Category: Testing

• Another Exam Experience… a harrowing one!

  Someone asked me recently why I used to prefer going into a testing centre to sit my certification exams. I told them that if anything went wrong, the staff had a direct line to get faster support, but that fewer things were likely to go wrong. This week I sat my third exam in the […]

  Mitch Garvis

  January 28, 2022

  Certification Exams, Certifications, Certs, CompTIA, Testing

• Trying it Out: How to prepare to test your new operating system

  This post was originally written for the Canadian IT Pro Connection blog, and can be seen there at Trying it Out- How to prepare to test your new operating system. This is a really exciting season for IT Pros across Canada.  Last week Microsoft released Windows Server 2012 to the public, and on October 26th […]

  Mitch Garvis

  September 11, 2012

  Boot Camp, Boot from VHD, CanITPro, DPE, Testing

  Canadian IT Folks, Disk partitioning, Hyper-V, IT Camps, Operating system, Windows Server, Windows Server 2012

• It’s tomorrow…

  It all comes down to tomorrow.  Five patterns, nine knife-defense techniques, some sparring… and 2.5” of concrete. For those of you who read my blog for the IT-related material, you will be relieved to know that after my test I will likely post some pictures, possibly a video or two, and a quick write-up… and […]

  Mitch Garvis

  June 1, 2012

  Black Belt, Tae Kwon Do, Taekwondo, Testing