Get the Skills. Keep the Kindle!

Receive the new generation Kindle Wi-Fi, preinstalled with Microsoft Official Course content and a Microsoft certification voucher when you enroll in a participating Microsoft Boot Camps from Unitek Education

THE SKILLS AND TOOLS YOU NEED TO SUCCEED.

In just one to six days, a Unitek Boot Camp provides the benefit of a live instructor a Microsoft Certified Trainer and classroom learning that is immediately practical and applicable on the job. Microsoft Certification takes training one step further as it validates your skills and helps you become more marketable as an IT professional or developer.

ANYTIME, ANYWHERE ACCESS TO COURSE MATERIAL.

Take learning content with you on a new Kindle, an ideal delivery tool for digital content. This offer is available for some of the most popular Microsoft Boot Camps exclusively from Microsoft Learning Partners, Unitek Education. When you attend classroom training, you will receive your Kindle pre-installed with the digital version of Microsoft Official Courseware plus a certification voucher to drive immediate exam delivery. Unitek Education’s Boot Camps will help prepare you to earn your next certification. With digital Microsoft Official Courses, you have the flexibility to consume course materials wherever you are, on most any device. It’s a cost-effective alternative to costly books and no CD installation is required.

VALUE OF CERTIFICATION

By earning a Microsoft Certification, you gain relevant skills that employers respect and you get the opportunity to connect with a global community of other certified professionals. The Microsoft Certification Program also provides you with access to valuable Microsoft resources and benefits, such as access to the member website, career-building tools, and training. Explore the benefits of certification—and start your journey toward your ideal career.

Participating Boot Camps:

• MCTS and MCITP: Exchange Server 2010 Boot Camp – 6 Days
• MCTS: Configuring Office SharePoint Server 2010 Boot Camp – 5 Days

    

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Interested in learning about Office365? Get a "jump start"

If your company is considering Office 365 or if you’re simply curious about this evolving technology, you’ll be interested in these free Jump Start videos, which leverage a "team-teaching" approach.

Each video, presented by Microsoft evangelist Adam (Bomb) Carter and senior Microsoft technologists, features real-world scenarios, best practices, and the benefits and options for adopting Office 365.

Additional training materials are also available on Born to Learn.

Office 365 Platform

• Microsoft Office 365 Overview for IT Pros

• Deploying Clients for Office 365

• Microsoft Office 365 Administration & Automation Using Windows PowerShell™

• Microsoft Office 365 Identity and Access Solutions

• Microsoft Office 365 Directory Synchronization

Exchange Online

• Exchange Online Overview for IT Pros

• Microsoft Exchange Online Administration

• Microsoft Staged Exchange Online Migration

• Hybrid Options with Exchange Server & Exchange Online

• Exchange Online Archiving & Compliance

Lync & SharePoint Options

• Lync Online Overview & Configuration for IT Pros

• SharePoint Online Overview

• SharePoint Online Administration

• SharePoint Online Extensibility & Customization

• Office 365 Deployment Overview

Complimentary Exam Coaching Sessions from Microsoft

Recently, Microsoft has added several new recorded Live Meetings to their Learning website, including exam coaching sessions. Presented by Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCTs), these sessions include an overview of the technologies you can expect to find on exams, along with the skills that are measured.

Browse exam coaching sessions for:

• Exchanger Server
• SharePoint Server
• SQL Server
• .NET Framework
• Windows Server
• Windows Client

Enjoy!

Microsoft Learning training is now available on YouTube!

Visit the Microsoft Learning YouTube channel and get free training on Windows 7, Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, and other Microsoft products and technologies.  You can now view Microsoft Learning training on the platform and browser of your choice.  The channel offers both standalone videos and playlists.  You can embed videos on your own web site, subscribe to the Microsoft Learning YouTube channel, and access the videos on your mobile phone.  Check out the Microsoft Learning Channel on YouTube to find out more!  Don’t forget you can still get free training through Learning Snacks here.

Microsoft Learning Product Releases for July 18-31

1.       Microsoft Official Courses (MOC) are instructor-led training courses offered by our Certified Partners.  Not all classes will be offered by all partners.  Find a training center through Class Locator and see if they will be offering the course you need.

2.       Community Courses (CC) are instructor-led training courses offered by our Certified Partners wherein the content is authored by our learning community.

3.       General Availability for MOC and CC is dependent on our Certified Partners, but the earliest is Orderable Date + 7 days.

