80219A: Financials I in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This three-day instructor-led course explores some of the basic financial functionality available in Microsoft Dynamics® AX. Students will be introduced to set up processes in General Ledger, Accounts Payable, Accounts Receivable, and Bank modules, as well as how to enter transactions in each.
Audience Profile:
This course is intended for partners, customers, and Microsoft team members with basic knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012 functionality.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80219A&Locale=en-us
80220A: Financials II in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This three-day instructor-led course, explores topics such as the setup and usage of budgeting, cash flow management, multicurrency, intercompany, and consolidated accounting. Additionally, students learn about the multiple advanced payment options, how to produce customer account statements, collection letters, complete year-end close functionality, and produce financial statements. This course is an extension of the Financials I course.
This course is intended for partners, customers, and Microsoft team members with basic knowledge of Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012 functionality and topics already covered in the Financials I course.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80220A&Locale=en-us
80302A: Fixed Assets in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to use the Fixed Assets functions in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. The course focuses on the various setup requirements for Fixed Assets, transactions, and reports and inquiries.
This course is intended for individuals on the implementation team, administrating or using the Fixed Assets and Financial management modules in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. This audience typically includes individuals who are tasked with assessing a customer’s business needs and advising them on the use, configuration and customization of the application. Additionally, individuals responsible for training or supporting Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 benefit from this course.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80302A&Locale=en-us
Note: These courses are available for download on the MCT Courseware Download Center and Partner Source. Thanks and hope you enjoy the courses.
Regards
Claire Bremer Nielsen,
Content Project Manager || Microsoft Learning
It is with great pleasure that MSL announces the release of course 80338: Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012 Public Sector - Financials.
Note: This course is available for download on Partner Source, and will be available on the MCT Download Center 17 Nov 2011. Thanks and hope you enjoy the courses.
Kind regards
Claire Bremer Nielsen
Content Project Manager, Microsoft Learning
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80338A&Locale=en-us
Back on October 6, 2011, Microsoft Learning hosted a new class in the popular “Jump Start” series targeting IT Pros looking to pass exam 70-659. Students found this content so helpful, that we've added two new dates hoping to accomodate more of your busy schedules. Since this course is accelerated, it's designed for people experienced with Microsoft Virtualization and looking for a streamlined way to brush up on the skills required to pass the exam. Here are the details:
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Why get certified in Microsoft Virtualization? In just three short years, Hyper-V marketshare has grown over 16% (IDC WW Quarterly Server Virtualization Tracker, March 2011). This shift to Microsoft Virtualization has been clear the past six months as IT Professionals are flocking to the Hyper-V certification and Microsoft Private Cloud solutions. It’s easy to see that organizations who invest in IT Professionals with proven skills in current virtualization and Private Cloud skills will be a step ahead in this ever-changing cloud world.
Why is this Jump Start a good time investment? This accelerated Jump Start is tailored for experienced IT professionals who are familiar with Microsoft server technologies, Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Manager and Remote Desktop Role Services. Taught by highly-respected technologists, Symon Perriman and Philip Helsel, this course will be a fast-paced and demo-rich experience covering the skills domain required to ensure students have the expertise and confidence to become a MCTS: Windows Server 2008, R2, Server Virtualization. You’ll also receive the opportunity to register for a weekly Virtualization coaching newsletter and exam voucher activation instructions during the training.
