MCT Town Hall pour le mois de Novembre 2020

L’équipe « Microsoft Learn » vient d’annoncer la date du prochain MCT Town Hall, une rencontre en ligne dans laquelle les mises à jour du programme MCT sont présentées.

Le MCT pour ce mois de novembre 2020 est prévu pour le 12 du mois à 08:00 heure de Redmond (17h00 heure d'Alger).

Durant cette réunion le successeur de Allison Kraker l’ancienne « Program Manager » sera annoncé

Du nouveau côté certifications Microsoft

La lettre d’information « Microsoft Learn » pour ce mois de novembre est riche en annonces mais je retiens les nouvelles en rapport avec le mode de renouvellement des certifications et la durée de validité.

• Possibilité pour les aux individus de renouveler les certifications basées sur les rôles et les spécialités en passant une évaluation en ligne gratuitement.
  
  
• De plus, les nouvelles certifications obtenues en réussissant les examens surveillés requis passeront d'une validité de deux ans à une validité d'un an et le renouvellement des certifications peut être effectué chaque année dans les six mois suivant l'expiration.

Les questions suivantes me viennent à l’esprit

• Combien de tentative aura chaque individu pour passer l’évaluation en ligne ?
  
  
• En cas d’échec, que devra faire l’individu pour retrouver sa certification ?
  
  
• Si l’individu ne renouvelle pas sa certification dans les délais qu’adviendra-t-il de cette certification. Est-ce qu’elle sera retirée du transcript, marquée comme inactive ?
  
  

J’espère avoir des réponses lors du prochain MCT Town Hall qui aura lieu ce 12 novembre 2020 et si vous avez d’autres préoccupations n’hésitez pas à laisser un commentaire.

Vous avez dit Snagit 2021 ?

C’est officiel, la dernière mouture du célèbre outil de capture d’écran édité par TechSmith, j’ai nommé « Snagit » est maintenant disponible au grand public.

Voici en quelques lignes les principales nouveautés et améliorations

Des modèles de conceptions améliorés

• Les modèles, qui ont fait leur apparition dans la précédente version de Snagit, permettent aux utilisateurs de combiner facilement leurs captures d’écran pour créer des guides et des instructions étape par étape. Dans Snagit 2021, cet outil a été repensé pour offrir une plus grande personnalisation. Il est par exemple possible de réorganiser sans difficulté les différentes étapes.
  
• C’est « la » fonctionnalité à ne pas manquer et que j’ai eu le plaisir de tester pour créer deux guides Power BI, le premier « Télécharger Power BI Desktop » et le second « Installer Power BI Desktop »

Des jeux de couleurs revisités

• Les jeux de couleurs font également peau neuve dans Snagit 2021 : en plus des palettes, il est maintenant possible d’enregistrer des polices et des styles. Une fois créés, les jeux de couleurs peuvent être employés à l'infini et partagés au sein de l'équipe. Ainsi, les documents produits sont tous clairs, uniformes et conformes à la charte graphique de l’entreprise.

Des captures d’écran en version simplifiée

• Voici une autre fonctionnalité qui a été améliorée. Dans la version 2021, l’algorithme de cette fonction a été amélioré : les éléments d’interface sont mieux reconnus et simplifiés de façon uniforme
  
• Grâce au nouveau mode Déplacement, les utilisateurs qui préfèrent simplifier eux-mêmes leurs captures d’écran peuvent facilement épurer leurs images et utiliser leurs propres palettes de couleurs. Snagit 2021 permet de simplifier les illustrations d’interface de façon rapide, efficace et intuitive.

