Category: Certs

• Time Tips for Certification Exams

  As I peruse the tome of articles that I wrote over the past ten years that were never published on this site, I am finding some articles that are timeless, including this one originally written for CertGuard, on Exam Time Management. -M <May, 2007>It is a common misconception that information such as the number of…

  Mitch Garvis

  July 13, 2011

  Article, CertGuard, Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, Exams

• The Genesis of my Career as an IT Consultant and Trainer

  I can’t believe it has been eight years… I wrote this article for TechRepublic while I was still working for IGS Security in Montreal.  These articles are the genesis of my career as a computer consultant and IT Trainer and Presenter.  The first article tells of how and why I began to transition from a…

  Mitch Garvis

  July 13, 2011

  Article, Blog, CanITPro, Certs, Classroom, Community, Consulting, Genesis of an IT Pro, IT Pro, Volunteering

• Do you have your VirtCerts?

  Ok I made the term VirtCert up, and frankly I am reasonably hopeful that it doesn’t catch on.  However I know the certifications are, and to help you along, Microsoft is giving you some really huge incentives! As you know from reading this blog there are three Microsoft certifications around virtualization: MCTS: Windows Server 2008,…

  Mitch Garvis

  June 16, 2011

  Certs, Exams, Hyper-V, Microsoft Canada, Microsoft Learning, TechNet, Virtualization

• Five GREAT tips to remember when taking certification exams

  I just read a blog article by Christopher Harrison, the Head Geek at GeekTrainer.  He points out five key things to remember when sitting certification exams.  Read them, know them, live them!  Then pass your exam! –M http://blog.geektrainer.com/2011/06/taking-certification-exams.html

  Mitch Garvis

  June 9, 2011

  Blog, Certs, IT Pro, MCP, MCT, Microsoft Learning, Microsoft MVP, SWMI, SWMI Consulting Group, Trainer

• The Wonder that is TechEd

  The quiet of the Exhibitor Hall is disturbed by the sounds of preparation.  To my left there is a crew frantically working to fix something with a carpet.  There is some hammering, more yammering, and the sounds of carpet tape being unfurled. To my right there are two security agents talking, but they are too…

  Mitch Garvis

  May 17, 2011

  APP-V, Ask the Expert, Blog, Certs, Deployment, Hyper-V, IT Pro, IT Security, MCP, MDOP, MDT, Microsoft Deployment Toolkit, Microsoft Learning, Microsoft MVP, Microsoft Office, Springboard, Springboard Technical Experts Panel, STEP, SWMI, TechEd, TechNet, User Group, Virtualization, Windows 7, Windows Server, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Microsoft Certification Exams Going Up.

  It has been ten years since I took my first Microsoft certification exam.  At the time it cost $100 (USD) for the privilege.  Shortly thereafter (I suspect sometime within 2001) that cost increased to $125 (USD) per exam, which is where it is today. Recently Microsoft Learning announced that on July 1st (August 1st in…

  Mitch Garvis

  April 26, 2011

  Cers, Certs, Community, MCP, Microsoft Learning