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70-411 Administering Windows Server 2012 : My take

411 (first attempt) is in the books. I did ok, but not well enough to pass and not near where I thought I my knowledge level was. I’ve been working with Server 2012 fairly in depth for over 6 months … Continue reading

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Adding a Second VM Network to An Existing Logical Network

In the test Hyper-v/SCVMM environment, it was determined that some predefined networks needed to be added to our new PoC virtualization environments. This was due to the test/qa system being hardcoded with certain information. Rather than re-ip and deal with … Continue reading

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Active Directory Powershell Cmdlets

just because Michael Bender challenged me, and I didn’t want to clutter twitter, here they are : Add-ADCentralAccessPolicyMember Add-ADComputerServiceAccount Add-ADDomainControllerPasswordReplicationPolicy Add-ADFineGrainedPasswordPolicySubject Add-ADGroupMember Add-ADPrincipalGroupMembership Add-ADResourcePropertyListMember Clear-ADAccountExpiration Clear-ADClaimTransformLink Disable-ADAccount Disable-ADOptionalFeature Enable-ADAccount Enable-ADOptionalFeature Get-ADAccountAuthorizationGroup Get-ADAccountResultantPasswordReplicationPolicy Get-ADCentralAccessPolicy Get-ADCentralAccessRule Get-ADClaimTransformPolicy Get-ADClaimType Get-ADComputer Get-ADComputerServiceAccount Get-ADDCCloningExcludedApplicationList Get-ADDefaultDomainPasswordPolicy … Continue reading

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Going to the Big Show!

Miracle of miracles! The approval went through and I’ve just finished booking air and hotel for Microsoft TechEd 2013. Can’t wait to see #theKrewe in all of their splendor in the Big Easy. This will be my first trip to … Continue reading

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Azure 90-day Trial

A good friend on Twitter pointed out that you can get a 90-day free trial of Microsoft Azure and sign up to win a free pass to MS TechEd 2013 (among other great prizes, but let’s be honest, MSTE is … Continue reading

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Is That a Mouse in Your Pocket…..

No, it really is a mouse, and a tiny one. I just garnered the latest mouse craze from Microsoft Hardware, the Microsoft Wedge Mouse. Being really attached to my Arc Touch mouse (if for no other reason than it looks … Continue reading

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Question of the Day : When is there enough technology?

I posed the question on twitter today :  how many of you are getting to a point of wanting LESS technology, not more? The reason I ask, is the other day someone I know was trying to convince a mutual … Continue reading

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How do you study?

Is a question I’ve been asking myself a lot lately. Kids, house, job, trying to get in shape (round is a shape right?) and everything else seems to be derailing me every step of the way. I’ve been searching for … Continue reading

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Road to MCSA : The Next Mile 70-411

Well the 60Days thing went kind of bust, and I fell out of even thinking about certification after TechEd. Busy project schedules and lack of motivation pretty much ensured that certification didn’t cross my mind. However, I got a piece … Continue reading

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