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Hey all, it looks like I will be taking the VCP 5 exam after the first of the year, and I was wondering if anyone can tell me how the exam stacks up to other certification exams in difficulty. I have never taken a VMware exam before but I have taken many CompTIA and Microsoft exams with no...

You know the screens I'm talking about...the first time that you log into a Windows 2003 R2, 2008, or 2008 R2 server it pops up a "configure this server" or a "manage this server" window with all sorts of options to help you figure out how to deal with the options available. It was cute...even...

I am working with a client that has a PKI issue. At some point in the past someone decided that they needed a CA and built two that were supposed to be for very limited use. Then a few projects came along that required certificates, the PKI ended up getting used quite a bit and there are...

Over at the Microsoft Learning Blog there is news of some new changes being made to certification transcripts and certificates. http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/btl/b/weblog/archive/2011/03/23/transcript-and-certificate-changes-coming-soon.aspx In June they are going to start printing them with...

So I have some code that allows me to open a remote session via PSSession and execute some code in a scriptblock. I can pass local variables to the scriptblock for use in the remote execution via "-Args". That works great. But now I need to retrieve a variable that is created in the...

Weird thing going on here, maybe someone has seen it. I have a Powershell script that I have written that calls several executables. After the executable completes I want to retrieve the exit code for the executable so that I can note if it was successful for not. I'm told that $LastExitCode...

Hi all, I'm curious if the following is possible. I know that using Powershell you can access and read PERFMON counters. But what if you have a Powershell script that does some activity that needs to log data into a custom counter? For example, let's say that I want to write a Powershell...

So I am looking at deploying Powershell 2.0 to a nummber of Windows 2003 and 2008 servers for a project that I am working on. From what I can tell it looks like it is bundled with WinRM 2.0 as well int he Windows Management Framework. I've done a little more digging and discovered that WinRM...

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I am working on a domain migration for a customer and have run into an odd issue. Here's the background (names changed to protect the innocent): Customer is a government agency and their existing namespace is "agency.co.countyname.state.us". As part of the migration they are changing their...

Due to the significant number of performance issues that testers have been having with the 83-640 exam (the virtual lab version of the 70-640) Microsoft has pulled the exam for the time being...

So I was reading today a little about a new product that EMC is launching called VPLEX. I only dabble in the storage space a little bit, but from the high-level reading it sounds more or less like IBM's SVCs. Am I right? Is there something significantly different between them...

Hey everyone, I am going to have a couple of weeks of downtime coming up and was thinking of adding a CCNA to my resume. This is where I stand: 1. I have a couple of years of experience configuring Cisco routers, switches, PIX, and ASA devices as part of my job. Unfortunately the last time...

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So I am in a bit of a quandry about how I should proceed with a situation that has come up at work. We employ numerous technical resources in many different areas of specialization. I myself am in a Core Infrastructure role focusing on virtualization. But we have other people who focus on...

Blow the horns and beat the drums, the next 6 months are going to be a great time to take certification exams! http://www.prometric.com/microsoft/ss_mcp.htm Second Shot provides a free retake when you fail your first attempt at an IT Pro or Developer Microsoft Certification Exam, reducing...

I currently have a Gigabyte GV-R485ZL-512H video card (Radeon 4850 512MB), but a couple of the games that I'm playing these days can get a big laggy and have hitching in spots, especially when it's pretty graphically intensive. I'm thinking that I'd like to get another card and Crossfire them...

If you are, then you might want to check out the summary of Cert magazine's 2009 salary survey: http://www.certmag.com/read.php?in=3915 ________________________________________ CompTIA A+, Network+, Server+, Security+ MCTS:Windows 7 MCTS:Hyper-V MCTS:System Center Virtual Machine Manager...

There is no question in this post. I'm only posting it because I've scoured the net high and low for answers to this question and couldn't find one in English. I'm posting this in case some other nutter is wondering the same thing but can't get a straight answer. I have an "old" but solid AM2...

For those of you who are preparing for Microsoft certification exams, Microsoft is currently running a program called “Take Control of Your Career” where you can get discounts on their certification exams. Discounts are either 10%, 15%, or 25% depending on the exam. Details can be found here...