this changes the...
View ArticleBlog :: LinkedIn Sheds Light on High-Demand Skills
When LinkedIn bought online training company Lynda.com in April 2015, a lot of people wondered what was really going on behind the scenes. A recent post from Steve Weiss, Content Manager for Business...
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