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Microsoft Exam Pilot for Performance Based Exam

July 31, 2008 By Dave 1 Comment

Trika blogged about a Microsoft Pilot program that will instead of a simulation will have a Performance based engine by using a virtual Server 2008 emulation. I am very excited about this and have already signed up at Prometric to take the exam (70-113: TS: Windows® Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring) on August 7th. The bad news of course is that this is NOT a beta, only a pilot so the exam counts as nothing and will not be on my transcript even if I passed. Thats ok though, because I want to get hands on with the technology to see where things are going. Plus if your one of the first 3000 who take it, you will receive an exam voucher.

Get all the information at Trika’s blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/archive/2008/07/31/performance-based-testing-pilot.aspx

Filed Under: Windows Server 2008

Server 2008: Auditing Active Directory Domain Services

July 28, 2008 By Dave 1 Comment

Train Signal Training released an article I did on Auditing Active Directory. You can find the full article:

Audit Active Directory

Windows Server 2008 Video: Configure DFS Namespaces

July 27, 2008 By Dave 1 Comment

I have an upcoming article that is about Configuring Distributed File Systems (DFS) for TrainSignal, but here is a video that shows how to setup a Domain based Namespace in Windows Server 2008 Mode.

Filed Under: Video Training Tagged With: DFS, Distributed File System, Video Training, Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008: Install Active Directory Domain Services

July 24, 2008 By Dave 2 Comments

Article went up yesterday on Installing Active Directory Domain Services. I will have a companion video up shortly to compliment this article meantime go ahead and read up!

Install Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2008

Filed Under: Windows Server 2008 Tagged With: Active Directory, Windows Server 2008

Sharepoint Certification Paths

July 24, 2008 By Dave Leave a Comment

Trika had a great post today for those of us working in Microsoft platforms looking for a niche to get into it. I have not really given Sharepoint that close of a look because the small business clients I usually work with do not need that level of collaboration. It certainly makes sense though that it is a booming market, and with IBM dropping the ball with Lotus Notes so badly I think it could easily be exploited.

So if your looking for that niche to dominate, head over to Trika’s blog and discuss the future plans and direction of the Sharepoint Certifications.

Filed Under: Sharepoint Server Tagged With: Sharepoint

Windows Server 2008 Video: Install Distributed File System (DFS)

July 23, 2008 By Dave Leave a Comment

I have an upcoming article to be published on Train Signal Training on Installing DFS, but for fun I decided to make a video also. Click the link below to see.

Install Distributed File System on Server 2008

Filed Under: Video Training Tagged With: DFS, Distributed File System, Video Training

Windows Server 2008: External Internet DNS Server

July 16, 2008 By Dave Leave a Comment

This tutorial walks through setting up a DNS server on Windows Server 2008 and configuring it for external use in resolving external queries. Read More:

Windows DNS Server 2008: Setup External Internet DNS Server

Filed Under: Windows Server 2008 Tagged With: DNS Server, Published Articles, Windows Server 2008

IIS 7: Trace Failed Request Logs

July 9, 2008 By Dave Leave a Comment

Working on IIS eventually you will have a problem that just makes you wish you could see every call that is going on through the various modules. With Failed Request Logs enabled and configured thats exactly what you get. Read More:

Trace Failed Request Logs

Filed Under: IIS 7 Tagged With: IIS 7, Published Articles