74-409 in the morning

netsysllc

Well the day is almost here. Between work and school not much study time. I took an extended weekend and have been studying my behind off. I am well versed in 2012 and Hyper-V but very little exposure to System Center VMM and none before this weekend to any other component of System Center. I will post detailed resources used to prepare for the exam if and when I pass. Mostly Microsoft MVA, prep videos and technet or blogs.

NotHackingYou

Good luck!

Zorodzai

All the best.....

NotHackingYou

How did you do?

netsysllc

Passed it! I will try and post my links tonight when I get home

NotHackingYou

Congrats! Looking forward to your thoughts on this exam. Mine is in a few days.

shezy77

Congrats on the pass.. I have mine tomorrow afternoon

netsysllc

Sorry they are not arranged or sorted in any way. Some of these I found from other peoples postings but most I have researched based on the breakdown of the test requirements from Microsoft and filling in gaps on things I was not very familiar with. Not the hardest MS test out there.Deploy Hyper-V over SMB

P2V Prerequisites in VMM

Deploy Windows Offloaded Data Transfers

Generation 2 Virtual Machine Overview

What's New in Hyper-V Virtual Switch in Windows Server 2012

Collecting Security Events Using Audit Collection Services in Operations Manager

Audit Collection Services Security

How to Enable CSV Cache - Clustering and High-Availability - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

Configuring Self-Service in VMM Overview

Configuring Storage in VMM

Chargeback with System Center 2012 SP1 tutorial - Building Clouds Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

How to Import Configuration Items from a CSV File

Chargeback with System Center 2012 SP1 Tutorial Part 2 of 3 - Building Clouds Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Logical Networks (Part IV)

Deploy an Active Directory-Detached Cluster

What is Cluster Aware Updating in Windows Server 2012? (Part 1) - Premier Field Engineering - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Cluster-Aware Updating: Frequently Asked Questions

Optimizing virtual machine protection

Hyper-V Smart Paging | Windows Server 2012 essentials and tips

How to Perform Rolling Updates on a Hyper-V Host Cluster in VMM

Hyper-V Resource Metering Overview

New-NetSwitchTeam

Decide where to locate DPM servers

Storage Quality of Service for Hyper-V

Dynamic Optimization and Power Optimization in SCVMM 2012 - System Center: Virtual Machine Manager Engineering Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Virtual Machine Connection - Enhanced Session Mode Overview

Activating virtual machines via Automatic Virtual Machine Activation in Windows Server 2012 R2 - Ask the Core Team - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Cloning a Virtual Machine in VMM

Step-by-Step: Hyper-V Network Virtualization - 31 Days of Favorite Features in #WinServ 2012 ( Part 8 of 31 ) - KeithMayer.com - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Deploy a Guest Cluster Using a Shared Virtual Hard Disk

How to Configure Host Group Properties in VMM

Custom Placement Rules and Availability Sets in SCVMM 2012 SP1 - System Center: Virtual Machine Manager Engineering Team Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Deploy an on-premise VM to Windows Azure with App Controller - TechRepublic

Starting with Cluster-Aware Updating: Self-Updating - The Storage Team at Microsoft - File Cabinet Blog - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Hyper-V Virtual Fibre Channel Overview

Create Guest Clusters in Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V

http://www.aidanfinn.com/?p=14936

Shared VHDX Files - My Favorite New Feature in Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows Storage Server - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Managing your cluster with SCVMM 2012

What's New in System Center 2012 R2 Operations Manager

Microsoft Virtual Academy

Backup and Restore Considerations for Virtualized Domain Controllers

Safely Cloning an Active Directory Domain Controller with Windows Server 2012 - Step-by-Step #ws2012 #hyperv #itpro #vmware - KeithMayer.com - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Online Virtual Hard Disk Resizing Overview

Windows Server 2012 R2 Preview Hyper-V Shared Virtual Hard Disk and Storage QoS - Team blog of MCS @ Middle East and Africa - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

Browse by Tags - Microsoft Enterprise Networking Team - Site Home - TechNet Blogs

kriscamaro68

Congrats on the pass and thanks for the resources.

NotHackingYou

Thanks for posting these resources. These helped me pass.

netsysllc

Congrats, I am glad they helped. It is time consuming but I have found technet and the technet blogs to be some of the best resources for MS tests