You have probably noticed with popular Internet search engines that a web page is not removed from their index immediately, but may remain in the index for many months after the page has been removed from the Net. You can easily do the same thing with ESP, depending on the connector used to feed content. Enterprise Crawler With the enterprise crawler the easiest way to is to configure the HTTP Response Code and Errors for your collection. This section allows you to define the crawler store and feed behavior based on the received HTTP response code or other error message. For example, if a site is crawled once a week and you want to remove documents from the index 30 days after they are removed from the site, enter 404 (HTTP 404, page not found response) in the Error box, and DELETE:4 in the Value box, then click on the right arrow. In this example it could actually take up to 35 days (original try, plus 4 retries, times the 7 day crawl cycle) before the document is removed from the index. See the FAST Enterprise Crawler: Crawl Guide in the ESP documentation for more details. File Traverser It does take a little work to automate delayed deleting with the File Traverser, but it can be done using File Traverser commands and a few command line tools, such as diff. Here is the basic procedure, assuming we are feeding HTML pages from a web server (c:\webroot) in to a collection called webdocuments and removing documents 30 days after they disappear from the directory: Delete all documents from the index for files deleted 30 days ago. (filetraverser –r c:/webroot –c webdocuments –u delete_file_<today>.txt) This delete file was created 30 days ago (see below). First run the File Traverser with the –M switch to pick up all files which have changed or been added since the last feed. (filetraverser –r c:/webroot –c webdocuments –s html –s htm –M) Generate a listing of all files currently in the index, but no longer in the directory, by running the File Traverser in report mode. (filetraverser –r c:/webroot –c webdocuments –R –o output_file_<today>.txt –K ) The file needs to be cleaned up before we can use it for deleting documents. The file output_file_<today>.txt lists all documents removed from the directory during the previous 30 days. By diffing output_file_<today>.txt with output_file_<today-1>.txt you can generate a list of files removed from the directory since the previous feed. Call this file delete_file_<today + 30>.txt. There are still some extraneous lines in the file that can be removed. If you choose not to remove them you may get some errors during feeding, but they can be ignored. For more information see the FAST Enterprise Search Plantform: File Transverser Guide in the ESP documentation. Note: the above procedure is not in the guide. Advanced Topics Content Transformation Services (CTS) is an integral part of FAST Search for Internet Sites. CTS can be used in more advanced scenarios for deleting documents. The actual flow used will vary depending on your business case, but the basics are: Feed content to CTS, including delete requests. When a connector feeds a document, not only does it include the content, it also includes an operating instruction telling ESP what to do with the document (e.g. add, update or delete). Intercept the delete requests and decide if the document should be deleted immediately or queued up to be deleted later. The queue could be as simple as a file with the documents contentID, collection name, and delete date. Create another flow which is periodically run manually. This flow would read the queue file, determine which files should be deleted on that day, and forward the delete requests to ESP. Related TopicsFor more information about document feeding and index backup strategies you should attend 10804 Microsoft FAST Search for Internet Sites for Application Developers. The class answers the following questions related to off-hour feeding: How to feed basic content with the Enterprise Crawler, File Traverser and JDBC Connector for Databases? How to feed and process content using Content Transformation Services and Document Processing? What are other options for feeding strategies? To register online visit www.fastuniversity.com or contact an Education Consultant for assistance at [email protected]. By Brian Barry
You have probably noticed with popular Internet search engines that a web page is not removed from their index immediately, but may remain in the index for many months after the page has been removed from the Net. You can easily do the same thing with ESP, depending on the connector used to feed content.
Enterprise Crawler
With the enterprise crawler the easiest way to is to configure the HTTP Response Code and Errors for your collection. This section allows you to define the crawler store and feed behavior based on the received HTTP response code or other error message. For example, if a site is crawled once a week and you want to remove documents from the index 30 days after they are removed from the site, enter 404 (HTTP 404, page not found response) in the Error box, and DELETE:4 in the Value box, then click on the right arrow. In this example it could actually take up to 35 days (original try, plus 4 retries, times the 7 day crawl cycle) before the document is removed from the index. See the FAST Enterprise Crawler: Crawl Guide in the ESP documentation for more details.
File Traverser
It does take a little work to automate delayed deleting with the File Traverser, but it can be done using File Traverser commands and a few command line tools, such as diff. Here is the basic procedure, assuming we are feeding HTML pages from a web server (c:\webroot) in to a collection called webdocuments and removing documents 30 days after they disappear from the directory:
For more information see the FAST Enterprise Search Plantform: File Transverser Guide in the ESP documentation. Note: the above procedure is not in the guide.
Advanced Topics
Content Transformation Services (CTS) is an integral part of FAST Search for Internet Sites. CTS can be used in more advanced scenarios for deleting documents. The actual flow used will vary depending on your business case, but the basics are:
Related TopicsFor more information about document feeding and index backup strategies you should attend 10804 Microsoft FAST Search for Internet Sites for Application Developers. The class answers the following questions related to off-hour feeding:
How to feed basic content with the Enterprise Crawler, File Traverser and JDBC Connector for Databases? How to feed and process content using Content Transformation Services and Document Processing? What are other options for feeding strategies? To register online visit www.fastuniversity.com or contact an Education Consultant for assistance at [email protected]. By Brian Barry
To register online visit www.fastuniversity.com or contact an Education Consultant for assistance at [email protected].
