Put your knowledge to the test | #70-640 #70-536

Are you already certified and want to explore branching out into another area? Are you curious about certification, but have never taken an exam? Here is your opportunity to put your knowledge to the test by signing up to receive a series of practice exam questions that can help you prepare to earn a certification.

Why not give it a try? There is no cost to participate!

After you register, each week for seven weeks you will receive test questions by e-mail. The questions are from MeasureUp, a leading provider of high-quality practice tests for Microsoft Certified Professionals.

Starting the second week, you also will receive a link to a video. The video features a Microsoft Certified Trainer who answers the questions from the previous week and discusses the technology. The questions and videos are designed to help pinpoint gaps in your skills and knowledge so you can determine where to focus your training.

Register now to test your knowledge.

Register	Topic	Audience	Details
Register	Windows Server 2008	IT professionals	Seven sets of test questions and six videos that can help you prepare to take Exam 70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory – Configuring Learn about Exam 70-640
Register	Microsoft .NET Framework	Developers	Seven sets of test questions and six videos that can help you prepare to take Exam 70-536: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation Learn about Exam 70-536

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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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!

Learn Windows Client .Net (Windows Forms & Windows Presentation Foundation)

Here are many pages of tutorials and hours of video training sessions that help you learn how to create Windows Client applications. This content is tailored to a variety of learning styles and technical levels. Click

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

A Developer’s Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) in .NET 4

As software developers know, writing applications can be challenging, and we are constantly looking for tools and frameworks to simplify the process and help us focus on the business challenges we are trying to solve.  We have moved from writing code in machine languages such as assembler to higher level languages like C# and Visual Basic that ease our development, remove lower level concerns such as memory management, and increase our productivity as developers.  For Microsoft developers, the move to .NET allows the Common Language Runtime (CLR) to allocate memory, cleanup unneeded objects and handle low level constructs like pointers. 

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Now available! Microsoft Exam 70-519: Pro: Designing and Developing Web Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0

Exam 70-519 is now available in Prometric testing centers. This is a Technical Specialist exam designed to assess candidates’  knowledge and skills on designing and developing Web applications using Microsoft .NET 4 and Visual Studio 2010.

Candidates are typically Job Role Professionals who design and develop Web applications by using Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and  .NET Framework 4.   These professional developers should have a minimum of three years of experience using Microsoft ASP.NET technologies to develop compelling user experiences.

This exam covers the following topics:

• Designing the Application Architecture
• Designing the User Experience
• Designing Data Strategies and Structures
• Designing Security Architecture and Implementation
• Preparing For and Investigating Application Issues
• Designing a Deployment Strategy

For a more detailed list of the skills measured on this exam, check out the prep guide. To schedule your exam, visit Prometric’s Web site.

Now available! Microsoft Exam 70-518: Pro: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0

Exam 70-518 is now available in Prometric testing centers. This is a Professional exam designed to assess candidates’ knowledge and skills on making the appropriate job role decisions around Windows-based applications on the desktop using Windows Forms and WPF.

Candidates for this exam work on a team in a development environment that uses Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2010 and the Microsoft .NET Framework 4 to develop desktop applications.  Candidates should have a minimum of three years of experience developing applications, including one to two years of experience developing Windows-based applications. Candidates should have a thorough understanding of Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Forms technologies in the .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.  

This exam covers the following topics:

• Designing the Layers of a Solution
• Designing the Presentation Layer
• Designing the Data Access Layer
• Planning a Solution Deployment
• Designing for Stability and Maintenance

For a more detailed list of the skills measured on this exam, check out the prep guide. To schedule your exam, visit Prometric’s Web site.

Now available! Microsoft Exam 70-516: TS: Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Exam 70-516 is now available in Prometric testing centers. This is a Technical Specialist exam designed to assess candidates’ knowledge and skills on accessing data sources using ADO.NET and the .NET Framework.

Candidates for this exam use Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and ADO.NET 4 to develop the data access layer of an application.  Candidates should have a minimum of two to three years of experience developing application components that interact with a variety of data sources.  In addition, candidates should have a thorough understanding of relational database concepts and should have a minimum of one to two years of experience using a relational database management system. 

This exam covers the following topics:

• Modeling Data
• Managing Connections and Context
• Querying Data
• Manipulating Data
• Developing and Deploying Reliable Applications

For a more detailed list of the skills measured on this exam, check out the prep guide. To schedule your exam, visit Prometric’s Web site.

Now available! Microsoft Exam 70-511: TS: Windows Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Exam 70-511 is now available in Prometric testing centers. This is a Technical Specialist exam designed to assess candidates’ hands-on skills in developing applications using Windows Forms, WPF and the .NET Framework 4.

Candidates for this exam work in a development environment that uses Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2010 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 to create WinForms and WPF applications. The candidate should have at least one year of experience developing Windows-based applications by using Visual Studio, including at least six months of experience with Visual Studio 2010 Professional.

This exam covers the following topics:

• Building a User Interface by Using Basic Techniques
• Enhancing a User Interface by Using Advanced Techniques
• Managing Data at the User Interface Layer
• Enhancing the Functionality and Usability of a Solution
• Stabilizing and Releasing a Solution

For a more detailed list of the skills measured on this exam, check out the prep guide. To schedule your exam, visit Prometric’s Web site.