De nouvelles langues d’interface

• Déjà proposé en anglais, en français et en allemand, le logiciel Snagit est désormais disponible en japonais, en portugais et en espagnol
  
• Un rappel pour mes collègues MCT et aux MVP, vous pouvez demander une clé de licence en participant au programme influenceur https://discover.techsmith.com/techsmith-influencer-program/

Liens utiles

• Lire l’annonce officielle : Snagit 2021 is here!
• En apprendre plus sur TechSmith Snagit : https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html
• L’académie TechSmith pour apprendre à utiliser Snagit : https://www.techsmith.com/academy.html
  

Virtual ILT Resources for MCT

Hi fellow MCT,

Today, I was reviewing the content of the MCT Learning Download Center and I found an interesting topic that you maybe will interest in too.

The content has been updated on 30 July 2020. It is about “Virtual ILT Resources” and you will be able to download the 5 files listed bellow

• Useful practices for Virtual learning environments.docx
  
• Virtual ILT with Teams v2.0.pptx
  
• Virtual Learning Facilitator Checklist-WWL.pdf
  
• Virtual Learning Participant Tips-WWL.pdf
  
• Virtual Learning Principles-WWL.pdf
  

So, if you are interested in providing Virtual ILT or if you already provided Virtual ILT and you want to empower the quality of your work I really incourage you to review the content.

For MCT only, you can access the Learning Download Center from this url : https://learningdownloadcenter.microsoft.com/

New MCT 100% Beta Exam Vouchers for New Exam (MB-800)

I just received the notification, MCTs can get 100% discount to take the new MB-800 exam Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central Functional Consultant.

MCT have to register and take the exam by November 3, 2020

Check out blog post from LibertyMunson: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/microsoft-learn-blog/business-central-functional-consultants-can-now-be-certified/ba-p/1676123

Extending waiver of MCT Program fee

Good news, Microsoft decided to extend the waiver of MCT Program fee.

As a response to the pandemic, the MCT Program fee has been waived until September 30, 2020. After further assessment of the worldwide situation, Microsoft is extending the fee waiver until December 31, 2020. MCTs will still need to renew through the MCT Enrollment tool, but once he gets to the payment process, the amount due will be zero.

The announcement appears on the MCT Central welcome page

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Bonne nouvelles chers collègues MCT, les

Après avoir décidé d’annuler les frais de renouvellement au programme MCT jusqu’au 30 Septembre 2020, Microsoft vient d’annoncer le prolongement de cette mesure de soutien jusqu’au 31 Décembre 2020. Les MCT devront toujours passer par le processus de renouvellement mais au moment du payement les frais seront de zéro.

L’annonce apparait sur la page d’accueil du MCT Central

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Link (lien): https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mct-central.aspx

MCT Satisfaction Survey 2020

Hi Fellow MCTs,

Normally you received a notification about the MCT Satisfaction Survey but if this is not the case I encourage you to fill it and to give your point of vue about the program.

In the last MCT Town Hall (June 30th, 2020) I heard that less then 700 MCTs had took the survey and this amount of responses cannot be uset to have an objective idea about the program so if you are concerned by the future of the program and you did not yet took the survey please visit the MCT Central page and follow the link to the MCT Satisfaction Survey 2020. (http://aka.ms/MCTCentral).

Microsoft Inspire 2020

C'est pour aujourd'hui, la conférence annuelle de Microsoft "Microsoft Inspire" aura lieu cette année en ligne et il est encore temps de vous enregistrer > https://partner.microsoft.com/en-us/inspire/

#MSInspire

Outlook for iOS - Retiring support for 27 languages

Microsoft is retiring support for 27 languages in the Outlook for iOS app at the end of June 2020
There for, and prior to the end of June, users running the Outlook for iOS app in one of the listed languages are advised to change to another preferred language using their device settings.

