Microsoft Learning Catalog Gets a Facelift

Ed Tittel — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:17:09 +0000

Thanks to a warning e-mail from Wag-Ed flack Heather Vaughan (and I’m not using that term in a perjorative sense, she’s great to work with and very pro-active) I just took a look at the new and improved Microsoft Learning site, which now revolves around a re-imagined Learning Catalog. A quick look at my catalog reveals the new organization:

The new layout breaks content into various categories

Things look cleaner than they used to, and the catalog is set up to permit easy browsing by type of content as intimated by the preceding screenshot, and by subject as well: there’s a search button labeled “By Product/Technology” outside the frame of the screencap, off to the top left of the Web page.

After remembering which Microsoft Live ID to use to access my personal training catalog (a must if you want to see what you’ve got in your hopper, so to speak) I was surprised to see how many courses I’m still on the hook for. I was also pleased to see that the Windows 7 offerings are now pretty darn complete with over 40 items on offer under that heading. Be sure to give it a visit, and check things out!

Bite Into These Free Windows 7 “Learning Snacks”

Ed Tittel — Wed, 06 May 2009 13:52:54 +0000

As I cruised through the MS Learning site this mornign, I noticed a promo teaser for Windows 7 training. Clicking on their “You be the expert” link, I found myself on a page that included a heading that reads “Free Learning Snacks around key Windows 7 capabilities.” Essentially, these are animated learning modules built around Microsoft Silverlight, through a program somewhat humorously entitled “Silverlight Snack Player.” This includes nice animations of concepts and processes with a professional voiceover that goes PowerPoint one more by linking on screen image/animation changes directly to the timing and coverage of the voice-over material. Pretty neat stuff, and only seldom do these materials descend into pure marketing drivel. Most of these modules run between five and six minutes in length, so none is terribly time-consuming.

The following topics are currently available for your snacking pleasure:

•	Windows 7 New Features
•	Windows 7 for IT Pros: Troubleshooting Platform in Windows 7
•	Windows 7 for IT Pros: Using the DISM tool for Servicing Windows 7 Images
•	Windows 7 for IT Pros: Implementing UAC in Windows 7
•	Windows 7: Desktop Experience in Windows 7
•	Windows 7: Introducing BitLocker and AppLocker in Windows 7
•	Windows 7: Setting up a Home Network

For those interested in digging into a bit of interesting Windows 7 information, one or more of these things might be just the thing to help you sate your appetite. You should find them at least mildly diverting, and perhaps even useful.

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Microsoft Learning Catalog Gets a Facelift

Bite Into These Free Windows 7 “Learning Snacks”