Microsoft Action Pack Assessment and You »
If you've been a subscriber to the Microsoft Action Pack, then you might know of a couple of changes to the plan this year. First up is the requirement that you pass an assessment course. I figured I could do this when I had a chance, and so I pretty well blew off all those notices that they kept sending me and didn't bother to read much on the subject, so I finally got around to checking out the details today. I found out that the subject matter is a little bizarre. Mostly to do with sales, which I absolutely hate, but still, I figured I could stumble may way through.
I eventually settled on Designing, Deploying, and Managing a Network Solution for the Small-and-Midsize Business, which is described as "This course teaches you to design a network solution, install and upgrade to Windows Small Business Server 2003." I figured that wouldn't be too hard, right? So I registered. Of course I was in the middle of about three things, and still wasn't paying attention, and so the first thing I noticed was an assessment of my current skills, to see if I was able to take the test. I found that odd, but oh well. So I answered the 15 questions, and passed with 80%. That's cool. Then I spent a while trying to figure out how to actually get to take the real test, and I couldn't find it.
