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TESTOUT BRINGS PERFORMANCE-BASED TRAINING TO MICROSOFT’S 83-640 CERTIFICATION EXAM
Offers Virtual, Hands on Labs to Prepare Users for Cert Exam on Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
PLEASANT GROVE, Utah – Sept. 29, 2009 – TestOut Corporation—provider of online labs for IT certification training—today launched a LabSim training course to help IT professionals prepare for the newly updated Microsoft exam 83-640, Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory. With the 83-640 exam (previously the 70-640), Microsoft added performance-based sections that require users to demonstrate configuration tasks on a live computer. In addition to 60+ online lab simulations, the LabSim course adds new practice exam questions, along with videos and written lessons, providing the only fully integrated training course for users needing the practical experience required by the new exam—and prospective employees.
“TestOut has emphasized the importance of training IT learners for real-world skills by providing hands-on, simulated online labs in every LabSim training course for more than a decade,” said Don Whitnah, vice president of product development, TestOut. “While we added various questions to the practice exam for the 83-640 course, our earlier course also provided performance-based scenarios to help users truly learn – and demonstrate – the skills required for configuring the Windows Server 2008 active directory. Having Microsoft add performance-based scenarios to the exam further validates the focus TestOut has placed on providing these practical skills and definitely puts more credibility behind the certification itself.”
LabSim’s online labs enable users to freely work within a wide variety of virtual environments to accomplish their tasks and build their skills. Students aren’t limited to a prescribed pathway for completing tasks, nor are they simply faced with a series of screen images. Every lab exercise and scenario is also tracked, evaluated and scored for the students, who are immediately shown their results with detailed feedback for each question. If they are weak in certain areas, they can read an explanation of the correct methods to accomplish each task.
TestOut’s Product Update Guarantee gives customers access to up-to-date versions of training software for a full year after their purchase, including the 83-640 update. Any TestOut customers who purchased the 70-640 LabSim course within the past year qualify to receive the updated 83-640 course materials. Please note that although the 83-640 exam is available mostly worldwide, it's delivered in English.
Pricing & Availability
The LabSim 83-640 course is available now for $495.
About TestOut
TestOut provides IT certification training for individuals and academic institutions worldwide, focusing on enabling practical, hands-on experience with the LabSim online labs. Since its founding in 1991, the company has helped thousands of individuals achieve the skills and professional IT certifications necessary to progress in their careers. Major institutions using LabSim include DeVry University, ITT Tech and University of Phoenix. For more information, visit
www.testout.com.