By Brian Barry
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Yesterday, I was honored, on behalf of Microsoft and Microsoft Learning to host a young entrepreneur from Afghanistan to share best practices for women in technology. Her name is Farangis and she is here thanks to an organization called BPeace a non-profit network of business professionals who volunteer skills to entrepreneurs in conflict-affected countries and help them create significant employment in their homelands and expand the economic power of women. Farangis studied civil engineering and recently founded Raihan in Mazar, Afghanistan. (http://www.raihan.af/) to provide web hosting and design services, database development, and cabling for the Afghan government and businesses. She is interested in learning about new systems and products to offer to her clients back at home in Afghanistan. While Farangis was in Seattle, she had a rigorous agenda talking to various Microsoft employees and other business owners. Farangis had very valuable visits with Microsoft Learning partners (TLG, WrightRobbins and Quickstart). We covered topics ranging from marketing ideas for her company to best practices on customer service.
Also part of her visit at Microsoft, she took her first Microsoft Certification exam, 70-642, that will begin her path to becoming as Microsoft Technical Specialist to help validate her skills on the features and functionality of Microsoft technologies she uses in her business. She told me that Afghanistan is on dial up and therefore could not use Windows Server 08 but 2000 or 2003. Having only a short time with the study material and never using the product, Farangis did not pass the exam but she is determined and will pass at some point soon in Kabul. I look forward to seeing her progress and participating in this exchange program again. What a great experience!
Check out the great work of BPeace http://www.bpeace.org/ and a recent Washington Post article.
Microsoft Learning has just released our first White Paper on Cloud Computing: What IT Professionals Need to Know. The move to cloud solutions opens up new opportunities for IT professionals and they should look forward with both competence and confidence. Key technical skill sets become more critical to career success, including custom application development and deep technical knowledge of infrastructure solutions. With the capability to build and adapt their existing skills, savvy professionals should view new cloud opportunities as a chance to expand upon and grow their portfolio of skills. This white paper provides an early look at emerging roles and skill sets that IT professionals and Developers should look to acquire to build cloud computing solutions.
After reading, I'd like to hear your feedback on the paper and your comments on the skills required for cloud computing.
Sitting second row at SQL PASS. I saw the cloud! It was great to get past all the marketeering and see the box. Check out the SQL PASS keynote as well as our snacks on the MS private cloud running on HP...
The cloud has landed! But it was great to see whether you required your data to be on premise or not. SQL Server is ready. What are you waiting for?
SQL Private Cloud snacks:
I haven't had to the opportunity to see The Public Cloud but hope to.
SQL Server 2012: Cloud On Your Terms
And don't forget our SQL 2012 free chapters.
Microsoft Learning is pleased to announce the release of the ILT English course 80300A Introduction to Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
About this Course
This one-day instructor-led course provides students with an introduction to Microsoft Dynamics AX2012. The purpose of this course is to give new users an overview of the benefits of the application, the functionality available, and the underlying technology. Students will have the opportunity to use the application to perform typical end-user tasks.
Audience Profile
The intended audience is new users typically working for a Microsoft Dynamics partner that is selling, consulting, implementing, and supporting Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
Course Syllabus http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80300A&Locale=en-us
Note: This course is available on MCT Download Center and Partner Source. Hope you enjoy the course.
Content Project Manager / Microsoft Learning
Hi all,
Microsoft Learning is pleased to announce the release of two English ILT courses in the Project feature area of Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012:
80316A: Project Essentials in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This two-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to set up the Project management and accounting module of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. It also shows students how to create project transactions. The course focuses on the basic project functionality available in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
This course is intended for people who are on the implementation team, administering or using the Project management and accounting module in Microsoft Dynamics AX. This audience typically includes people who are tasked with assessing business needs and those who advise them on the use, configuration and customization of the application. Additionally, people responsible for training or supporting others in Microsoft Dynamics AX can benefit from this course.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80316A&Locale=en-us
80317A: Project Advanced in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This three-day instructor-led course provides students with the knowledge and skills to set up the advanced features in the Project management and accounting module of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
The course focuses on the advanced project functionality available in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
This course is intended for people who are on the implementation team, administering or using the Project management and accounting module in Microsoft Dynamics AX. This audience typically includes people who are tasked with assessing business needs and advising them on the use, configuration and customization of the application. Additionally, people responsible for training or supporting Microsoft Dynamics AX may benefit from this course.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80317A&Locale=en-us
Microsoft Learning is pleased to announce the release of four English ILT courses in the Manufacturing feature area of Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012:
80310A: LEAN Manufacturing in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This course provides students with a detailed overview of the Lean Manufacturing module in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. It provides a description of the main features and processes used to run lean manufacturing and includes detailed labs, scenarios, examples, and demonstrations that range from understanding and configuring different types of Kanbans, to subcontracting and setting up production flow costing.
