5/22/2012 -- Microsoft currently has a number of certification exams preparing to go live. If the dates hold, the following three exams will be available in the next two weeks:
| Exam |
Live Date |
Title |
| 70-246 |
June 11 |
Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 |
| 70-465 |
June 11 |
Designing Database Solutions for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 |
| 70-467 |
June 11 |
Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 |
Add the 70-243 exam (Administering and Deploying System Center 2012 Configuration Manager) that went live on April 16 and you've got a full suite of System Center and Microsoft SQL Server exams.
The exams can be taken through Prometric testing centers. More information can be found here.
Pearson Acquires Certiport
Certiport, which has worked with Microsoft on the Microsoft Office Specialist (MOS) certification for the past 15 years, was acquired by Pearson VUE this month. CertiPort also owns MeasureUp and is involved with such other certification programs as Microsoft's Technology Associate, Adobe's Certified Associate, CompTIA's Strata IT Fundamentals, and the Internet and Computing Core Certification (IC3). All together, Certiport was delivering over 2 million tests each year in more than 152 countries and 27 languages.
Information on the acquisition, and Pearson's reasons/plans, can be found here.
Oracle Changes Beta End Dates
A few Oracle exams that are currently in beta -- and were scheduled to end in coming months -- have had their beta life extended. In numerical order, they are:
| Exam |
New Ending Date |
Exam Title |
| 1Z1-456 |
Aug. 11 |
Oracle Fusion Customer Relationship Management 11g Sales Essentials |
| 1Z1-509 |
July 14 |
Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 7 Advanced Implementation Essentials |
| 1Z1-584 |
Aug. 11 |
Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management 11g Human Resources Essentials |
| 1Z1-585 |
Aug. 11 |
Oracle Fusion Human Capital Management 11g Human Resources Essentials |
| 1Z1-586 |
Aug. 11 |
Oracle FLEXCUBE Universal Banking 11 Trade Finance Implementation Essentials |
| 1Z1-588 |
Aug. 18 |
Oracle Hyperion Data Relationship Management Essentials |
| 1Z1-593 |
June 30 |
Oracle Real Application Clusters 11g Essentials |
| 1Z1-595 |
Aug. 11 |
Oracle Spatial 11g Essentials |
| 1Z1-598 |
Aug. 11 |
Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management 2 Essentials |
The following exams have not had their dates changed and are still in beta with endings coming soon (again, the list is in numeric order by exam number):
| Exam |
Ending Date |
Exam Title |
| 1Z1-457 |
June 23 |
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c Essentials |
| 1Z1-506 |
June 30 |
Oracle Fusion Financials 11g Accounts Receivable Essentials |
| 1Z1-507 |
June 30 |
Oracle Fusion Financials 11g Accounts Payable Essentials |
| 1Z1-508 |
June 23 |
Oracle Fusion Financials 11g General Ledger Essentials |
| 1Z1-564 |
July 21 |
Oracle Communications Services Gatekeeper 5 Essentials |
| 1Z1-580 |
July 21 |
Oracle Solaris 11 Installation and Configuration Essentials |
| 1Z1-582 |
June 16 |
Primavera Contract Management Essentials |
| 1Z1-583 |
June 16 |
Oracle User Productivity Kit 11 Technical Consultant Essentials |
| 1Z1-587 |
July 21 |
Oracle Customer Hub and Oracle Data Quality Essentials |
| 1Z1-589 |
July 21 |
Oracle Global Trade Management 6 Essentials |
| 1Z1-590 |
July 21 |
Oracle VM 3.0 for x86 Essentials |
| 1Z1-594 |
July 21 |
Oracle FLEXCUBE Direct Banking 6 Implementation Essentials |
| 1Z1-596 |
July 21 |
Oracle Communications Billing and Revenue Management 7 Basic Implementation Essentials |
| 1Z1-597 |
June 30 |
SPARC T4-Based Server Installation Essentials |
| 1Z1-599 |
June 16 |
Oracle WebLogic Server 12c Essentials |
All Oracle exams are available through VUE testing centers and run three to three-and-a-half hours long. More information, including the objectives for each exam, can be found here.
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