You may have noticed if you took those beta exams all the way back in December of last year that they still showed up as a “Tested” status in your Prometric Candidate History. Well start checking your stats because the scores are now finally being released. 71-625 is still a TS exam, however if you [...]

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So you want to get Microsoft Certified or maybe you just want to update your existing  certifications but somehow it all seems a bit bewildering with the new tracks. A couple years ago Microsoft began transitioning their certification tracks, as you may well have noticed by now tracks like the MCSA, MCSE, MCDBA and [...]

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So you want to share files, but you don’t just want to let “Everyone” have full control. Understanding permissions can be difficult if you don’t pay attention. Let’s start by breaking down both the shared folder and NTFS File/Folder Permissions available to us. With the shared permissions you can choose form only three permissions, Read, [...]

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Domain names, hostnames, IP addresses, name server resolution, internal and external namespaces; it can all be a little overwhelming when you’re tasked with the job of implementing a DNS Infrastructure and you’re still not quite certain how it all works. This will be considered “Part One” of my DNS related articles as I realized while [...]

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Domain Local Groups, Global Groups, Universal Groups, Accounts and Permissions oh my; so you installed Active Directory, and now you want to know what all the fuss is about. By now you’ve heard time and time again it’s a “best practice” to put your users in groups and apply permissions to those groups, or [...]

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These Vouchers are no longer available. I will post when I am able to send out new ones.
Are you Certified? Or just plain certifiable? Would you like a discount voucher for your next Microsoft exam? Go to my Microsoft Discount Voucher Form and send me your name, email address and what country you plan [...]

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CompTIA is currently seeking Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) to attend a workshop February 11-15, 2008. In this workshop SME’s will be asked to provide assistance in item development for the new version of the CompTIA Security+ (2008 Edition) exam. The purpose of item development is to collaborate with the IT community in an effort to [...]

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