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MCP Monthly Flash: October 21, 2010

The MCP Flash is a newsletter for Microsoft Certified Professionals. New delivery options are available. Click here to confirm your subscription preferences.   Plan Your Next Career Move with Career Factor Microsoft is looking for candidates for Career Factor, an online reality show beginning in January 2011 and focused on helping individuals attain their career goals. Read the full article » Original Publication Date: 10/21/2010 Events Advance Your Career at the Microsoft Certified Career Conference On November 18, jump-start or expand your IT career at the Microsoft Certified Career Conference, a 24-hour virtual event for technical professionals (or anyone aspiring to be one). Our Sponsors are looking forward to meeting you, so please join Microsoft Recruiting, Avanade, Dell, New Horizons, QuickStart Intelligence, FevaWorks Technology Limited, and others at our Employer and Exhibit Halls! Read the full article » Original Publication Date: 10/13/2010 New Live Meetings for Managers Just Added: Register Now Join us December 15 at 8:00 A.M. Pacific Time to learn about best practices for implementing SharePoint 2010 and what you need to plan, deploy, manage, and support. For IT managers, SharePoint 2010 helps you cut training and maintenance costs, save time and effort, and focus on higher business priorities. Read the full article » Original Publication Date: 10/21/2010 Get a Glimpse of New Microsoft Technologies Attend a seminar or webcast on technologies like Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Microsoft Azure to find out what's new and jump-start the training you need to get certified. These events are hosted by experts in training and readiness, Microsoft Learning Partners worldwide. Register today. Original Publication Date: 10/21/2010 Certification/Exams Save up to 20 Percent on Microsoft Certification Exam Packs with Second Shots Save up to 20 percent and purchase packs of two to five exams along with a free retake (Second Shot) on every exam purchased.Take advantage of this limited-time offer.​ Original Publication Date: 10/21/2010 New Video: Microsoft Certification and What Hiring Managers Need to Know Watch this quick video to learn about the benefits of certification to your team, how to match an IT job role to the relevant certification, how to identify qualified candidates, and more. Read the full article » Original Publication Date: 09/23/2010 Microsoft Press/Books Complimentary Windows Server 2008 R2 E-Book Offer Learn about the features of Windows Server 2008 R2 in the areas of virtualization, management, the Web application platform, scalability and reliability, and interoperability with Windows 7. Download Introducing Windows Server 2008 R2, written by industry experts Charlie Russel and Craig Zacker along with the Windows Server team at Microsoft. Original Publication Date: 10/21/2010 Free E-Book offer: Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 For a limited time, you can download the 10-chapter e-book Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, by Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner. Learn all about the powerful new database administration and business intelligence development enhancements available with this new edition of SQL Server 2008. Original Publication Date: 10/21/2010 Free E-Book Offer: Microsoft Virtualization Solutions Learn about the latest Microsoft Virtualization technologies, including Hyper-V and Windows Azure. Sign in and download Understanding Microsoft Virtualization R2 Solutions, written by industry expert Mitch Tulloch along with the Microsoft Virtualization team. Original Publication Date: 10/21/2010 Training - MOC/Courseware/Exams/Clinics Are You New to Windows Azure? Would you like to see how others are leveraging Windows Azure? Try out these short Learning Snack videos. You're guaranteed to learn something new in just minutes. Original Publication Date: 10/12/2010 Learn from Your Peers Bytes by TechNet feature interviews with IT professionals about technical subjects that matter. Check out one of the short video bytes for a tip or best practice from the community. Who knows? Maybe you'll see someone you know. Read the full article » Original Publication Date: 10/12/2010 Digital Classroom Training Prepare for new exams with the latest in instructor-led training, now available in the ecologically friendly digital format. Ask for it at your local training center. Learn more about instructor-led training and sign up for a class today. Read the full article » Original Publication Date: 09/21/2010 Special Offers IT Managers: Save 15 Percent with Microsoft Certification Exam Voucher Packs Microsoft Certification exam vouchers are a flexible and cost-effective way to help certify your IT team. Purchase a specially priced 10-pack of Microsoft Certification exam vouchers today! Read the full article » Original Publication Date: 09/21/2010 Fourth Annual Global Knowledge / Tech Republic Salary Survey Take 10-15 minutes and contribute to the fourth annual Global Knowledge/Tech Republic salary survey by November 19 for your chance to win a share of US$2,500 in American Express gift cards. Read the full article » Original Publication Date: 10/20/2010 Looking for Application Ideas to Complement Your Coding Skills? Visit Mobile App Match today to join the discussion, connect with end users, and build a killer application for Windows Phone 7. Read the full article » Original Publication Date: 09/23/2010 Monthly Edition October 2010 In This Issue » Events » Certification » Press » Training » Special Offers Resources » Born to Learn blog » MCP Web site » Special Offers for MCPs Share Your Feedback » Tell Us What You Think About This Newsletter Learning Portals » Windows 7 » Windows Vista » Windows Server 2008 » Microsoft SQL Server 2008 » Microsoft SQL Server 2005 » Visual Studio 2008 » Visual Studio 2005 » Exchange Server 2010 » Exchange Server 2007 » Microsoft Forefront » 2007 Microsoft Office System » Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 » Microsoft Virtualization Microsoft respects your privacy.  