This course is intended for Partners, consultants, presales consultants, and professionals that have a moderate understanding of basic Lean Manufacturing concepts and production processes.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80310A&Locale=en-us
Note: This course is available for download on the MCT Courseware Download Center and Partner Source.
80314A: Discrete Manufacturing Basics in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This two-day instructor-led course, Discrete Manufacturing Basics in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, provides students with the necessary tools and resources to perform basic tasks in the discrete manufacturing flow in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
The intended audience includes partners and customers that want to learn the basic features and develop a working knowledge of the typical daily procedures required to effectively use Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Discrete Manufacturing Basics functionality. The class is also intended for purchase managers, purchasers, and other people in organizations responsible for the setup and administration of production control and inventory management functionality.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80314A&Locale=en-us
80315A: Discrete Manufacturing Advanced in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This two-day instructor-led course, Discrete Manufacturing Advanced in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, provides students with the necessary tools and resources to perform basic tasks in the Discrete Manufacturing Advanced flow in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
The intended audience includes partners and customers that want to learn the basic features and develop a working knowledge of the typical daily procedures required to effectively use Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Discrete Manufacturing Advanced functionality. The class is also intended for production managers, and other people in organizations responsible for the setup and administration of production control and inventory management functionality.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80315A&Locale=en-us
80309A: Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012 Process Manufacturing Production and Logistics
This training provides the individuals knowledge about Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 – Process Manufacturing Production and Logistics. The purpose of this training is to give the new users, an overview of the business processes and the functionalities available in the Process manufacturing module of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. Individuals will have the opportunity to use the application to perform typical end-user tasks.
The intended audience is the users typically working for a Microsoft Dynamics partner that is selling, consulting, implementing, and supporting Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 - Process Manufacturing Production and Logistics.
Note: This course is available on Partner Source, and will be published on MCT Courseware Download Center 27 Oct 2011.
Thanks and hope you enjoy the courses.
Microsoft Learning is pleased to announce the release of four English ILT courses in the Supply Chain Management feature area of Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012:
80339A: Bill of Materials in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This two-day instructor-led course introduces the features of Bill of Materials functionality in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012.
This course is intended for partners, customers, and Microsoft team members with moderate knowledge of Bill of Materials functionality in a Distribution and Trade environment.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?ID=80339A&Locale=en-us
80305A: Supply Chain Foundation in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This two-day instructor-led course, Supply Chain Foundation in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, provides students with the necessary tools and resources to perform basic tasks in the trade and inventory flow in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
This course is intended for customers and partners who want to learn the basic features and develop a working knowledge of the typical daily procedures required to effectively use Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Supply Chain functionality. It is also intended for sales and purchase managers, salespeople, purchasers, and other people in organizations responsible for the setup and administration of trade and logistics and inventory management functionality.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?ID=80305A&Locale=en-us
80306A: Distribution and Trade in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This three-day instructor-led course, Distribution and Trade in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, introduces advanced Trade & Logistics functionality. This course builds on information provided in the Supply Chain Foundation in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 course.
