Category Archives: Career Skills

MJFChat: How Microsoft Viva Helped Us Move to a 4-Day Work Week

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  In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees; some will be IT pros. We will be tackling various subject areas in the form of 30-minute audio interviews. I will be asking the questions, […] Continue reading MJFChat: How Microsoft Viva Helped Us Move to a 4-Day Work Week→

MJFChat: Learn to Live: Navigating Choppy Career Waters

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We’re doing a twice-monthly interview show on Petri.com that is dedicated to covering topics of interest to our tech-professional audience. We have branded this show “MJFChat.” In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company employees; […]

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MJFChat: The New Rules for Running Your Own Services Business

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  We’re doing a twice-monthly interview show on Petri.com that is dedicated to covering topics of interest to our tech-professional audience. We have branded this show “MJFChat.” In my role as Petri’s Community Magnate, I will be interviewing a variety of IT-savvy technology folks. Some of these will be Petri contributors; some will be tech-company […]

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MJFChat: What’s New With Azure Certifications

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MJFChat: Power Platform for newbies (and mixed-reality users)

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Our next MJFChat is all about Microsoft’s Power Platform — its collection of PowerApps, Power BI and Power Automate (Flow) with special guest Microsoft Principal Advocate for Power Platform, Dona Sarkar.

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Microsoft Delays Retirement of MCSE, MCSA, and MCSD Certifications

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A few weeks ago, Microsoft made a significant announcement regarding several of its popular certifications. The company announced that Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA), Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD), Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) certifications would be retired on June 30, 2020.

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Microsoft is Retiring Several Popular Certifications

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For decades, Microsoft has been pushing certifications as a way to show your expertise in a particular area. Spanning from on-premises to the cloud and productivity software, these certifications are utilized by the IT industry to help find experts in specific areas.

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