Please read our online Privacy Statement. If you would prefer to no longer receive this newsletter, please click here to unsubscribe or reply to this message with "UNSUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. To set your contact preferences for other Microsoft communications, see the communications preferences section of the Microsoft Privacy Statement. Microsoft Corporation One Microsoft Way Redmond, WA 98052 USA Wednesday, October 20, 2010 [+/-] TechNet Flash: SQL Server 2008 R2 Migration Unsubscribe | Customize TechNet Flash Volume 12, Issue 21 | October 20, 2010     Top Stories     We Have a Tool for That There are many scenarios during an upgrade where you'll want to migrate a SQL Server installation. We've collected a series of articles and resources that describes the processes and tools to make the task easier. Your Featured Content Video: How the Microsoft Deployment Toolkit Makes Your Life Easier Get Windows 7 insider knowledge in this Bytes by TechNet interview. Keith Combs and Stephen Rose, Sr. Community Manager, walk through the process of creating a technical proof of concept to help you see how Windows 7 and Office 2010 - as part of the Microsoft Optimized Desktop - will work in your environment. Microsoft's Private Cloud Principles A discussion of the general rules and guidelines to support private cloud computing. These principles are often interdependent and together form the basis on which a private cloud is created. Virtual Machine Servicing Tool (VMST) 3.0 Now Available VMST 3.0 helps you reduce IT costs by making it easier to update your offline virtual machines, templates, and virtual hard disks with the latest operating system and application patches - without introducing vulnerabilities into your IT infrastructure. TechNet Radio Community Corner: DirectAccess and IPv6 In this episode, John Weston interviews Doug Spindler, founder and president of Pacific IT Pros. Listen in as John and Doug discuss a wide variety of topics such as why user groups are important for networking and career advancement. They also discuss alternatives to VPN using DirectAccess and IPv4 vs. IPv6.   Video: Accessing Local and Network Resources in Windows 7 Learn how to configure access to local and network resources in Windows 7. This video will discuss file and folder permissions, copying files versus moving files, encrypting files and folders with Encrypting File System (EFS), accessing shared resources such as folders and printers, configuring HomeGroup and User Account Control, configuring authentication and authorization, and configuring BranchCache. Microsoft Reveals Availability of Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011 Microsoft announced that Microsoft Dynamics SL 2011, its enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution designed for midsize project-driven organizations, will be generally available in the second quarter of 2011 in English in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean and Puerto Rico. Download the Microsoft Security Compliance Manager The first of the baselines included in the Security Compliance Manager Baseline Beta Review Program is now available to download. This security baseline, in combination with the Security Compliance Manager tool, is designed to help your organization plan, deploy, and monitor the security of Windows Server 2008 R2. Virtual Lab: How to Protect SQL Server with DPM 2010 After completing this lab, you will be better able to create Data Protection Manager 2010 protection groups for SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2005, create Data Protection Manager 2010 protection groups for SQL Server 2005 using DPM Management Shell, and perform disaster recovery and database restoration on computers that are running SQL Server.   TechNet Flash Sponsors SpectorSoft 360 Monitoring Software, and Red Gate Software: •  Free Spector 360 Download for TechNet Flash Subscribers •  Red Gate SQL Compare, a Simple Way to Deploy Databases Editor's Note TechNet Flash Editor Mitch Irsfeld SQL Server 2008 R2 Migration Guidance We've collected a set of articles and resources to help you evaluate a move to SQL Server 2008 R2, plan and execute your migration of existing services, and manage the database engine. But lest we get ahead of ourselves, you could still be deciding whether an upgrade to SQL Server 2008 R2 is the right move for your organization. So we've also put together a set of articles and resources to help you understand the capabilities of SQL Server 2008 R2, including a free eBook from Microsoft Press. For a limited time, you can download the 10-chapter eBook Introducing Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2, by Ross Mistry and Stacia Misner.... Read more ADVERTISEMENT Free Spector 360 Download for TechNet Flash Subscribers Get their answers fast and easy. Spector 360's built-in reports, DVR playback, and other powerful admin tools make it a snap. Try it free today! Training and Books Video: Best Practices in IT Staff Skills Development Keith Mayer, Microsoft Certified Learning Consultant, shares how enterprise organizations are successfully leveraging Microsoft training and certification resources to build structured IT skills development plans. Find more upcoming live meetings for managers. Visit the Microsoft Learning IT Manager Portal Find resources to help ensure that your IT team has the IT training and skills they need to make a direct impact on productivity, business efficiency, and the bottom line. You'll find special offers on Microsoft certification exams for teams, role guidance, Live Meetings just for managers, and more. ADVERTISEMENT Red Gate SQL Compare, a Simple Way to Deploy Databases Quickly and accurately deploy database schema changes with SQL Compare. Events Attend PASS Summit 2010 November 8 - 11, 2010 Seattle, WA PASS Summit 2010 is the largest and most renowned Microsoft SQL Server and BI conference in the world, delivering the most technical sessions, the highest-rated sessions and speakers, and the greatest access to the Microsoft SQL Server development, SQL CAT, business intelligence, and customer service and support teams of any SQL Server event. 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