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    July 14

    MCP Exam Delivery through only Prometric

    Microsoft Learning Announces Exam Delivery Provider DecisionMicrosoft Learning Announces Exam Delivery Provider Decision
     
    Microsoft Learning announces its decision to move forward with Prometric for delivery of its Microsoft professional certification and Microsoft Dynamics exams. Pearson VUE will discontinue selling Microsoft professional certification exams after August 31, 2007. To accommodate those who purchase Microsoft professional certification exams through August 31, Pearson VUE will continue to administer the exams through December 31, 2007. Pearson VUE will discontinue selling and administering Microsoft Dynamics exams after December 31, 2007. Additional details regarding this transition will follow over the next few months.

    To obtain a Prometric exam replacement voucher for exams scheduled after December 31, please contact: mslvouch@microsoft.com.

    Windows Server 2008 To Launch in Feb 2008

    Articles found  on Windows Server News:
     
    Last Tuesday at Microsoft's Worldwide Partner Conference in Denver, Redmond's Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner said Windows Server 2008 (W2K8) would launch on February 27, 2008. They are going to have a party in LA, and also 'invite' Visual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008 even though the latter will not be available until mid next year. Redmond is planning on what Turner called a "feeding frenzy, creating hundreds of billions of dollars in the ecosystem." Meaning they expect you to buy this by the bushel. I'm not so sure about that. W2K8 is at the moment in a Community Technology Preview of Beta 3 and of course Redmond is 'dogfooding' it in-house. RTM is expected end of this year. Of note, this is also likely to be the last hurrah for BillG, who will be stepping away from his day-to-day role in July 08.