This course is intended for customers and partners that want to learn more advanced features and functions offered in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Trade and Distribution feature areas. It is also targeted toward sales and purchase managers, salespeople, purchasers, and other users in organizations that are responsible for the setup and administration of trade and logistics, inventory management, and quarantine management functionality.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?ID=80306A&Locale=en-us
80308A: Procurement in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This two-day instructor-led course, Procurement and Sourcing in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, provides students with the necessary tools and resources to perform basic tasks in the procurement flow in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
The intended audience includes customers that want to learn the basic features and develop a working knowledge of the typical daily procedures required to effectively use Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 procurement and sourcing functionality. It is also intended for purchase managers, purchasers, and other people in organizations responsible for the setup and administration of procurement and sourcing and inventory management functionality.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/course.aspx?ID=80308A&Locale=en-us
Microsoft Learning is pleased to announce the release of four English ILT courses in the technical feature area of Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012:
80221A: Installation and Configuration for Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This three-day instructor-led course, Installation and Configuration in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, provides students with the necessary tools and resources to perform basic installation and configuration tasks in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
This course is intended for customers who want to learn how to install and configure Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. It is intended for IT managers, system administrators, network engineers, database administrators, and other people in organizations responsible for the setup and configuration of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80221A&Locale=en-us
80303A: Development I in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This two-day instructor-led course provides students with an overview of the basic technical features of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012. This course does not contain coding.
The intended audience is experienced systems consultants typically working for a Microsoft Dynamics partner that is selling, consulting, implementing, and supporting Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80303A&Locale=en-us
80304A: Development II in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This two-day instructor-led course introduces students to the tools available in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 development environment.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80304A&Locale=en-us
80312A: Development III in Microsoft Dynamics® AX 2012
This three-day instructor-led course puts the techniques learnt in Development I in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 and Development II in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 courses into practice directly in the application. It also introduces more advanced features of X++ and MorphX, and encourages the use of the Testing Framework to build for more reliable coding.
Course Syllabus: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=80312A&Locale=en-us
One of the tricky parts of the FAST Search for SharePoint architecture is the separation of activities being performed in the SharePoint farm vs. FAST Search farm, which can make troubleshooting a little more difficult. For example, imagine you are crawling a SharePoint site and want to check what exactly the crawler running in the SharePoint farm is sending over to FAST Search to be processed/indexed. You can accomplish this through the FFDDumper stage, which is one of the optional item processing components available for FAST Search for SharePoint. So let’s have a look at the steps required to configure and use this stage:
1 – Edit the configuration file %FASTSearch%\etc\config_data\DocumentProcessor\OptionalProcessing.xml to enable the FFDDumper stage. The modified configuration file should now have a line like this: <processor name="FFDDumper" active="yes" />.
2 – Restart your document processors to notify them that there is a new stage to be used during processing. You can achieve this by opening a command prompt in your FAST Search server responsible for document processing and executing the command “psctrl reset.”
3 – Start a new crawl for the content source you want to troubleshoot and wait until a few items have been crawled.
4 – Browse to the path %FASTSearch%\data\ffd\ on your FAST Search server responsible for document processing and look at the files listed there. You will have one file for each item processed, containing the name and value of each crawled property sent to FAST Search, as shown in the excerpt below:
FFD/1.1
4 opid i 48
5 docid s12 ssic://15797
10 collection s2 sp
2 op s3 ADD
A
42 49691C90-7E17-101A-A91C-08002B2ECDA9:#9:31 s57 http://intranet.contoso.com/sites/visio/Contoso Processes
42 70EB7A10-55D9-11CF-B75B-00AA0051FE20:#3:31 s27
59 D1B5D3F0-C0B3-11CF-9A92-00A0C908DBF1:COLLABORATIONSERVER:31 s24 SharePoint Team Web Site
12 LastModified s27 2011-08-22T18:50:51,0000000
56 00140329-0000-0140-C000-000000141446:DAV:contentclass:31 s7 STS_Web
43 B725F130-47EF-101A-A5F1-02608C9EEBAC:#15:64 s27 2010-03-19T11:57:27,0000000
44 012357BD-1113-171D-1F25-292BB0B0B0B0:#325:20 s19 4166539133975821573
47 00130329-0000-0130-C000-000000131346:LogoURL:31 s49 http://visio14demo/SiteCollectionImages/Visio.jpg
42 0B63E350-9CCC-11D0-BCDB-00805FCCCE04:#5:31 s24 text/html; charset=utf-8
4 size s6 130473
11 isdirectory s4 true
Now you can see all the crawled properties sent to FAST Search to be processed/indexed. With this information you will be better able to troubleshoot issues in your system, to identify if something was not sent to be processed, or if something could have gone wrong during content processing.
