Category: MCT

• MCITP: Server Boot Camp, Virginia Beach

  It was REALLY last minute… on Friday I got a mass e-mail from a training provider scrambling to replace a trainer who had cancelled at the last minute.  By some miracle of scheduling I was available; after a few hours of back and forth e-mails I booked my flight for Sunday to be at the…

  Mitch Garvis

  July 20, 2011

  Article, Blog, Boot Camp, Bootcamp, Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, Classroom, Exams, Genesis of an IT Pro, Industry, IT Pro, MCITP, MCITP: Server Administrator, MCP, MCT, MCTS, Microsoft Learning, Microsoft Windows, SWMI Consulting Group, Trainer, Virginia Beach, Windows Server 2008 R2

• Choose Your First Certification Exam Wisely

  As I peruse the articles that I have written over the past ten years I occasionally come across one that is interesting or relevant today.  I wrote this article when I was working with CertGuard, and it was published in November, 2006.  If you are an IT Pro starting down the path to certifications, this…

  Mitch Garvis

  July 18, 2011

  Article, CertGuard, Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, Exams, Genesis of an IT Pro, IT Pro, MCP, MCT, Microsoft, Microsoft Learning, Microsoft Windows

• I am You, You are Me.

  A couple of months ago I was in the cafeteria at Microsoft and I came up with an idea for a blog article, which I then gave to Rick Claus for the IT Pro Connection.  It was originally titled ‘I am You, You are Me.’  He added the rest of the title, but I didn’t…

  Mitch Garvis

  July 6, 2011

  Article, Blog, CanITPro, Community, IT Pro, IT Pro Connection, MCT, Microsoft Canada, Springboard, Springboard Technical Experts Panel, STEP, SWMI, SWMI Consulting Group, TechEd, TechNet, TechNet Flash

• 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

• Windows MultiPoint Server 2011: The future of the classroom and so much more!

  One of the things I love about coming to events like TechEd is that I am able to see and learn about new products, as well as meet new friends and reconnect with old ones.  On the second day of TechEd 2011 I had the opportunity to do all three simultaneously!  I interviewed Dean Paron…

  Mitch Garvis

  May 17, 2011

  Article, Classroom, Dean Paron, Deployment, Hewlett Packard, HP, MCT, Michael Kleef, MultiPoint, Server, Springboard, Springboard Technical Experts Panel, STEP, SWMI Consulting Group, TechEd, Trainer, Virtualization, Windows 7, Windows Server