Bellow the list of remouved languages

• Afrikaans
• Amharic
• Azerbaijani (Latin)
• Bosnian Latin
• Basque
• Persian
• Filipino
• Irish
• Galician
• Gujarati
• Icelandic
• Kazakh
• Khmer
• Lao
• Lithuanian
• Latvian
• Macedonian
• Malayalam
• Marathi
• Norwegian (Nynorsk)
• Slovenian
• Albanian
• Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia)
• Serbian (Latin, Serbia)
• Tamil
• Telugu
• Urdu

Camtasia 2020, is here

Hello everyone,

Today, April 28th, 2020, TechSmith released the latest version of Camtasia 2020, their screen recording and video editing software.
This new version includes features to make it easier for first time creators to easily produce better training, tutorials, lessons, and knowledge sharing videos.

New features included are:

• New from templates (and the Templates tab). Templates automatically add some Media like "Intro", "Outro" and a placeholder to insert your content.
• Track magnetization
• Create your own templates and inserting placeholders
• Convert a piece of video into a placeholder to make it a Template
• The Favorites menu
• Add a custom behavior as a new preset
• Export your work as a package to share it with your team. Package can contain templates, custom preset, themes and many other contents.
• When a package is important every piece of it go in its right place.
• Add track matte
• Detach or attach the track line
• Revers transition
• See and select any media that have not been used in a project

Watch the video: What is new in TechSmith Camtasia 2020?

Get more details : https://www.techsmith.com/store/camtasia

Some interesting information

• Education and Government Pricing Available
• Includes 2 installations per user
• Compatible with Windows and MacOS
• English, French, German, Chinese or Japanese language versions
• 30 days free trial.

Fellow MCTs remember that you can get a free Activation Key by applying for the TechSmith Influencer Program.

TechSmith Useful Links:

• Learn on the TechSmith Academy: https://www.techsmith.com/academy.html
• Visit the TechSmith Blog: https://www.techsmith.com/blog/
• Watch the TechSmith YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ChannelTechSmith
• Follow TechSmith on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechSmith/ 

MCT Useful Links:

• Go to the MCT Central: https://aka.ms/MCTCentral
• MCT Store: https://aka.ms/MCTStore
• Watch recorded MCT Town Hall : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mct-town-hall.aspx
• Download the MOC Title Plan: https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE3MyeX
• Download MOC from the Learning Download Center: https://learningdownloadcenter.microsoft.com/ 

Stay tuned

• MCT group on Twitter: @MCTNetworkGroup
• MCT group on LinkedIn: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mctnetwork/
• MCT group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mctnetwork/
• MCT Community events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MCTCommunityEvents/

#camtasia #techsmith #mctbuzz #mct

Save 30% on MOS Study Guide series for a limited time

The MOS Study Guide Series can be found at this URL : https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/series/series_detail.aspx?st=99022

MCT program fees waived until September 30th, 2020

This was the most asked question by MCTs during the last weeks and Microsoft just responded to us, the program fees are waived until September 30th, 2020 and MCT that have renewed on or after February 1, 2020 can request a program fee refund.

For more details just review the blog post on MCT Central : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mct-covid-announcement.aspx

Useful Links:
· Go to the MCT Central: https://aka.ms/MCTCentral
· MCT Store: https://aka.ms/MCTStore
· Watch recorded MCT Town Hall : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mct-town-hall.aspx
· Download the MOC Title Plan: https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE3MyeX
· Download MOC from the Learning Download Center: https://learningdownloadcenter.microsoft.com/

Stay tuned

· MCT group on Twitter: @MCTNetworkGroup
· MCT group on LinkedIn: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mctnetwork/
· MCT group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mctnetwork/
· MCT Community events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MCTCommunityEvents/

75% Discount MCT Benefit extended to January 31th, 2021

Hi fellow MCT and MCT Alumni,

Good news! The 75% discount offer on role-based certifications exams (a MCT and MCT alumni offer) have been extended to January 31th, 2021.

The announcement appear on the MCT Central homepage and hopefully the official post will be updated asap. (More details here)

April 2020 MCT Town Hall Meeting, Save the date

The next MCT Town Hall session have been scheduled for the 8th April 2020 at 08:00 AM PST (15:00 UTC) and for this month there is only one option to attend.