4.       Products with no link currently don’t have a URL – search for the course in the training catalog

 Microsoft Exchange Server 2010

Title	Type	RTM (MCT Availability)	Orderable Date (MPN Availability)	General Availability
Deploying Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Configuring Mailbox Servers in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Managing Recipient Objects in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Managing Client Access in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Configuring Message Transport in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Implementing Messaging Security in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Implementing High Availability in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Implementing Backup and Recovery in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Configuring Messaging Policy and Compliance for Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Maintaining Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Deploying Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Managing Mailbox Servers and Recipients in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Managing Client Access in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Managing Message Transport and Security in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Implementing High Availability and Disaster Recovery in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Configuring Messaging Policy and Compliance in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Introduction to Planning an Exchange Server 2010 Deployment	E-Learning			7/23
Planning the Exchange Server 2010 Infrastructure Environment	E-Learning			7/23
Planning and Deploying Client Access Services in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Planning and Deploying Message Transport in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Planning and Deploying Mailbox Services in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Planning and Deploying Messaging Security in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Planning and Deploying Messaging Compliance in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Planning and Deploying High Availability in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Planning and Implementing Disaster Recovery in Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Transitioning to Exchange Server 2010	E-Learning			7/23
Configuring, Managing and Troubleshooting Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 (German, Japanese, French)	MOC	7/30	8/16 (Japanese, French), 8/30 (German)	8/23 (Japanese, French), 9/6 (German)

 

Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010

Title	Type	RTM (MCT Availability)	Orderable Date (MPN Availability)	General Availability
What’s New in Microsoft® SharePoint® 2010 for IT Professionals	E-Learning			7/21
TS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010, Configuring (German, French, Japanese, Portuguese (Brazil))	Exam			7/27, 9/30 (Portuguese(Brazil))

  

Microsoft Office 2010

Title	Type	RTM (MCT Availability)	Orderable Date (MPN Availability)	General Availability
Beginner Skills in Microsoft® Outlook® 2010 (Italian, French)	MOC	7/19	8/2	8/9
What’s New in Microsoft® Office® 2010	MOC	7/28	8/11	8/18
Beginner Skills in Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2010 (Spanish, Japanese)	MOC	7/28	8/11	8/18
Beginner Skills in Microsoft® Outlook® 2010 (German)	MOC	7/28	8/11	8/18
Beginner Skills in Microsoft® PowerPoint® 2010 (German)	MOC	7/28	8/11	8/18
Skills Training in Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010	MOC	7/29	8/12	8/19
Beginner Skills Training in Microsoft® Visio® 2010	MOC	7/29	8/12	8/19
Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010 Part 1 – Setting up a New Site	MOC	7/29	8/12	8/19
Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010 Part 2 – Workflows	MOC	7/29	8/12	8/19
Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010 Part 3 – Content Types	MOC	7/29	8/12	8/19
Microsoft® SharePoint® Designer 2010 Part 4 – Integrating Business Data	MOC	7/29	8/12	8/19
What’s New in Microsoft® Access® 2010 (German, Spanish, Japanese)	E-Learning			Now
What’s New in Microsoft® Publisher 2010 (German, Spanish, Japanese)	E-Learning			Now
What’s New in Microsoft® Visio® 2010 (German, Spanish, Japanese)	E-Learning			Now
Skills Training in Microsoft® Outlook® 2010 (German, Spanish, Japanese)	E-Learning			7/28
Skills Training in Microsoft® Word 2010 (German, Spanish, Japanese)	E-Learning			7/28
Skills Training in Microsoft® Excel® 2010 (Spanish)	E-Learning			7/28

 

 Microsoft Essential Business Server

Title	Type	RTM (MCT Availability)	Orderable Date (MPN Availability)	General Availability
Configuring, Implementing, and Managing Windows® Essential Business Server 2008	E-Learning			7/28

 

 Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Title	Type	RTM (MCT Availability)	Orderable Date (MPN Availability)	General Availability
Implementing and Managing Microsoft® Server Virtualization	MOC	7/20	8/3	8/10
Fundamentals of Windows Server® 2008 Network and Applications Infrastructure (Spanish)	MOC	7/30	8/13	8/20
Configuring and Troubleshooting Windows Server® 2008 Active Directory® Domain Services (Spanish)	MOC	7/30	8/13	8/20
Configuring and Troubleshooting Internet Information Services in Windows Server® 2008 (Spanish)	MOC	7/30	8/13	8/20

Source: Born to Learn

Free E-Learning: Exploring Features of Exchange Server 2010

This two-hour collection provides an overview of the new features in Exchange Server 2010.

The clinics within this collection cover:

• New features in Exchange Server 2010
• Management tools used in Exchange Server 2010
• Managing a Mailbox server
• Unified Messaging in Exchange Server 2010
• High availability features in Exchange Server 2010

Users completing this collection should have three or more years of experience working with previous versions of Exchange Server, including the implementation of Exchange Server 2007. They should be familiar with the concepts of Active Directory, Exchange messaging, and SharePoint, and fundamentals of Microsoft Office 2003, Microsoft Office 2007, Windows Server 2003, and Windows Server 2008. It is beneficial if they have experience with a Windows or command-line scripting language.

This offer includes the following:

Clinic 6900: Introduction to Exchange Server 2010 Clinic 6901: Exchange Server 2010 in an Enterprise

Keep Learning!

Free training resources for IT Pros!

