Microsoft Technologies, Skills, and Certifications
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Core Technologies
Microsoft builds all technologies on its operating system platform ¨C Windows.
On Windows platforms Microsoft introduced .NET framework. Microsoft core
technologies include:
- Operating system (Windows 2000, XP, 2003 and server network technology)
- .NET toolset and framework (Visual Studio .NET)
- Database (SQL Server)
- Web technology (Internet Information Server (IIS), ASP)
- CRM and ERP
- Office applications (MS Office)
Top Skills
- Windows system and network administration: Microsoft Windows
server makes for the most competitive OS/server/system/network technology in
the market. Windows system and network skills can add great value to
your IT career.
- .NET design and development: Microsoft .NET is the core
technology for Microsoft application systems and architecture. The
core .NET skill is to design and develop software applications using Visual
Studio .NET with VB, VC++, C#.
- Microsoft web skill (IIS and ASP): Programming web
applications with ASP/ASP.NET on IIS is also a top value skill. There is
high demand for web-based applications using ASP.NET technology.
- Microsoft Database skill: Microsoft SQL Server is growing
strongly and has become a leading enterprise database server product
competing with Oracle, DB2, and Sybase. Skills on SQL Server administration,
design, and development are in high demand.
Microsoft Certifications
Microsoft offers various levels of certifications on its technologies.
The following list contains all Microsoft certifications currently available:
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
Microsoft Certified Desktop Support Technician (MCDST)
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA)
Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD)
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)
Microsoft Office Specialist
Among them, we recommend:
- Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP)
- Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)
It requires only 1 exam to get Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).
You can choose an exam from a long list of areas of your interest. Since
it's so easy, get it.
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) is a well recognized
certification in IT industry. Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers
(MCSEs) design and implement an infrastructure solution based on the Windows
platform and Microsoft Windows Server System software.
More Microsoft certification information:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/default.asp
Microsoft News - February 6, 2012
(Source from cnet)
Nikon's imminent D800 could offer high-sharpness option
It looks likely Nikon will announce a more expensive D800E SLR tomorrow, too, that abandons the convenient but blurriness-inducing antialiasing filter.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/yFyBywpzgNQ" height="1" width="1"/> Observing Super Bowl Sunday (roundup)
Eli Manning connected with Mario Manningham for the big game's biggest play, but did tech advertisers manage to connect with consumers? CNET's writers take a look at this and other Super Bowl issues.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/a34_GgiBJdQ" height="1" width="1"/> Should Apple heed Chrysler's, GE's Super Bowl make-it-here message?
One of the salient themes in Super Bowl ads was bringing manufacturing back to America. A lesson for Apple?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/ioiBfYCEOnU" height="1" width="1"/> Clint Eastwood in 'Super Bowl ads: Winners and losers (second half)'
What better way to recover from the halftime show? More ads that continued to offer little in the way of originality of either strategy or execution. On the other hand, we had Clint Eastwood advertising Chrysler and Detroit.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/FNjZM3R4z48" height="1" width="1"/> Samsung's Bowl ad claims it can help Apple fanboys break free
Samsung's Super Bowl ad--for the Galaxy Note--claims that this is the product that can finally stop Apple fanboys from having to stand in line, waiting for Apple's latest.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/BQ3RFHjYyJs" height="1" width="1"/> The Super Bowl ads: Tech winners and losers (first half)
Which tech company had the best first half ad in the Super Bowl? Here's a detailed analysis, written as it happened.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/yH05toUxvi4" height="1" width="1"/> iPad, Kindle Fire are not post-PC, says IDC analyst
Sorry Steve, it's not post-PC, it's PC-plus, says IDC analyst Bob O'Donnell.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/bOMVezlCPZA" height="1" width="1"/> Aliens crave Earth wives in Chevy Volt Super Bowl ad
In an attempt to suggest that Chevy Volt's technology is more sophisticated than anything in the galaxy, Chevy's Super Bowl ad features aliens who don't just admire the Volt's advanced design.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/uuiHJ0wDHjg" height="1" width="1"/> Women to Facebook: Stop banning our breast-feeding pics
Women around the world, fed up with Facebook's policy of not allowing breast-feeding pictures, are staging protests at Facebook offices and using Facebook to coordinate those efforts.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/Z_P6lYMvH98" height="1" width="1"/> Kia offers 5 hours of Adriana Lima for Super Bowl
How many people will prefer watching 5 hours of model Adriana Lima on YouTube moving very, very slowly to the New York Giants defense moving very, very quickly? Or might people do both?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/5PlAm4iHh9s" height="1" width="1"/> Coke's polar bears ready to talk Super Bowl live online
No, they won't, like Tom Brady, be viewing an illegal streaming site. Instead, Coke is using social media and the Web in order to have its polar bears react to the game as it's in progress.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/wuW38-PaPgg" height="1" width="1"/> Corning's mind-blowing concept of a glass future
You'll be drooling over the nonstop concept displays and projections in this video by the famous glassmaker.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/PPT-CiIloeo" height="1" width="1"/> Apple's Siri the butt of Doritos Super Bowl ad
In its Super Bowl spot, Doritos introduces Suzie, a cell phone personal helper with something of a temper.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/oNQTWo8hKSs" height="1" width="1"/> VW adds a driver's car to the Jetta model range
CNET reviews the 2012 Jetta GLI, a car that gets back what Volkswagen out of the Jetta when it launched the 2011 update.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/mVF-UlkHQEU" height="1" width="1"/> Woman accused of trying to sell fake Facebook stock
A woman allegedly claims that her daughter knows Mark Zuckerberg and happens to have been given $1 million of Facebook stock. She then allegedly tries to sell that stock.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/wMMiMxUaEAg" height="1" width="1"/> Should Apple stop holding its big launch events?
The big Apple launch event was made for Steve Jobs. But now that he's not around, should Apple think of a different, more modern way of launching its products?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/qMk0NW5iurE" height="1" width="1"/> Obama supporters pick Patriots, GOPers go for Giants?
Silicon Valley startup Saygent crunches survey data and finds that picks for the big game may differ by political affiliation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/6wCN5RXtWMk" height="1" width="1"/> New York Giants Web site says they've already won Super Bowl
In an interestingly confident mix-up, the New York Giants' Web site not only announces that the team has already won, but offers winners' memorabilia for sale.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/cly1Gm5hDvc" height="1" width="1"/> Will Monster's new in-ear headphone dazzle audiophiles?
Monster may have gone too far with the bling factor, but its new Earth Wind & Fire Gratitude in-ear headphones sound sweet.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/ONWj_YISvew" height="1" width="1"/> What if the Vita had an Apple logo instead of Sony's?
CNET Executive Editor David Carnoy looks at Sony's Playstation Vita through Apple goggles.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/cnet/tcoc/~4/6FxZm2t_w14" height="1" width="1"/>
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