Dear MVA learners, While it is great to deliver a new feature people love, it is also fulfilling to fix something quickly when we don't get it right. We got some great feedback on our new course player experience but one of the things we didn't...

This week we have released some significant enhancements to MVA that will make it easier for you to access our courses and our team. As next steps in the journey we’re taking with our community, I’m excited to tell you about both our new mobile...

Simpler management and lower cost, plus greater resilience and flexibility—you know about the advantages of extending your data center to the cloud. With end of support for Windows Server 2003 less than a year away, many organizations are modernizing...

Did you hear the news last week about the general availability of Azure SQL Database Service Tiers ? Join us live on September 26 to get your questions answered in real time as our experts show how the new service tiers are designed to support predictable...

Dear MVA learners! On the heels of hitting over 1,000,000 learners who visited just last month, today we unveiled a totally new way for you to experience your MVA learning! Over the past year m any of you told us: "Your course player was hard...

Are you an established Unity developer? Want to reach an even larger audience by porting your games to Windows Store and Windows Phone? Join us for a day of working sessions to help you do just that. In “Porting Unity Games to Windows Store and...

Lots of us have questions about open source, so we went straight to the experts for answers. Join the Richard Campbell , of .NET Rocks! fame as he interviews top open source experts, including Ross Gardler , President of The Apache Software Foundation...

You know that time is running out, and end of support for Windows Server 2003 is just a few months away. And, although you know that it’s time to modernize your data center and upgrade your existing infrastructure to Windows Server 2012 R2, breaking...

Popular instructors Jeremy Foster and Michael Palermo will be in our studios for two great courses for HTML and JavaScript developoers, kicking off on Tuesday August 26 with The Modern Web Platform and followed by 2 days of Developing Universal Windows...

If you’re considering an evaluation of Office 365 for your organization, learn how easy it is to sign up for and to set up a free trial. Walk through it with us, step by step, as Larry Kaye , a seasoned pro with no experience deploying or managing...

If you’re interested in Web development, get ready for a ton of training and practical tips from MVA’s upcoming “Web Wednesdays” series. We’ll be kicking things off on August 27 with “Building Responsive UI with Bootstrap...

Update July 31: This course will now be delivered on September 30 and October 1. Hope to see you there! Learn how to use the skills you already have to develop universal Windows apps for today’s mobile workforce and consumer marketplace. Microsoft...

The one year countdown to end of support for Windows Server 2003 has begun, and we are here to help you plan for the challenges that will present. Upgrade paths can often be confusing, and moving existing services from versions that cannot be upgraded...

Join us on July 16 & 17 when we’ll show IT Pros how Windows Azure Pack (WAP) builds on the power of Windows Server and System Center to deliver an enterprise-class, cost-effective solution for self-service, multi-tenant cloud infrastructure...

Today, we are thrilled to announce our 2,000,000 th member of the MVA community ! Alejandro Castaño of Colombia made his commitment to learning last week, and we are very excited to welcome him to our global community. Alejandro shared with us...

On behalf of the entire MVA team we are excited and humbled that so many people are choosing to learn with us from so many countries around the world. In a little over a year your numbers have doubled. We now have 1M people a month visiting MVA with some...

Are you at TechEd North America in Houston this week? If so, stop by the Resource Zone to connect with the teams at the Certification & Training and Microsoft Communities booth. We're looking forward to meeting you! If you are unable to join...

Hybrid cloud solutions help you easily extend on-premises networks to embrace the power and scale of the cloud. These solutions can help solve pressing IT issues, and they can be implemented today with Microsoft Azure, System Center 2012 R2, and Windows...

If you’re a developer who needs to ramp up for projects working closely with marketers to increase traffic, we have two live training sessions coming up designed just for you. We’ve linked up with leading industry experts, from Cardinal Path...

We’re excited to announce that today is the day the Nokia Devices & Services business officially joins the Microsoft family. Check out the post from Steve Guggenheimer and Bryan Biniak to get the full news about how these two great teams are...

Lots! Especially when he’s outlining the five steps every hacker follows! On May 8, bring your questions to “Defense in Depth: Windows 8.1 Security,” a live, online session highlighting tips and tricks for protecting your data in...

SQL Server developers, are you wondering how Microsoft Azure can help you prepare for your organization’s deployment to the cloud? Do you want to find out how to simplify the process and optimize performance? Attend this Jump Start on May 1 (from...

If you want the latest tips and tricks on maximizing your app compatibility and optimizing your code, sign up for “Building Apps for Windows Phone 8.1 Jump Start,” a three-day (April 29, 30, and May 1) event led by seasoned experts. Learn...

If you haven’t had a chance to attend an in person Azure Dev Camp , this is your chance to check out the type of fun, no frills, by developers and for developers training that happens there. Do you want to learn to quickly build and deploy apps...

Do you want to get faster insights without a massive and expensive system redesign? Join Parallel Data Warehouse (PDW) Architect Brian Walker and SQL Server BI Expert Sanjay Soni on April 29, from 9am–5pm PDT, for an informative Jump Start on PDW—the...