Continuing workplace role changes have taken me away from the Microsoft System Center suite. Now, I’m working with Citrix XenApp, and had little administration or engineering experience with Citrix technologies prior to this change. I recently attended Citrix Synergy 2013 in Anaheim, CA and had the opportunity to take a free exam. Because of my…
I posted previously about attending a Microsoft authorized training course on Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager (officially shortened to ConfigMgr, but commonly referred to as SCCM). After that course, I had intended on taking the exam but as the product was not one in which I was involved with regularly, and some life stuff that…
So I took advantage of VMware’s VCP upgrade offer and have successfully passed the VMware Certified Professional exam for vSphere 4. Normally VMware requires that a candidate complete an authorized training course in order to attain VCP certification, however, through the end of the year they are allowing current VCP’s on Virtual Infrastructure 3 to upgrade…
At the office, we’re starting to deploy the Microsoft System Center suite, beginning with the Configuration Manager tool. This tool is the next version of Microsoft’s System Management Server (or SMS). In order to get up to speed, I was sent to a local Microsoft authorized training facility. The class is 5 days long and covers everything…
Several months ago, my employer brought in VMware to provide the Fastrack course covering VI3. Along with the course, each attendee was given a voucher code to take the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) course. After procrastinating for several months, and the voucher expiration nearing, I finally buckled down and started studying. I scored a total…
It’s been a very busy week of studying, but today was the day I picked to take the 70-646 test. I spent hours per night going through the material in order to be prepared for todays test date. Fortunately, the hard work paid off and I passed todays test with a perfect score: 1000/1000! Now,…
Today I nailed Microsoft 70-640 pretty well; ended up with a score of 981/1000. I think that’s pretty good for only allowing 2 weeks to study. On top of that, I lost the weekend since my truck died, forcing me to spend all Sunday at the auto dealer. I can’t complain too much though as…
I took Microsoft Certification test 70-642 today. This is one test of the MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) series for Windows Server 2008. It specifically covers “Network Infrastructure Configuration”, which includes topics such as DNS and DHCP, as well as some new things like NAP, or Network Access Protection. Overall, the test shouldnt be too difficult…
My most recent quest is to attain a respectable certification level for an IT professional. What better a cert to complete than an MCITP? MCITP stands for “Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional” and is their current certification for Network Admins and Systems Engineers. The MCITP tests are the equivalent to the previous MCSA (Systems Administrator)…