As many of you know I spend a lot of time working in, consulting with, and teaching virtualization. Because I am such a strong believer in certifications I was proud of the three virtualization certs I previously held – two Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certs and one VMware-centric...
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Mitch Garvis
on 05-03-2010
Filed under: MIcrosoft, Beta, VMM, SCVMM, Virtualization, Virtual PC, Windows, IT Pro, Microsoft Learning, Article, Server, Operating System, Certifications, Certificates, Exams, Learning, Server 2008 R2, Server Core, VMware, hyper-v, Infrastructure
<Originally posted October, 2006> Earlier today someone referenced this article from my old blog which will, eventually, be migrated over to my new blog. However in the meantime I am reposting it. To be frank the perfect record no longer stands true. –MDG Don’t Mess With Juju: Even...
I am a member of a private community of Microsoft Certified Trainers on a well known networking site. In the last couple of days one of my colleagues complained that his students were passing their exams by using Brain Dumps, and that these tools diminished the value of the certifications. ...
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on 03-19-2009
Filed under: IT Pro, Microsoft Learning, Article, Education, Certifications, Cert Security, Certificates, Exams, Learning, Scams, brain dumps, CertGuard, Professionalism
The following is a comment I made to a blog article on Network World on the topic of certification exam security. The actual post can be found here: http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/26502 Using the MCP ID card as your security poses a number of downsides. To mention two severely...