Category Archives: microsoft
Attention App Developers! Get Certification Credits for Your Work With Microsoft AppToCert
Are you a Windows Phone or Windows Store Apps developer? Microsoft has some great news for you: from now on, becoming a Certified Microsoft Developer has become easier. You can get credits for your apps instead of taking certification exams – and it’s NOT a belated April Fool’s joke. The company has recently announced the… Read More »
Best IT Trainer Certifications: CTT+, MCT, ACT, CCSI
Have you heard a saying and tons of jokes about people who go into teaching since they can’t do their jobs well? Forget that! Jokers can joke all they want, but pursuing the career of an IT trainer is a great idea for a tech professional. Here’s why: When teaching may be right for you… Read More »
Promo Parade: Don’t Miss These Offers!
As January is almost over, it’s time to gear up on your exam preparation. It may be easier said than done, but with some promos and incentives being available this week, your motivation is about to go up! We’ve looked around and found some awesome discounts for you. Enjoy: 35% discount for ExamCollection Premium VCEs:… Read More »
Take Microsoft Exams Online. Yes, Now You Can
As IT certification landscape continues to change, Microsoft takes its online proctored exams global, so more and more candidates can become Microsoft Certified Professionals without leaving their home/office. While in the beginning Microsoft IT proctored exams were available exclusively in the United States, the company has added 20 more counties earlier this month. So now… Read More »
Holiday Special: Take New MCSE Exams For FREE!
Do you remember the new Enterprise Devices and Apps MCSE we told you about? The new MCSE exams are currently in beta, and this Christmas, Microsoft invites you to take them free of charge. The pitfall? You MUST take the exam before December 29, 2014! Not enough preparation time? Why not give it a try… Read More »
Must Bookmark: Microsoft’s Retiring Exams Directory
Planning to take a Microsoft exam some time soon? Make sure it’s not getting retired in 2015! As technology keeps rapidly changing, there is little wonder that a number of IT certifications become irrelevant and out of date very fast. As a result, some exams get minor updates while others get retired. This is the… Read More »
Breaking News! New MCSE: Enterprise Devices and Apps is Here
Microsoft has just announced the new MCSE: Enterprise Devices and Apps. This new credential enables IT professionals and technologists to demonstrate their advanced skills in device management in today’s BYOD enterprise. This MCSE can be earned by having a Windows 8 MCSA (or a Windows Server 2012 MCSA) and passing the new exams: 695 and… Read More »
Take New Microsoft Azure and Office 365 Exams For FREE!
Want to get certified in Microsoft Azure or Microsoft Office 365 without spending a dime? For a limited time only, Microsoft is offering FREE exams for Microsoft Certified Specialist in Azure and Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate in Office 365 credentials. To earn Microsoft Certified Specialist in Azure, pass one or both of these exams: 70-532:… Read More »
The New Windows Is On Its Way: Have You Heard of Windows 10?
Last week, Microsoft gave the first presentation of Windows 10, the new version of the operating system, which is due to come out next year. Although the presentation wasn’t accompanied by the hype and PR characteristic of Apple and some other products, the news is huge. With Windows 10, Microsoft seems to go out of… Read More »
Microsoft Exams are Now Available at Pearson VUE
Great news for those living far from Prometric testing centers! Starting this week, you can schedule your Microsoft certification exam at any Pearson VUE certification center. Microsoft is expanding its certification exam network so candidates have an easier access to the testing facilities. Since Pearson VUE is present in over 160 countries across the globe,the… Read More »
MCSA Office 365: Another Path to MCSE Communication, Messaging or SharePoint
Great news for those considering an MCSE: Communication, Messaging or SharePoint. Microsoft has just added the MCSA Office 365 as one of prerequisites for those MCSEs. Until recently, candidates interested in pursuing one of the three MCSE certifications needed to have achieved an MCSA: Windows Server 2012. Yet, as the software landscape is quickly changing… Read More »
Just in: MCSE and MCSD Recertification News
In early 2012, Microsoft introduced the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) credentials. It may be hard to believe that it’s been well over 2 years already, but nevertheless it’s about time to recertify for the first wave of MCSE and MCSE holders, and they are desperate for recertification news.… Read More »
Have you heard of the recent Tech Ed North America 2014 conference? This is one of the major events on the IT certification landscape that concluded a week ago at the George R. Brown Convention Center in Houston, and won’t return until 2015. Yet, for those of us who thrive on free training and miscellaneous… Read More »
70-496, 70-497, 70-498 Exam Updates Coming
Microsoft seems to have entered another update phase, releasing certification update news on an almost weekly basis now. One of the fresh updates includes refreshing 3 exams in the Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Area. Effective June 8, 2014, candidates will be given new versions of exams 496, 497, and 498. According to Microsoft, the changes… Read More »
Don’t Miss 40% OFF Promo At Microsoft Press!
Did you know that Microsoft Press has just opened their new online store? Or, no… let us turn it around… Did you know that YOU have a 40% discount at the new Microsoft Press store? That’s right! Microsoft’s Entire store on sale, letting you save 40% on books and eBooks. Just use discount code NEW40… Read More »