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I Never Thought This Day Would Come. . .

Slowhand — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 01:34:01 +0000

So, I’m studying for a new cert. . .
Yup, Exchange is going to be my “special friend” for the next month or two while I study for the MCTS certification test on it. I’ve gotten started on some training material, like beginning the CBT Nuggets video series and labbing out a couple of Windows Server 2008 R2 boxes in VMWare Player. I’m also going to try to get my hands on the Inside Out book and possibly the Sybex book. I haven’t decided if I want to do the exam for the full MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010, we’ll have to see how crazy I feel.

So far, I’ve done a bare-bones install of Exchange 2010 three times, (once almost without any screw-ups,) in a lab environment consisting of a domain controller and a member server both running Windows Server 2008 R2. Baby steps, baby steps.

Launch Events for Visual Studio 2010 and Office 2010

Slowhand — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:33:22 +0000

It’s been a while since I last posted, so I thought I’d blog about a freebie from Microsoft as my triumphant return to the IT Humidor.

Coming up this month will be the launch of Office 2010, Visual Studio 2010, SQL Server 2008 R2, and SharePoint 2010. To kick things off, Microsoft is holding launch-events in various parts of the country. Be a part of the launch of Microsoft’s new products, (and take home free copies of the software,) by signing up for an event in your area. For those of you who can’t make it to a live event, there will also be a live keynote by Stephen Elop, President of Microsoft’s business division on the launch of the new software suites.

There are two paths for each event, IT Pro and Developer:

For IT Professionals, focuses more closely on Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010

For developers, focusing on Visual Studio 2010 and SQL Server 2008 R2.

The events are free to sign up for, but space fills up fast.

Interoperability Between Linux and Active Directory

Slowhand — Wed, 27 May 2009 18:35:58 +0000

I came across this blog the other day and I definitely felt the need to share. Keith Combs has put together a set of great videos on making Linux play nice on a Windows Server 2008 network by managing Linux workstations through AD.

Check out Keith’s blog for the full description of the following videos: