First of Four Vista Certifications Released
DATE: 08-JAN-2007

By Deborah Rothberg

Transcender, an Atlanta-based provider of exam preparation software and
part of Kaplan IT Learning announced Jan. 8 the release of practice exam
materials for Vista certification, which helps IT professionals
configure, support and troubleshoot Microsoft's new operating system.

This is the first exam that Microsoft has come out with in the Vista
series, and there will be a total of four Vista exams, Brian Scholly,
president of Kaplan IT Learning, told eWEEK.

The 70-620 certification exam, announced the week of Jan. 1, measures
professionals' ability to resolve issues concerning network
connectivity, desktop operating systems, security and applications. If
passed, the IT pro receives a Technical Specialist: Microsoft Windows
Vista, Configuring certification.

Geared toward lower-level IT professionals, Microsoft requests that
candidates for this exam should have at least one year of experience in
the IT field, typically working as Tier 1 to Tier 2-level phone support
in a wide range of environments, from retail to enterprise environments.

Microsoft also requires that candidates have experience resolving issues
concerning network connectivity, desktop operating systems, security and
applications, log-on problems, password resets and other issues with
desktop applications.

A total of four Vista-related certifications will be unveiled over the
first quarter of 2007.

"The next exam will test the support of an enterprise client, the third
will be a consumer support exam and the fourth will be associated with
remote workers," Jim McDonnell, chief technology officer, Kaplan IT
Learning, told eWEEK.

Transcender's certification practice exams, available now at
Transcender's Web site starting at $109 in CD-ROM, download, 30-day
online access or workstation license CD formats.

The practice exams intend to simulate the complexity of the live
certification exam to help technology professionals assess their exam
preparedness through questions, answer explanations and references.

"We believe we are the first out with test prep materials for this
exam," said McDonnell, "and while it is too early to gauge interest, in
terms of monitoring our calls in the last few weeks we'd say there are
strong levels of interest among early adopters, as well as consultants."

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