If you would like to learn more about this and other troubleshooting tips, register for the Enterprise Search for Application Developers instructor-led class through FAST University. For more information on this and other classes, contact a FAST University Education Consultant by emailing [email protected] or visit the FAST University Learning Portal at www.fastuniversity.com.
By Leonardo Souza, MCT
Microsoft Learning is happy to announce the RTM of the following English ILT course – 6416D: Updating Your Windows Server 2003 Technology Skills to Windows Server 2008. The Print Orderable of the course is 25th October, 2011.
Course Description
This five-day instructor-led course teaches the new features of Windows Server 2008 to IT professionals who have specialist skills in working with the Windows Server 2003 technology. The course facilitates accelerated learning of Windows Server 2008 features.
Audience
The audience for this course is IT professionals who wish to upgrade their existing Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) skills on Windows Server 2003 or Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) skills on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, and who also plan to take the following upgrade exams
· 70-648, TS: Upgrading your MCSA on Windows Server 2003 to MCTS on Windows Server 2008
Or
· 70-649, TS: Upgrading your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to MCTS on Windows Server 2008
This course’s audience can also include IT professionals who do not hold an MCSA or MCSE on Windows Server 2003, but have extensive experience with Windows Server 2003 and wish to update those skills to Windows Server 2008.
You can find the published syllabus here: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=6416D
Regards,
Amith
We are back in October with our Third Thursday Live Meeting series!
Three sessions will be STREAMED LIVE from the NA MCT Summit
in California on October 20, 2011.
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Agenda
Start Time: 8:30 AM Pacific Time (what time is this in my region)
You Can Teach SQL Azure, You Just Didn't Know It, presented by Susan Ibach Start Time: 9:45 AM Pacific Time (what time is this in my region)
MCTs and the Cloud, presented by Joey Snow Start Time: 11 AM Pacific Time (what time is this in my region)
Windows Azure for the IT Pro, presented by Enrique Lima
To attend the Live Meetings, Login to the Virtual Event with your MCP ID.
SQL Server 2012 is coming! We have already started developing some of the exams, courses, and books that will help our customers to learn SQL Server 2012 and to showcase their new skills. Here’s a sneak peek at what’s in the works. Keep your eye here on Born to Learn for more details as we get closer to launch.
The quick view
Title
Course
Book*
Exam
Querying Microsoft SQL Server
10774
Training Kit
70-461
Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database
10775
70-462
Building Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
10777
70-463
Developing a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database
10776
Exam Reference
70-464
Designing Database Solutions for SQL Server 2012
10778
70-465
Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
TBD
70-466
Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Platform
70-467
*There will be several other great SQL Server 2012 books as well, which won’t have corresponding exams and courses. More news on those later from Devon, I’m sure.
What’s different about the courses and books this time
What’s different about the exams and certifications this time
Wait just a minute. Did you say recertification?
Why yes, I did. In order to ensure that our certifications remain a meaningful and valuable indicator of candidate’s skills, SQL Server 2012 Professional-level certifications will require recertification every three years. Initially, the recertification requirement will be one or two exams. You can find out more by viewing the frequently asked questions about recertification on our web site.
Given that the SQLPass Summit is going on in Seattle this week, it’s the perfect time to give you a sneak peek at something new we’re working on. We are developing a new type of item that we think has a lot of potential. The idea is quite simple. You are given a situation and a task. To complete the task, you must write code using a free text entry field. Your answer would be scored against a finite list of correct answers. Intrigued? We hope so!
We’ve created a survey that gives you the opportunity to take our proverbial concept car for a "test drive" (pun intended), and let us know what you think. This survey will show you several prototype samples involving T-SQL queries (hence the tie to Pass Summit!). You will be presented with a set of tables, then asked to write a query that returns the results specified in the question.
Why is this new item type so special? Well, because you can’t just choose blindly from a predefined set of answers that contain code, hope for the best, and move on to the next question. You have to write it from scratch. This item type provides a more meaningful, more challenging, and more realistic way to demonstrate coding skills.
The survey should take you less than 20 minutes to complete. You must complete it in a single session. Please complete and submit your responses by October 28th. If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Krista Wall at [email protected].
Try it out, and let us know what you think. We're looking forward to your feedback.
