SOURCE: MEET THE MODERN LEARNER: ENGAGING THE OVERWHELMED, DISTRACTED, AND IMPATIENT EMPLOYEE, BERSIN BY DELOITTE, NOVEMBER 2014.

THE MODERN LEARNER GETS INTERRUPTED EVERY 5 MINUTES USE SEARCH ENGINES MORE THAN ONLINE COURSES DO 80 % OF THEIR LEARNING ON THE JOB SOURCE: MEET THE MODERN LEARNER: ENGAGING THE OVERWHELMED, DISTRACTED, AND IMPATIENT EMPLOYEE, BERSIN BY DELOITTE, NOVEMBER WON’T WATCH VIDEOS LONGER THAN 4 MINUTES PAY FOR THEIR OWN TRAINING

LEX INNOVATIONS MOC 1982 DMOC OCT 2009 ONLINE PROCTORING SEP 2014 MOC ON-DEMAND JAN 2016 MOC ON- DEMAND V2 SEP 2016 OPEN EDX MPD OCT 2016

WHY IT PROS TAKE TRAINING Source: Global Knowledge 2016 IT Skills and Salary Report BUILD NEW SKILLS 75 % PREPARE FOR EXAM 49 % PREP FOR DEPLOYMENT OR UPGRADE 32 %

IT SKILLS & CERTIFICATION Source: Global Knowledge 2016 IT Skills and Salary Report HAVE EARNED AT LEAST ONE CERTIFICATION 90 % HAVE MICROSOFT CERTIFICATION 50 % SEEKING CERTIFICATION WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR 59 %

ACCELERATING THE ROAD TO CERTIFICATION WHERE TO START? HOW TO PREPARE? SHOWCASING SKILLS

WHERE TO START? SIMPLIFY PATHS DRIVE COMMITMENT ALIGN WITH MPD

CLIENT SERVER PRODUCTIVITY DATABASE DEVELOPMENT MCSE Enterprise Devices and Apps MCSE Desktop Infrastructure MCSE Server Infrastructure MCSE Private Cloud MCSE Communication MCSE Messaging MCSE SharePoint MCSE Data Platform MCSE Business Intelligence MCSD Windows Store Apps (HTML 5) MCSD Web Applications MCSD SharePoint Applications MCSD Windows Store Apps (C#) MCSD Application Lifecycle Mgmt MCSD Azure Solutions Architect MTA MCP MCSA Windows 8 MCSA Windows Server 2012 MCSA Office 365 MCSA SQL Server SPECIALIST CERTIFICATIONS!

Cloud Platform & Infrastructure ProductivityData Mgmt. & Analytics MobilityDynamic Bus. Applications Cloud Productivity SMCS Messaging Content and Collab Communications Cloud Platform Datacenter Data Platform Data AnalyticsWindows & devices Enterprise Mobility Mgmt.Cloud CRM ERP Project and Portfolio Mgmt. App Builder / ISV Microsoft Confidential Application Development Application Integration Application Lifecycle

MCSE Business Applications Earned: 2016 MCSA Windows 10 MOBILITY CLOUD PLAT & INFRA PRODUCTIVITY DATA MGMT & ANALYTICS APP BUILDER BUSINESS APPLICATIONS MCSE Mobility Earned: 2016 MCSE Cloud Platform & Infrastructure Earned: 2016 MCSE Productivity Earned: 2016 MCSD App Builder Earned: 2016 MCSE Data Mgmt & Analytics Earned: 2016 MCSA Windows Server 2012 MCSA Linux on Azure MCSA Windows Server 2016 MCSA Cloud Platform MCSA Office 365 MCSA SQL 2016 Database Development MCSA SQL Server 2012/2014 MCSA SQL 2016 Database Administration MCSA SQL 2016 BI Development MCSA Web Applications MCSA Universal Windows Platform MCSA CRM MCSA ERP Elective

DATA MGMT & ANALYTICS Elective MCSE Data Mgmt & Analytics Earned: 2016 MCSA SQL 2016 Database Development MCSA SQL Server 2012/2014 MCSA SQL 2016 Database Administration MCSA SQL 2016 BI Development MTA 463 DATABASE MCSE Data Platform MCSE Business Intelligence MTA MCSA SQL Server 2012/

