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MCP Magazine's writers and editors turn their attention to solving your problems -- technical and professional.

Microsoft Certification Price Jumps

U.S. pricing for Microsoft exams through Prometric and VUE testing centers has increased 25 percent, to $125.

Are Two Better Than One?

Two books from Coriolis help prep you for the same ISA Server exam. Question: Why did they do it that way?

"Note"-Worthy

Follows the 70-210 exam objectives, but we've seen better guides out there.

Is Project Management in Your Future?

This month, Greg and Steve discuss the pros and cons of taking a leadership role on your company’s next project.

.NET? .Not!

Remember the wave of dot-bomb failures? You ain’t seen nothing yet.

Certified Mail, Feb. 2002

Security risks, the "right" security policy, and certification as a foot in the career door.

Academic Training Revamped

Microsoft no longer offers the Authorized Academic Training Provider (AATP) program as of this year; company replaces it with the Microsoft IT Academy.

What’s New with the Directory

Changes are afoot to make Active Directory more flexible.

Pass/Fail Study

If you’re part of a training center that offers on-site testing, MCP Magazine invites you to take part in a research project to evaluate pass/fail rates for exams.

Microsoft: No Separate Security Certification

Microsoft's emphasis on trustworthy computing doesn’t mean its certification group will be adding a security-specific credential in the near future.

Windows .NET Exams in Pipeline

Microsoft is on schedule to release its Windows .NET exams at about the same time the products themselves are released-whenever that is.

Accelerated Exam Was "Learning Experience" for Microsoft

Redmond may introduce more "composite" tests in future, says Microsoft's certification group.

Exam 70-218, Managing a Win2K Network Exam Goes Live Jan. 22

As a result, MCSA title to be launched officially.

Microsoft Moves to Pass/Fail Scoring System

Test policy applied to all exams as of December 2001.

Just How Low Are You?

<i>Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine</i> wants to find the earliest-certified MCP on the planet!

Microsoft Pushes MCSA with Charter Membership

Microsoft to issue special-edition Charter Member MCSA wallet cards to first 5,000 titleholders.

MCSA

Microsoft's certification for network and systems administrators.

Heading into the Cloud

Web Services will evolve as it meets the real world.

Blind Ambition

Getting an MCSE on Windows 2000 is hard enough when all your senses are working fine. But when one of them isn’t—especially sight—the task is doubly or triply hard.

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