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Christmas Comes a Little Early
I might have mentioned a while back that Microsoft occassionally sends out invites to test out "beta exams" at testing centers around the U.S. They might do that outside of the U.S. as well, but I wouldn't know. This time around they were...
As if WSUS Admins Don't Have Enough to Deal with...
Now comes word from Microsoft that Windows Search 4.0 (formerly Windows Desktop Search) is being released via Automatic Updates. The odd thing is that it will be labeled "optional" for XP clients, while Vista clients will see it labeled as "recommended"...
MCSA Boot Camp, RSAT, WSUS Virtues
As I posted on my " other blog ", I've been immersed in an eight-day MCSA "boot camp" for Server 2003. I've passed two of the four exams so far, working on the remaining two. Long hours. I finally had a minute to download and...
Oh no, not another pre-sales monkey
Yes. I've officially joined the ranks of pre-sales techno-monkeys. I passed my first twelve exams to qualify for VMware Technical Sales Professional or VTSP. I wasn't expecting the courseware content and exam questions to be so technical, given the "Sales...
I'm finally an MCP!
Let me start by explaining that my career path has been an unusual one. So unusual that it hasn't made fiscal sense for me to put certification at the top of my priority list. I was semi-management for the past seven years and paid pretty well also. So...
Yeah baby! I passed a MS SCCM beta exam!
I took advantage of a free offer to take a Microsoft beta exam of System Center Configuration Manager 2007 back in December. Exam 71-401: "Configuring System Configuration Manager 2007". As with most beta stuff, there are delays in finding out how things...