Tag: Windows 8/Server 2012

Exam 70-417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012

Today I’ve passed Exam 70-417: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012 and I’ve became Microsoft Certifies Solution Associate Windows Server 2012. For that exam wasn’t so hard because I am testing Windows Server 2012 from pre-beta stages, but the exam wasn’t so easy also. As described in Microsoft learning site the exam is divided in 3 smaller exams:

  • Exam 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012
  • Exam 70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012
  • Exam 70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services

 

As you can see these smaller exams you can guess how many question the exam has. If you decide to take this exam I suggest to learn the following technologies in Windows Server 2012:

  • Hyper-V
  • IPAM
  • Clusters
  • File Services
  • Active Directory and AD Federation Services
  • Windows Backup
  • Network Policy Server
  • Dynamic Access Control
  • Remote Access

 

Taking this exam if you eligible to take it will give you MCSA: Windows Server 2012 certificate. This certificate counts as credit towards the following certificates:

  • MCSE: Server Infrastructure
  • MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure

KB: Feature and performance optimization of Hyper-V Replica (HVR) in Windows Server 2012

Microsoft published a very useful article on how we can fine-tune Hyper-V Replica if we face performance problems. I suggest if to try changing these registry keys only if you face some performance problems. If everything is working smoothly better not touch them. The article is located here.

Windows Server 2012 Upgrade Jump Start Training

This Jump Start Training was held live last month and now it is available as a recordings. This course is led by Microsoft Senior Technical Evangelist Rick Claus and Ed Liberman from TrainSignal. The course is divided in 12 topics which can be found as separate videos here.

How VMware calculate cost per application compared to Microsoft

There is a published article titled “VMware (finally) admits that its costs are higher than Microsoft’s” on Microsoft Server and Cloud blog. If you are VMware fan you probably will not believe any word in it but if you are impartial you can make up your own conclusions.

Recommended hotfixes and updates for Windows Server 2012-based Failover Clusters

Microsoft published a knowledge base article with recommended hotfixes and updates. This will be important article for every engineer who builds or supports Server 2012 clusters. For now there are only 2 updates added but I guess more will be added in time. The article is located here.