Archive for March, 2008

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Passed: TS Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuring

March 31, 2008

Microsoft really dropped the ball on this one, with some experience with Microsoft MOM 2005, logic thinking, common sense and a twist of lemon you are able to pass this exam.

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Next exam: TS: Microsoft Forefront Client and Server, Configuration, I think this will be a nice add-on to my Microsoft Exchange 2007 and Security specialization.

Henny Louwers

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Free Microsoft Press E-Book Offer!

March 29, 2008

If you are interested in the Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 products, there is an offer on the Microsoft Learning site for free E-books on LINQ, ASP.NET AJAX and SilverLight.

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I’m Dutch so we are always in for free stuff, even if we don’t do anything with it, I’m sorry, it’s a cultural thing. I’m sure you’ll understand. :-)

Henny Louwers

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Passed Microsoft Beta Exams 71-646 and 71-647!

March 27, 2008

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I took these exams on the same day, yes it was a nice certification day, January 10th. :-) Although I can not recommend doing such a thing because it requires to stay focused for a considerably long time, beta exams often consists of a lot of questions. Unfortunately I did not have the the time (luxury) to plan 2 days for these exams, so … All is well, a pass is a pass, as they say. :-)

So that just totally made my day! Don’t you just love Microsoft products? :-)

So by passing these exams I can add two more certifications to my list:
-Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Server Administrator
-Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator

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My appreciated colleague Kay Sellenrode also passed both of these exams so we will be well represented by within our company Platani regarding Windows 2008 certifications.

Henny Louwers

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Citrix releases Citrix Presentation Server Client 10.200 for Windows

March 25, 2008

The download can be found here.

Apparently the update only consist of minor bugs. Still no mentioning of the Citrix streaming client being integrated in the Citrix Presentation Server Client. I guess when they will perform this upgrade they will make the jump to version 11. And (Apparently there have been a version 10.152 and 10.153 (!?). I must have been hibernating :-D .

I’m always a bit careful about mass updating a Citrix ICA client within a production environment. History shows there are always some kind of bugs within every client update. So for a little tip: “Always save a copy of the client version which you know all the bugs of!”

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Henny Louwers

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Citrix Synergy Conference formerly known as Citrix App Delivery Conference formerly known as Citrix iForum!

March 24, 2008

What’s in a name, eh :-D . Of course Citrix has a name to keep up when it comes to name changing!

Yes! I will be attending the Citrix Synergy Conference from May 20th to 23rd in Houston Texas. “Where Virtualization + Networking + Application Delivery Meet”.

I hope there will be breaking news on ‘Delaware’ and the integration with Microsoft Windows Terminal Server Services 2008 filled with Technical Workshops :-D .

So I might see you guys out there!

http://www.citrixsynergy.com/

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Henny Louwers

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Passed TS:MS Internet Security & Acceleration Server 2006,Configuring

March 19, 2008

60 questions / 2 hours of ISA 2006 pain ;-) . No, just kidding, exam can easily be done if you work extensively with this product. Although during the exam I thought it would barely be a pass but I passed with a sweet 907.

When you implement Microsoft Infrastructures ,like we do, you are bound to come across the Microsoft ISA Server 2006 product line. This exam covers a lot of stuff that you actually come across when implementing ISA Server.

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On to the next exam: TS: Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007, Configuring, scheduled on march 28th. :-)

Henny Louwers

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The Server Unleashed – Windows Server 2008

March 14, 2008

Check out this cool SilverLight (of course) site from Microsoft about Windows Server 2008 Unleashed! Especially the cool screensavers, I’m soo easily amused! ;-)

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Henny Louwers