Competency News May

Dear Partner This month, why not take on-demand or live training to help you prepare to pass required certification exams? Read below for offerings including live sessions in the popular Jump Start series. What’s New Microsoft competency exam offer ends May 31 Did you purchase exam packs with second shot? If purchased before December 31, 2012, you are required to use all exams by May 31, 2013. There is still time to purchase packs containing 3-20 exam vouchers and a second chance to pass exams; however, the second shot offer ends May 31. Check out the Microsoft exams that qualify! Did you miss Microsoft Certified Career Day 2013?  Watch the recorded webcasts now and learn more from the esteemed panel of IT industry experts on the topic of cloud technologies, and the opportunities for advancing IT careers through skills development, training and certification. View the recordings. Who won a Windows 8 tablet? Congratulations to the March Presales Technical winner of the “Win a Windows 8 Tablet” promotion, Rob Riley from Catapult Systems. “Being accredited as a Microsoft Presales Technical Specialist shows potential customers that we have made the investment with Microsoft to deliver them a top quality solution by a trusted advisor who believes as much as they do in the Microsoft line of products,” says Riley.	MPN Competencies Application Development Application Lifecycle Management Business Intelligence Collaboration and Content Communications Customer Relationship Management Data Platform Devices and Deployment Digital Marketing Enterprise Resource Planning Hosting Identity and Access Management and Virtualization Messaging Midmarket Solution Provider Mobility OEM Project and Portfolio Management Server Platform Small Business Software Asset Management
Competency Specific Information APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT APPLICATION LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT Upcoming Visual Studio 2012 Jump Starts The following offerings in the popular Jump Start series can help you prepare to pass Microsoft certification exams that will soon be required for the Application Lifecycle Management competency. Review the offerings below, and see the requirements for this competency. · May 28: Software Testing with Visual Studio 2012 (Exam 70-497) · May 29: Administering Visual Studio TFS 2012 (Exam 70-496) BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE No-cost Exam Preps for SQL Server 2012 Do you know about the 90 Days to MCSA program? It’s a plan of action with a focus on Windows Server and SQL Server that includes free Exam Preps, a clear roadmap, tools, and community support. Make a commitment to yourself and get started today. Includes training for Exams 70-461, 70-462, and 70-463. COLLABORATION AND CONTENT COMMUNICATIONS New Lync 2013 sales course and learning paths A new seven-module sales training is now available on-demand. The training covers the following topics: · Understanding the Microsoft opportunity · Accelerating your sales cycle with an effective demo · How Microsoft programs can help · Understanding Lync licensing · Working with Microsoft to sell Lync solutions · Engaging the partner ecosystem · Winning against the competition You can access the on-demand recordings and downloadable presentation materials decks through the Lync 2013 sales and presales technical learning paths. These training modules will also be used as the basis for new Lync 2013 assessments for the Communications competency, to be available in June. The 2013 assessments will replace the 2010 assessments and become mandatory beginning in October. CUSTOMER RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT You could close Microsoft Dynamics CRM sales faster Whether you are a sales or a presales technical consultant, you can leverage online training courses and assessments to help improve your Microsoft Dynamics CRM expertise. The Sales Specialist accreditations also count toward your company’s Microsoft Partner Network competency. Learn about the Microsoft solution selling process, tips on how to sell Microsoft Dynamics CRM 2011, the Sure Step customer engagement methodology, and competing effectively against Salesforce – choose from the sales or presales links above.  DATA PLATFORM No-cost Exam Preps for SQL Server 2012 Do you know about the 90 Days to MCSA program? It’s a plan of action with a focus on Windows Server and SQL Server that includes free Exam Preps, a clear roadmap, tools, and community support. Make a commitment to yourself and get started today. Includes training for Exams 70-461, 70-462, and 70-463. DEVICES AND DEPLOYMENT New Practice Accelerator offering Practice Accelerator for Flexible Workstyle, designed to help you build a practice around deploying Windows 8, is now available. DIGITAL MARKETING ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING HOSTING No-cost Exam Preps for Windows Server 2012 Do you know about the 90 Days to MCSA program? It’s a plan of action with a focus on Windows Server and SQL Server that includes free Exam Preps, a clear roadmap, tools, and community support. Make a commitment to yourself and get started today. Includes training for Exams 70-410, 70-411, and 70-412. IDENTITY AND ACCESS No-cost Exam Preps for Windows Server 2012 Do you know about the 90 Days to MCSA program? It’s a plan of action with a focus on Windows Server and SQL Server that includes free Exam Preps, a clear roadmap, tools, and community support. Make a commitment to yourself and get started today. Includes training for Exam 70-412. MANAGEMENT AND VIRTUALIZATION Microsoft tools for VMware migration integration IT pros: Microsoft Virtual Academy (MVA) now features a no-cost, half-day course for those of you interested in integrating and migrating VMware with System Center 2012. The course covers several key tools designed to help you integrate better with VMware, or migrate to the Microsoft platform. The session is led by Microsoft technical evangelist Symon Perriman, joined by four additional content experts. Watch now. MVA virtualization Q&A now on-demand This recording of the April 3 MVA Live Q&A features virtualization experts Symon Perriman and Jeff Woolsey, who answer technical questions about the Microsoft approach to virtualization. This is a follow-up to the Introduction to Hyper-V Jump Start course that introduced Hyper-V infrastructure, networking, storage and management, Hyper-V high availability, and live migration. MESSAGING Ignite webcast: Exchange eDiscovery This presentation, now available on-demand, covers Exchange Server 2013 eDiscovery advancement and capabilities. MIDMARKET SOLUTION PROVIDER No-cost Exam Preps for Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 Do you know about the 90 Days to MCSA program? It’s a plan of action with a focus on Windows Server and SQL Server that includes free Exam Preps, a clear roadmap, tools, and community support. Make a commitment to yourself and get started today. Includes training for Exams 70-410, 70-411, 70-462, and 70-463. MOBILITY OEM No-cost Exam Preps for Windows Server 2012 Do you know about the 90 Days to MCSA program? It’s a plan of action with a focus on Windows Server and SQL Server that includes free Exam Preps, a clear roadmap, tools, and community support. Make a commitment to yourself and get started today. Includes training for Exams 70-410, 70-411, and 70-412. PROJECT AND PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT SERVER PLATFORM No-cost Exam Preps for Windows Server 2012 Do you know about the 90 Days to MCSA program? It’s a plan of action with a focus on Windows Server and SQL Server that includes free Exam Preps, a clear roadmap, tools, and community support. Make a commitment to yourself and get started today. Includes training for Exams 70-410, 70-411, and 70-412. SMALL BUSINESS Microsoft Certified Career Day 2013: Windows Server 2012 product session Senior technical evangelists Rick Claus and Joey Snow discuss how to get the training needed to transform IT operations and deliver a whole new level of business value with Windows Server 2012. They also share their certification stories and discuss the value of Microsoft certification. Check out the session video, and also look at the resources from the 90 Days to MCSA challenge – all can be used to help you get cloud-certified. No-cost Exam Preps for Windows Server 2012 Do you know about the 90 Days to MCSA program? It’s a plan of action with a focus on Windows Server and SQL Server that includes free Exam Preps, a clear roadmap, tools, and community support. Make a commitment to yourself and get started today. Includes training for Exam 70-410. SOFTWARE ASSET MANAGEMENT
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