Do you like learning at your own pace? Online training is for you. Even better, all of the ones listed below are free! Check out some of the newest courses:

• Clinic 6900DE: Introduction to Exchange Server 2010 (1 hour)
• Clinic 10279: What’s New in Microsoft SharePoint 2010 for IT Professionals (2 hours)
• Clinic 10077: What’s New in Windows 7 for IT Professionals (2 hours)
• View all online training

Need a quick overview of a new Microsoft product? Have a snack. Microsoft Learning Snacks are short, interactive presentations created by Microsoft Learning experts. Here are a few of the most recent additions:

• Experiencing the Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 User Interface
• Management Enhancements in Windows Server 2008 R2
• Introducing DirectAccess in Windows Server 2008 R2
• View all Learning Snacks

Live Meetings: Exam Crams for Windows Server, Exchange, SharePoint and more!

Did you join us last week for our Windows 7 exam cram? If you did, you know that MCT Craig Brown did a great job of prepping everyone for the Windows 7 exams. If you couldn’t make it, you missed a session in which 100% of the attendees said they’re now better-prepared to take their exams and 85% said that they feel more confident in going into their tests. On top of all that, two lucky winners received exam vouchers as a thank you for attending.

Did you miss out? Not really. You can access the recorded version of the Windows 7 exam cram online.

Register now for future exam cram sessions in our Career Series!

Join MCT Dan Neurenberg this Thursday, March 18th for a Windows Server 2008 Virtualization Exam Cram. He’ll cover exams 70-659 and 70-403. The first part of the presentation will cover what to expect on these exams and then he’ll be taking your questions. Once again, we’ll be selecting one attendee from each session to receive a voucher for a Microsoft exam, so be sure to get this on your calendar!

• March 18 2010 at 8:00am PDT (What time is this in my region?)
• March 18 2010 at 12:00pm PDT (What time is this in my region?)

Then, on March 23rd, Kyle Rosenthal will present “Career Specialization for Help Desk technicians: Skills necessary to become a Network Administrator.” Whether you’re looking to break into the field or advance your current career, this session will help you chart your career and reach your goals.

• March 23 2010 at 8:00am PDT (What time is this in my region?)
• March 23 2010 at 12:00pm PDT (What time is this in my region?)

Exchange Server 2010, Office Communication Server 2007 R2

Next up: April is Unified Communications month! We’ll have two exam cram sessions, one for Exchange Server 2010 and the other on Office Communications Server 2007 R2. After that, we’ll follow up with a focused discussion with MCT David Elfassy on “Career Specialization for Network Administrators: Skills necessary to become a Messaging Administrator.”

 Exchange Server 2010: TS and ITPRO Exams 70-662 and 70-663 by Bob Reinsch

• April 15 2010 at 8:00am PDT (What time is this in my region?)
• April 15 2010 at 2pm PDT session (What time is this in my region?)

Office Communication Server 2007 R2 : Voice Specialization – Exam 74-404 by Gordon Ryan

• April 22 2010 at 8:00am PDT (What time is this in my region?)
• April 22 2010 at 12pm PDT session (What time is this in my region?)

Career Specialization for Network Administrators: Skills necessary to become a Messaging Administrator by David Elfassy

• April 27 2010 at 8:00am PDT (What time is this in my region?)
• April 27 2010 at 12pm PDT (What time is this in my region?)

SharePoint Server 2010

If SharePoint Server is more your game, we’ve got  a month for you! Join us in May for Information Worker and Collaboration month. Whether you’re an IT professional interested in the Technology Specialist or the IT Professional exams or a Developer looking for guidance on 70-573, you’ll find help in May. Then, we’ll finish off the month with MCT Russ Kaufmann sharing his secrets to “Career Specialization for Network Administrators: Skills necessary to become a SharePoint Administrator.”

Certification Preparation session: SharePoint Server 2010 TS and Pro Exams: 70-667 and 70-668 by Telmo Sampaio

• May 13 2010 at 8am PDT session (What time is this in my region?)
• May 13 2010 at 12pm PDT session (What time is this in my region?)

Certification Preparation session: SharePoint Server 2010 Developer: Exam 70-573 by Christopher Harrison

• May 20 2010 at 8am PDT session (What time is this in my region?)
• May 20 2010 at 12:00pm PDT (What time is this in my region?)

Career Specialization for Network Administrators: Skills necessary to become a SharePoint Administrator by Russ Kaufmann

• May 26 2010 at 12:00pm PDT (What time is this in my region?)

Free E-Learning: Exploring Features of Exchange Server 2010

This two-hour collection provides you with an overview of the new features in Exchange Server 2010. It also describes the enhancements made over Exchange Server 2007. More…

Free E-Learning: Exchange Server 2010 in an Enterprise

This one-hour clinic describes Exchange Server 2010 features that are useful in an enterprise. It covers features such mailbox server configurations, unified messaging, and high availability. More…