Starting down MCSA 2008 road
ScrawnyRonnie
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Hello all,
I thought I'd join the site here after coming across it and reading some of the threads. I think it'll be valuable to ask questions here and answer some as well
I've already got some entry level certifications under my belt and have been in a help desk position for over a year now so things are going well there. I'm ready to take my person studies to the next level as I continue to gain IT experience. I have the MS Press book on the way and I rented it so I'll have to pace myself! I've also seen the resources that you all have shared in other threads so thank you for that. I will use them! I just thought I'd say hi and share some of my progress.
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I thought I'd join the site here after coming across it and reading some of the threads. I think it'll be valuable to ask questions here and answer some as well
I've already got some entry level certifications under my belt and have been in a help desk position for over a year now so things are going well there. I'm ready to take my person studies to the next level as I continue to gain IT experience. I have the MS Press book on the way and I rented it so I'll have to pace myself! I've also seen the resources that you all have shared in other threads so thank you for that. I will use them! I just thought I'd say hi and share some of my progress.
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Good luck with your journey to MCSA:2008!
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent. - Arnold Schwarzenegger
I've got virtualbox set up with 1 server and 1 Win 7 PC so far for a testing environment. Haven' gotten into any labs, but I'm looking forward to it.
Good luck.
I'm also running virtualbox on a laptop with 4GB of RAM so should I set the other servers to be given 512 MB or something to run them all at once?
Yes you can. when your VMs or Your labs reach 180 days old just delete them and create brand new ones. the eval starts when you install the os the clock starts. You will get a lot of practice creating and recreating labs. Good luck, Its a long road but it pays off!!
The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent. - Arnold Schwarzenegger
For Work
1. I have SANS-Security Essential (on Demand), doing on my own time.
2. I have SANS-Windows Security (on Demand), if approved, doing on my own time.
Personal
3. I still have my Windows 8 Upgrade Exam Voucher, been pushing the exam back. I think it expires in Dec.
4. Start Server 2008 training in Jan 2014, 5 months and then hopefully, take my Server 2012 upgrade exam too.
I am with you. Anyone have a good ideal of how to set up a good study path??
While I was studying for my Windows 7 Administrator Exam, I step a notebook with Server 2008 and run VM in Hyper V, now that I have a new PC with 32Gb of ram, I plan to run Server 2008 and more VMs for a study lab.
@Asif Dasl Setting the RAM to 1024MB has worked fine so far. I haven't run 4 at once yet so we'll see how that goes.
For my study path, I'm just following the plan laid out to me by WGU (MOAC book + MOAC Labs) unless I find out about something more effective.
kingrob - I've seen here people saying how little they see server 2012 in the real world, so I think 2008 will have more value to me right now, and 2012 is just 1 additional exam away to upgrade.
Asif Dasl - Yeah I upped the RAM to 1024 for 2 servers., and 512 for 1 server (core) and 1 pc. I haven't run all of them at once yet to see how much the laptop can handle, but so far so good.
Old ones are cheap on eBay.
Are the command line ways only practical if you're using the Core edition or importing excel files with a lot of users at once?
You don't really need to learn all the commands, just the layout of them and what the -options do.
The gui way is nice and all, but not on 10-20-30 servers.. it's a ball ache.