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Our Microsoft Licensing Body of Knowledge (BOK) exams are refreshed every year so that you can demonstrate that your licensing knowledge is up to date. We've got three BOK exams: Foundation for those who need to demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals, Practitioner for those who want to demonstrate a deeper knowledge, and Power Platform for those who have a specialist focus. Our new BOK25 exams are now available and we're running exam preparation courses throughout April so that you can find out what the exams look like and what you need to do to get yourself ready to pass them.…

Our Licensing Scholar Core certification is extremely popular with thousands of exams taken and hundreds of you achieving the Credly badge when you pass the required four exams. All exams will be refreshed to a 2025 version on 3 April, 2025 at which point the 2024 exams won't be available anymore. Your 2024 Credly badge will never expire, but if you want the new shiny 2025 Licensing Scholar Core badge, then you'll need to take all four exams to earn that again. If you can't remember what exams you've passed then email exams@licensingschool.co.uk, and if you want to bookmark the page…

Our Microsoft Licensing Body of Knowledge (BOK) exams are refreshed every year so that you can demonstrate that your licensing knowledge is up to date. We've got three BOK exams: Foundation for those who need to demonstrate knowledge of the fundamentals, Practitioner for those who want to demonstrate a deeper knowledge, and Power Platform for those who have a specialist focus. Our new BOK25 exams will be available from 3 April, 2025 and we're running exam preparation courses throughout April so that you can find out what the exams look like and what you need to do to get yourself…

Did you know that we run weekly training courses for our subscribers? If you want to see what we've been up to in our popular training sessions then take a look at the Licensing School online FWYN resource. FWYN stands for "Find What You Need" and you can search it to see where we've covered the licensing of a particular product. If you're suffering from a touch of FOMO, email us on info@licensingschool.co.uk to talk to us about getting your very own subscription and joining our community of licensing learners.

We've got a choice of 22 licensing exams for you to take as part of our Licensing Scholar program! This program offers free exams for everyone and is where you can earn Credly badges to demonstrate your licensing knowledge. If you want a reminder of the exams you've currently passed, then just email exams@licensingschool.co.uk to get your very own report. Why don't you head over there now, grab your beverage of choice, and put your knowledge to the test: https://bit.ly/4e3i1qs.

It's official! If you're a Microsoft partner and you accrue co-op funds, you can now use those funds to pay for our Licensing School offers. If you've got questions, email info@licensingschool.co.uk and we'll be glad to help.

Our Licensing Scholar Core program is well under way! Last week we covered the basics of server licensing on-premises, and this week we move to Azure. Join us if you'd like to - it's live, it's free, and it's at 2pm today, Tuesday 18th February. Register to attend (or listen to previous sessions) here : https://bit.ly/4h6pgQl.

How's your knowledge of the fundamentals of Defender licensing? Give our latest exam a try, and find out! Free to take with a certificate to download if you achieve the pass mark of 70%, it's all part of our Licensing Scholar program. This is where you take exams that are of particular interest to you and, when you've earned 100 credits, you get a Credly badge to alert others to your expertise. Find our exams page here: https://bit.ly/4e3i1qs, with the Defender exam at the very bottom.

Want to test your knowledge of the Flexible Virtualization Benefit? Our latest free exam is available on the LicenseVerse exams page here: https://bit.ly/4hfDluW. It's worth 10 credits in our Licensing Scholar certification program where you can earn a Credly badge when you've accrued 100 points.