Lasts steps to MCITP !

Hello you!

I was off from networking world for some time. My company asked me to become MCITP Entreprise Administrator. I now have to pass both Vista and PRO tests for WS2008. I’m glas it’s now achieved ! I can remove all this vmware stuff from my hard drive ;-) This odissey to MCITP title was not that hard but long because it has been a long time since I had to manage servers. The vista test, 70-620, was quite easy as I always found workstation exams. I got some hands on questions,  around 5.  It was pretty nice looking and well emulated. I won’t say much to avoid breaking NDA but also because I scored well !

PRO test was a real nightmare ! I sweared a lot despite of the weather that day!! I would tell anyone taking this test to prepare very strictly ! You should have a good night before and fresh ideas. You’ll deal with long text questions and though answers… To resume, practice a lot and if you’re not experienced on technologies, go back to field or server console :D

See you later !

PS : I’ll make more efforts to keep this blog updated ;)

Are you MCP Certified ? Become famous !

Found on the web this morning… Enjoy !

Trika’s Blog

HowTo : Understanding GlobalNames Zone in Windows Server 2008

An interesting article found on Petri’s technical site

Here it is !

Windows Server 2008 exams release dates

Following Microsoft cerfication event, you’ll find the announced dates for Windows 2008 exams release below :

  • 70-640 27th Feb 08 – 27th April 2008
  • 70-642 27th Feb 08 – 27th April 2008
  • 70-643 27th Feb 08 – 27th April 2008
  • 70-646 20th March 2008 – 20th May 2008
  • 70-647 20th March 2008 – 20th May 2008
  • 70-648 (V2) 18th April 2008 – 18th June 2008
  • 70-649 (V2) 18th April 2008 – 18th June 2008

Now you know your targets for 2008 ! ;)

Upgrading from MCSA 2003 to Windows 2008

Upgrading from MCSA 2003

MCSA 2003 to MCITP: Server Administrator (2 Exams)
70-646 (IT Pro: Server Administrator)
70-648 (Upgrade)

MCSA 2003 to MCITP: Enterprise Administrator (4 Exams)
70-620 (Vista) or 70-624 (Deploying and Maintaining Vista and 2007 Office System Desktops)
70-643 (MCTS: Application Platform)
70-647 (IT Pro: Enterprise Administrator)
70-648 (Upgrade)

MCSA 2003 to MCITP: Server Administrator and Enterprise Administrator (5 exams)
70-620 (Vista or 70-624 (Deploying and Maintaining Vista and 2007 Office System Desktops)
70-643 (MCTS: Applications Platform, Configuring)
70-646 (IT Pro: Server Administrator)
70-647 (IT Pro: Enterprise Administrator)
70-648 (Upgrade)

Windows Server 2008 Certifications

MCITP: Server Administrator (3 Exams)
70-640: MCTS: Active Directory, Configuring
70-642: MCTS: Network Infrastructure, Configuring
70-646: MCITP: Server Administrator

MCITP: Enterprise Administrator (5 Exams)
70-620: MCTS: Vista or 70-624: MCTS: Deploying and Maintaining Vista and 2007 Office System Desktops
70-640: MCTS: Active Directory, Configuring
70-642: MCTS: Network Infrastructure, Configuring
70-643: MCTS: Applications Platform, Configuring
70-647: MCITP: Enterprise Administrator

MCITP: Server Administrator and MCITP: Enterprise Administrator (6 Exams)
70-620: MCTS: Vista or 70-624: MCTS: Deploying and Maintaining Vista and 2007 Office System Desktops
70-640: MCTS: Active Directory, Configuring
70-642: MCTS: Network Infrastructure, Configuring
70-643: MCTS: Applications Platform, Configuring
70-646: MCITP: Server Administrator
70-647: IT Pro: Enterprise Administrator