Click here to go to survey
I know this won’t be surprising to most of you (after all, you placed your bet on us for a reason), but it’s nice to see this article over at Business Insider confirming that jobs for people with skills on Microsoft technology are on the upswing. What are you seeing in your local market?
By Mark Wheatley
Volunteer Microsoft Certified Trainer
NetHope Academy Intern Program - Haiti
October 12, 2011
A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to teach for the NetHope Academy Intern Program in Haiti. I've been a teacher for over 30 years and a Microsoft Certified Trainer for half that time. When asked if I would be interested in teaching Windows 7 and a myriad of other topics to interns in Haiti, I did not hesitate. I loved volunteering with the Peace Corps in Zaïre (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) and Honduras, and I was looking forward to the opportunity in Haiti.
I gratefully anticipated meeting the NetHope Academy interns and IT mentors at the campus of l'Ecole Supérieure d'Infotronique d'Haïti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, ESIH or "Ezzie" for short. Speaking of pronunciation, I was amused to find that Haiti is pronounced in the national language, Kreyol, as Ayiti or "IT". So we learned about IT in Ayiti for two weeks. This program continues for six months with internships, certification exams, and lots of intense study and lab practice.
What should a Microsoft Certified Trainer expect from a similar assignment with NetHope? The personal interactions, deep intellectual curiosity and boundless drive and energy surpassed all other training assignments I've experienced.
The two-week Boot Camp started before eight in the morning and continued past six some evenings. The class left late for lunch and returned early to share thought-provoking questions and observations regarding our Microsoft Windows client and server working environment. Such was our distraction; we had to be reminded to eat lunch some days.
We had to be flexible at the Boot Camp. It can be challenging for IT people to face ambiguity and unpredictability, but such is the spice of life. Power interruptions and a warm classroom were tolerable and not a huge problem. When pounding tropical rains drowned out my loudest teaching voice, it was time to switch to lab activities.
The dedication and drive shown by the interns speaks highly of the NetHope selection process. The program is very well operated and managed. It is not a free lunch. Interns are expected to repay about half the cost of the program through a well-orchestrated microfinance system. The repayment starts only after they become employed. I could clearly see that the IT mentors (intern supervisors) who addressed the class were highly impressed with the quality of professionalism and communication shown by this year's interns.
I may have learned as much from this experience as the interns did - if not more. The interns positively and technically challenged me, and I highly recommend that all energetic and adaptable Microsoft Certified Trainers consider volunteering for NetHope. In thirty years of teaching, it doesn't get much better than this. The energy, enthusiasm, and love felt during the Net Hope Academy training continue to inspire me each day.
I'd like to thank NetHope, its sponsors, and all those who made this assignment possible. There is a "program design excellence" that must've come from a multidisciplinary approach, and it really shines. This program reflects a complete lifecycle of events that combine to produce a sustainable, healthy change in the participants. The opposite of a quick fix, this process looks really promising for other areas of international development in addition to IT training
I also want to thank my company, QuickStart Intelligence, as well as Microsoft Trainers Marc Michault and Andrew Bettany for going before me. Andrew helped prepare MCTs J.M. Cyprien, J.B. Agénor and Garry Beauplan, who were great teaching assistants. Opokua Oduro of NetHope deserves special mention. She took care of everything and everyone with a big heart, friendly attitude, and unmatched planning and organization skills. It's with deep gratitude that I write about this experience.
And finally, let me thank the interns in my class. You made me want to come to work every morning. I knew you were giving your best and I wanted to do the same for you.
Peace Corps has taken this slogan, but maybe I can paraphrase it--"Net Hope, the toughest job you'll ever love."
Mark offers suggestions for precision questioning and answering. He takes his work seriously, but not himself.
Net Hope: Connect, Collaborate, and Innovate.
Are you or your students jaded, bored, or just lacking in vitality? Try teaching in Haiti!
If you weren't able to take our October 6th Jump Start: Exam 70-659: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization, you're in luck. There's another session on Wednesday, November 2nd.
Jump Starts are fast-paced, accelerated courses. In this case, the Virtualization Jump Start is team taught by two of the most respected technologists in the field. The course is designed for ITPros with experience working with Microsoft Hyper-V Server and are ready to validate their skills with Exam 70-659: MCTS: Windows Server 2008, R2, Server Virtualization. We've received some positive feedback on the October Jump Start session, so be sure to register to take the Nov 2nd session.
