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MCSA SQL 2016 Changes
It seems that Microsoft has changed the format of the MCSA for the SQL path for 2016. The SQL 2016 MCSA is now broken into three parts MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development, MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration, and MCSA: SQL 2016 Business Intelligence Development. Each MCSA now only requires two test instead of the three…
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MCSA and MCSE on Windows Server 2012 Info
With the release candidate of Windows Server 2012 coming out, Microsoft has finally announced their next generation of certifications: Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) While these acronyms should look familiar to anyone who holds the older Windows Server NT 4.0,…
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Windows Server 2008 Exams Retiring on July 31st of 2017
According to the Microsoft Learning Retired Exams page: Mind you, this doesn't mean that Windows Server 2008 R2 itself is being retired, this is just an announcement for the certification exams. The server product still continues to be supported by Microsoft without any announcement to the contrary, as of this writing.
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70-680 Resources
Exam Notes Windows 7 Virtual Labs Windows 7 Virtual Labs Resource Sites Windows 7 Team Blog - The Windows Blog TS: Windows 7, Configuring TechNet Springboard: Windows 7 - Service Pack - Client TechCenter Installing, Upgrading, and Migrating to Windows 7 (14 percent) Perform a clean installation Clean Install Windows 7 -…
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Windows 8 Exams and Certifications Retiring November 30th, 2015
Microsoft recently announced the date of retirement of several certifications and exams. All Windows 8/8.1 exams are going to be retired with their respective certs. Windows 7 exams will continue to be offered, but the MCSA: Windows 7 certification is going to be retired as well. There have been no announcements to retire…
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70-663 Exchange 2010 Design and Deploy Resources
Study Guide and resources for the 70-663 PRO: Designing and Deploying Messaging Solutions with Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Recommended Reading: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Best Practices Microsoft Exchange Server 2010 Inside Out MS Exchange Team Example Deployment Blog Series Robert's Rules of Exchange: Table of Blog…
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70-640 Resources
Resources and study guide for the 70-640 TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring exam Recommended Reading Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Resource Kit MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-640) Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and Troubleshooting Creating the Secure Managed Desktop Skills Measured…
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70-687 Exam Resources
I noticed the 70-687, Configuring Windows 8 exam objectives yesterday and although the published date says "September 07, 2012(In development)" I figured better sooner than later and start a resources thread (together with this new Windows 8 exams forum ) I will continue to update this thread this year. 70-687 Configuring…
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70-412 TechNet & Other Resources
This has been mostly modified from the Microsoft Born To Learn Wiki - they are not identical! Not all of the objectives were covered by that website so I filled in the gaps where I could. Some things relate to older versions of Windows Server, but they are still relevant or there is not a newer documented alternative. Feel…
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70-643 Resources
Study Guide and Resources for 70-643 TS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Recommended Reading MCTS (Exam 70-643): Configuring Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure self paced training kit Windows Server 2008 Terminal Services Resource Kit Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Resource Kit Windows…
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just started
hey guys whats up i just started studying 70 - 270 and already hit the half of the book :) but the thing is i am using window xp home edition not professional, which means i cant do some of the exercise in the book...(eg..mange user account..the way u use local user and accounts in mmc snaps in...and some of the…
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ESI(Enterprise Skills Inititave) benefit
When an organization is enrolled in ESI every employee can Link their work email to their certification profile and claim a 50% discount on every Microsoft exam which is part of the ESI benefit. ESI also offers Microsoft Deliverd Courses, where a trainer teaches the course via a virtual classroom.
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Microsoft Linux Certification(s)?
Wouldn't it be interesting if M$ started offering Linux certs?
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MS-900
hi, I am starting to prepare for the MS900 exam At the moment i am using the content of Microsoft learn, but i want also other resources for exam questions, videos. Can you suggest me some ? Thanks
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Passed the MS-900: Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Exam.
I passed the MS:900 Microsoft 365 Fundamentals Exam last week, I am now working on the Microsoft AZ-900 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals exam.
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Safely disabling TLS through GPO
Hello Team, In our environment, Users and Computers OU contain one GPO in which user settings policies is set to allow Recent Vulnerability scans for few servers, report that these particular servers are vulnerable to TLS 1.0. TLS 1.1 and now we need to disable TLS 1.0 & 1.1 in these servers safely through GPO. How to…
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Two GPO's applied at parent OU and child OU
Hello, In one parent OU, linked one GPO in which deny logon local setting is defined in which one xyz security group is mentioned and in the child OU, another GPO is linked in which deny logon local setting is defined in which one security group named abc is mentioned. My question is in child OU , the effective setting…
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Default Domain Policy vs Deny GPO
Hello, We need to restrict a certain security group accessing a particular Windows server either through network, local logon, terminal services. We created a GPO and assigned that security group and applied to that particular server, when we ran RSOP from the server , it is found that the security group is denied access…
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Creating (same as parent folder) host A records in AD integrated DNS for xyz.abc.com
There is a need to create Host A record with the name (same as parent folder) under sub domain XYZ created under abc.com AD integrated Zone pointing to different external ip addresses Need to create (same as parent folder) Host A record for each external ip addresses For 4 external ip addresses , 4 host A records with…
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How do I obtain a copy of my exam score report?
I recently graduated high school. During my time in high school I went to take exam #98-367 (MTA Security Fundamentals) and failed the first time. In the end I did ultimately pass but do not have a copy of the passing transcript. I tried to contact my high school, but to no avail. Before I call Microsoft themselves am I…