PROGRAMMING WITH PYTHON FOR DATA SCIENCE PROGRAMMING WITH R FOR DATA SCIENCE APPLIED MACHINE LEARNING SCENARIOS DEVELOPING INTELLIGENT APPLICATIONS IMPLEMENTING PREDICTIVE MODELS WITH SPARK IN AZURE HDINSIGHT CORE DATA SCIENCE FUNDAMENTALS APPLIED DATA SCIENCE ANALYZING & VISUALIZING DATA WITH POWER BI QUERYING DATA WITH TRANSACT-SQL DATA SCIENCE ORIENTATION ANALYZING AND VISUALIZING DATA WITH EXCEL PRINCIPLES OF MACHINE LEARNING INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS INTRODUCTION TO R FOR DATA SCIENCE INTRODUCTION TO PYTHON FOR DATA SCIENCE DATA SCIENCE ESSENTIALS CORTANA COMPETITION PROJECT DEGREE FUNDAMENTALSCORE DATA SCIENCEAPPLIED DATA SCIENCE MOC : Querying Data with Transact-SQL Course 10989A: Analyzing Data with Power BI EXAM : Querying Data with Transact- SQL 70-77x: Analyzing Data with Power BI 70-77x: Microsoft R Server 70-77x: Analyzing Data with Excel OPENED X

HOW TO PREPARE? PRACTICE TESTS ALIGNING COURSES & EXAMS EXAM RETAKES CLOUD SERVICES EXAMS

KEEP CLOUD EXAMS CURRENT IMPROVE DATA FEED ITEM WRITERS ON RETAINER HIGHLIGHT RAPID REFRESH EXAMS RETAKE PASSED EXAMS

SHOWCASING SKILLS CROSS-INDUSTRY KNOWLEDGE HANDS-ON VALIDATION SPOTLIGHTING CERTIFICATION

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Identity with Windows Server 2016 EXAM Networking with Windows Server 2016 EXAM Installation, Storage, and compute with Windows Server 2016 EXAM RECOGNIZE CERTIFICATION Windows Server 2016 MCSA

CERTIFICATION BEST PRACTICES BUNDLES DEMO COURSES OUTREACH PRACTICE TESTS + EXAM VOUCHERS FREE WINDOWS 10 CLASSES

RAPID REFRESH EXAMS Windows Server 2016 MCSA SIMPLIFIED PATHS HOLISTIC EXAM PREP SOLUTION

BIG MOC INVESTMENTS FY17 CONTENT WAVE FY16 TITLES & REVISIONS CLOUD SERVICES COURSES

VOLUME OF FY16 TITLES & REVISIONS 20 MOC TITLES IN LAST 90 DAYS FULL STACK COVERAGE

FY17 CONTENT WAVE FY17 VOLUME AND THERE’S MORE… WINDOWS SERVER 2016 PORTFOLIO

KEEPING CLOUD CONTENT CURRENT STUDENT CONTENT PREPARE EVERY TIME

REDESIGNING COURSEWARE FASTER RELEASES NEW AUTHORING TOOLS YOUR FEEDBACK

MOC ON-DEMAND MOMENTUM NEW COURSES SATV DEMAND GENERATION

MOC ON-DEMAND SALES BEST PRACTICES COHORTS KICK-OFF CALL SUPPORT BLENDED LEARNING CONFERENCES MDF CAMPAIGN DMOC BUNDLE UPSELL FOCUS SUPPORT

IMPROVING MOC ON-DEMAND: YOUR FEEDBACK LEARNER DASHBOARD CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION MCT ACCESS DEMO COURSES GENERIC SKU

CALL TO ACTION PROMOTE NEW WAVE OF MOC TITLES & CERTIFICATIONS ENCOURAGE CERTIFICATION COMPLETION & RENEWAL PROVIDE FEEDBACK ATTACH SERVICES TO NEW MOC ON-DEMAND FEATURES ENRICH ILT WITH IN-CLASS USE OF PRACTICE TESTS