MCSA, MCSE, MCSD Retirement date postponed to January 31, 2020

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, Microsoft is making an important update to its Certifications program.

• Online proctoring capacity is increased.
• Reschedule and cancellation fees is waived. No charge if you reschedule or cancel at least 24 hours prior to your appointment.
• Retirement of MCSA, MCSD, MCSE certifications and related exams is extended to January 31th, 2021.
• Expiring role-based certifications is extended to six months if it expireS before January 1rst, 2020.
• Exam voucher and discount offer expiration dates is extended to January 31th, 2021 if it expireS before September 1rst, 2020. 

More details here : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/community-blog-post.aspx?BlogId=8&Id=375289

Virtual MCT Weekly Series starting on April 3, 2020

Starting on April 3, 2020, Microsoft Learning Team is launching a virtual weekly deep dive live event series, called the Virtual MCT Weekly Series.

Each Week, this series will feature Microsoft FTE speakers who will share different aspects of Microsoft’s technical training and MCT programs. They will also be available to answer questions on the topic of the day.

Five (05) episodes are in preparation and planned for the following dates

• Overall Learning Strategy on 04/03/2020 from 08:00am to 09:00am (PST)
• MCT Program Support on 04/30/2020 from 08:00am to 09:00am (PST)
• MCT Program Next Steps on 06/04/2020 from 08:00am to 09:00am (PST)
• GTM strategy on 06/11/2020 from 08:00am to 09:00am (PST)
• Learning Partner Program on 06/18/2020 from 08:00am to 09:00am (PST)

To get more details, check for the "Virtual MCT Weekly Series starting on April 3, 2020" discussion on MCT Café forum https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mct-cafe-forum.aspx

6 Cloud Data Challenges solved for Database Administrators

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Save 40% on Exam Ref eBooks to prepare your MCSA, MCSE, MSCD Exams before 30 june 2020

Use the MSCERT discount code to save 40% on featured Exam Refs books.

More details here https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/promotions/microsoft-certification-program-update-142171

The Definitive Guide to DAX 2nd edition is the Deal of this week

A new Week a new Microsoft Press eBook Deal

Get the 2nd edition of "The Definitive Guide to DAX" with 50% off.

Here is the link : https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/deals/

How remembers those days?

Yesterday, I was looking in our archive room and I found something that belong to another age of the Microsoft Learning Program

Do you know what is this?

Get Snagit and Camtasia for free

Hi fellow MCTs,


If you do not yet have your activation key for Snagit and Camtasia it's time to get a free one.


How to do that, just join the TechSmith Influencer Community by applying for the TechSmith Influencer Program: https://discover.techsmith.com/techsmith-influencer-program/

But what are Snagit and Camtasia?

Snagit is a screen capture and screen recording software that lets you quickly capture a process, create images and videos to give feedback, create clear documentation, and show others exactly what you see capture a process, add your explanation, and create visual instructions.


And Camtasia is a screen recorder and a powerful easy-to-use video editor. It lets you record your screen and edit videos to create professional-looking videos.

• To learn more about Sangit: https://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.html  
  

• To learn more about Camtasia: https://www.techsmith.com/video-editor.html

Modernizing the Datacenter with Windows Server and Hybrid Cloud eBook Deal of the week

To get it just go to : https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/deals/

MOC Title Plan February 2020 updates

To my fellow MCTs

A few days ago (February 21th, 2020) the MSL Team updated the MOC Title Plan.

If you are interested to get more details about the upcoming WS-011, WS-012, WS-013, AI-900, DP300, DP900, and DA-100 courses just go to the MCT Central forum and download the latest version of the MOC Title Plan.

#microsoft #course #updates #mct

No more MCSA, MCSE and MCSD certifications starting July 1rst, 2020

It was stated few months ago during the lasts MCT Town Hall but now with Alex Payne blog post it is official after June 30^th, 2020 the MCSA, MCSE and MCSD Certifications (and related exams) will be definitively retired.

