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Are you working on your MCSE: Private Cloud as part of the #60days2MCSE challenge? Have you visited your forum lately to post a status check or share resources with your fellow IT pros? I wanted to take a moment and celebrate some recent achievements...

She’s fast. She’s fierce. And she’s a contestant on Be the Next Microsoft Employee , airing July 24, 2012. Don’t let Stacy’s southern charm fool you—she’s a long-time IT pro with serious SQL chops. She can...

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From 13 weird tricks to clean your car to a 140 character summaries of the best commencement speeches of 2012 to figuring out your cupcake personality, Reader’s Digest tackles a ton of topics. Good thing they have Michael Kett minding their data—otherwise...

MOS Study Guide for Microsoft® Office 365 By John Pierce June 2012 irst to write a review Ebook: $9.99 Print & Ebook: $13.19 Print: $11.99   Understanding IPv6, 3rd Edition By Joseph Davies June 2012 (est.) eviews) Pre-Order Print: $49.99  ...

We’re excited to announce that John Pierce’s MOS Study Guide for Microsoft Office 365 (ISBN: 9780735669031; 224 pages) is now available for purchase! You can find an excerpt from the introduction in this previous post . Here is an excerpt from Chapter...

It is with great pleasure that Microsoft Learning announces the release of course 80307: Enterprise Portal Development in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012. About this Course : This two-day course introduces the student to the uses of the Enterprise...

Don’t mess with Chris Williams of Austin, Texas. He’s the most recent addition to the web-based reality show, Be the Next Microsoft Employee . Chris knows a heck of a lot about GIS. His affection for GIS makes more sense when you learn...

We rarely feature our Microsoft Press eReference Library on the blog so I thought I might take a moment to explain to you this great resource. Get immediate, online access to a wealth of Microsoft Press books with a subscription to our eReference Library...

The MSL Certification UX team is pleased to announce customer availability of our new exam interface! Starting with the exams listed below, candidates will experience some cool new features: Updated look and feel: graphics, logos and colors have been...

Exam 70-246: Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 is now available in Prometric testing centers. This exam is designed to test the candidate's knowledge and skills on monitoring and operating a private cloud with System...

Many PowerShell fans know Ed Wilson by his books and his popular blog, “ Hey Scripting Guy .” If you were lucky enough to be at TechEd this week in Orlando, you had a chance to meet Ed at the Microsoft Press booth signing his book, Windows PowerShell...

Get acquainted with the many exciting new features of Windows Server 2012 in a free Jump Start course. On June 21-22, from 9:00am – 4:00pm PDT , join Microsoft Senior Technical Evangelist Rick Claus and Microsoft Partner Corey Hynes as they walk you through...

Alex Aguilar is Contestant #1 on Be the Next Microsoft Employee . Alex is currently putting his SQL superpowers to work in Phoenix, Arizona in a somewhat unusual setting—as a Senior Database Administrator for a leading provider of solid waste...

Here’s the 10th post in our series of guest posts by Microsoft Most Valued Professionals (MVPs). Since the early 1990s, Microsoft has recognized technology champions around the world with the MVP Award . MVPs freely share their deep knowledge, real-world...

Styles, like Quick Style Sets, lets you design styles in your document. Styles can save you time, simplify your work, and h elp keep your formatting more consistent and professional. Sure, you can create documents in Microsoft Word without making use...

Sometimes the best way to say you’re serious about training and certification is by proving it. And that is, in part, the idea behind Microsoft’s first-ever Web-based reality show -- Be the next Microsoft Employee . Today we revealed...

Greetings from TechEd North America in Orlando, Florida. I’m very excited to announce two new Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certifications based on Windows Server 2012. These certifications, and the training associated with them, provide...

Nice book review of Inside Windows Debugging. Check it out here: http://blogcritics.org/books/article/book-review-inside-windows-debugging-practical/ ...read more

Sure, you can create documents in Microsoft Word without making use of styles. You can also go grocery shopping without a basket, travel across town without transportation, or do laundry without detergent. But chances are that you wouldn’t work harder...

Anticipated Outage on June 9, 2012 -- Prometric will have a scheduling outage from 9-11am Eastern on Saturday, June 9. During this time, candidates will not be able to register for exams. Your patience is appreciated. Onsite Testing at...

This important Jump Start video series helps IT Pros learn how to enable employees to leverage their own PCs, slates, smartphones and social networking needs (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) on the job while providing the added protection of enterprise...

This important Jump Start video series helps IT Pros learn how to enable employees to leverage their own PCs, slates, smartphones and social networking needs (e.g., Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) on the job while providing the added protection of enterprise...

If you’re attending TechEd in Orlando next week, be sure to stop by the O'Reilly/Microsoft Press booth (#1936) where there will be author book signings, book giveaways, and special offers. Many Microsoft Press authors will also be giving sessions...

Check out Chris Sharratt’s report from last week’s Thinking Digital conference . Here’s a teaser: “Against all expectations, it was the man from Microsoft who really got me thinking, both during his talk and since. Richard Banks is principal interaction...