• But this is not the only news, for people who are already certified, the certification will only be active for two years after which these certifications will be moved to the inactive section of the transcript.      How many exams are concerned? 43 ones.
• How many certifications are concerned? 15 ones.
• What that means, if you are in the process of certifying in one of the 15 certifications, then harry to pass ALL the related exams to that certification before June 30^th, 2020.

You can get more details by reading the official announcement on the MS Learning Blog, the post provide the list of all certifications and related exams and also a FAQ with answers to common questions: MCSA,MCSD, MCSE certifications retire; with continued investment to role-basedcertifications.

#MCT #MCP #microsoft #certifications #retirement

Begin to code with Python eBook deal of the week

Bonjour à tous,

Le deal MS Press de cette semaine vous permettra d'acquérir la version électronique de l'ouvrage "Begin to code with Python" avec une remise de50%.

Si vous êtes intéressé, suivez le lien : https://www.microsoftpressstore.com/deals/

Retour sur le MCT Town Hall du 23 janvier 2020

Ce jeudi dernier, deux sessions du MCT Town Hall ont été conduites par l'équipe Microsoft Learning dans lesquelles, comme à l'accoutumé, ils ont présenté les dernières actualités du programme MCT.

Si vous n'avez pas eu le temps d'y assister et en attendant la mise à disposition de la rediffusion, je vous propose de découvrir à travers ce bref résumé de quoi il en ressort.

La première session, à laquelle j'ai assisté, à quand même durée une heure et a été centré sur deux points les mises à jour de la librairie des cours (Courseware) et le support des Labs.

Pour la partie "Courseware updates", il a été question de :

• Mise à jour dans la durée, le cours AZ-500T00 passe à 4 jours.
• Mise à jour du contenu, MD-100T00, MS-030T00 et MS-100T00
• Annonce de nouveaux cours, 
• Un cours Power BI, le DA-100T00 d'ici fin mars début avril 2020.
• Trois cours Windows Server 2019 aux alentours d'août 2020.
• Et des cours en version local (japonais, coréen et chinois)

Pour plus de détails, veuillez consulter la "Courseware Title Plan"

Pour la partie "Lab Support", il a surtout été question des problèmes liés au "Lab Dynamics 365", les solutions de contournements et ce que prévoit Microsoft pour le future.
À lire, sur le forum MCT Central, pour plus de détails : Business Applications Courses Lab Availability https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mct-courseware-forum.aspx

Pour la partie "Programmer MCT", il a été question de :

• L'annonce des "nouveaux" MCT RL pour la période 2020-2021, dont je ne fais plus partie ☹
• Un rappel pour la remise de 75% sur les examens des certifications phares de Microsoft qui se termine le 30 juin 2020.
• Ainsi que la présentation des taux de certification des MCT en rapport avec les nouvelles certifications.

Useful Links:

• Go to the MCT Central: https://aka.ms/MCTCentral
• MCT Store: https://aka.ms/MCTStore 
• Watch recorded MCT Town Hall : https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/mct-town-hall.aspx 
• Download the MOC Title Plan: https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE3MyeX
• Download MOC from the Learning Download Center: https://learningdownloadcenter.microsoft.com/

Stay tuned

• MCT group on Twitter: @MCTNetworkGroup
• MCT group on LinkedIn: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mctnetwork/ 
• MCT group on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mctnetwork/ 
• MCT Community events on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MCTCommunityEvents/ 

#mctbuzz #mct

The Microsoft Role-Based Training and Certifications Paths poster

If you want to get a Microsoft role-based certification and you do not know what to choose and where to start, I invite you to download The Microsoft role-based training and certifications paths poster.

The poster provides the paths to follow for each one of the 04 role-based job area proposed by Microsoft.

Click on the link bellow to get the poster
https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RE2PjDI