Jump Start 1-Day Online Class: November 2, 2011, from 8:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time. US$99 cost includes exam voucher
Note: See the Terms and Conditions
Microsoft Virtualization training and certification provide the opportunity for IT professionals to expand their skills and gain knowledge directly from the source. Securing these essential skills in virtualization will allow IT professionals to grow their careers and make them indispensable as the industry shifts to the cloud. There couldn’t be a better time to start. You can get more information about Virtualization and our various offers on our Virtualization page.
At an exciting day in PASS, we have the official name of SQL Code Name "Denali". Devon has posted about MSPress and our free sample chapters. And here are a few quick snacks from the MSLSQL team to sum up the greatness of the up until recently Microsoft SQL Server codename "Denali"and SQL Azure...
Have fun! and see you attendees tonight at the reception!
Colin
Snack 1: SQL Server 2012: Mission Critical Confidence.
Description:
In this snack, you will see how SQL Server 2012 provides:
•Required 9s and data protection
•Blazing-fast performance
•Organizational security and performance
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=230443
Snack 2: SQL Server 2012: Breakthrough Insight.
In this snack you will see how SQL Server 2012 provides:
•Rapid data exploration with stunning visualizations
•Consistent data
•Credible data
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=230444
Snack 3: SQL Server 2012: Cloud On Your Terms
In this snack you will see how SQL Server 2012 and SQL Azure provide:
•Scale on Demand and Greater Interoperability
•The Ability to Extend to Any Data, Anywhere
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=230445
With the drive to reduce cost through virtualization of physical systems, the temptation is to virtualize all of your enterprise applications, and why not? Optimization of an enterprise investment in hardware infrastructure is a key driving force behind the movement. When you move from a physical server to a virtual server there are a number of design/build points to take into consideration. In the recently delivered Jump Start: Exam 70-659: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization course presented by Symon Perriman and I, we were asked a number of questions on building virtual machines (VM) for various applications. Here are some of the tips we provided:
Let’s look at the bulleted points above.
1) Configure virtual machines hardware like physical hardware – If the performance and utilization on the server meets expectations, then matching the configuration is a good starting point. Testing will determine what additional virtual resources might be needed.
2) Do not take snapshots of virtual servers – Since a snapshot captures the state, data, and hardware configuration of a running virtual machine, you have especially frozen the state of that machine at a given point in time. Reverting the VM to a previous state can have unknown effects in a transactional environment, such as MS-SQL, schedulers, and timed events. All of which SharePoint uses.
3) Avoid over committing the virtual CPUs – This goes for all applications running in a virtualized environment. Use the free Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) toolkit to obtain performance metrics.
4) Consider deploying all of the servers in a server farm on a single physical computer – All of the communications between the farm members can take place within a box and not extend to the external network.
5) Assign adequate memory – The suggestion to match the physical hardware configuration of (1) above does not take into account the effect of the VM images being spread across NUMA boundaries. (See Hyper-V Performance Counters – Part five of many – "Hyper-V VM Vid Numa Node" and Looking for that last ounce of performance? Then try affinitizing your virtual machines (VM) to a NUMA node)
6) Use only IPv4 – In the second reference below, testing determined that having a mix of protocols degraded performance.
7) Choose the right storage for the SharePoint serer role – For example, the SQL Server database disk has different requirements then the front-end web servers. Fixed size disks and pass-through disks are the only two disk types that should be used in production. The second reference below explains which one normally has the better throughput performance.
Reference: 1) Virtualization of SharePoint 2010 Farm Architecture by Michael Noel, MCSE+I, CISSP, MVP 2) Performance and capacity requirements for Hyper-V We look forward to your comments. If you have a technical tip you would like to share with your colleagues, send it to [email protected] to be included in a Technical Tips blog. To learn more about Microsoft Learning | FAST University classes and to register, visit www.fastuniversity.com or contact us at [email protected]. By Philip E. Helsel
Reference:
1) Virtualization of SharePoint 2010 Farm Architecture by Michael Noel, MCSE+I, CISSP, MVP
2) Performance and capacity requirements for Hyper-V
We look forward to your comments. If you have a technical tip you would like to share with your colleagues, send it to [email protected] to be included in a Technical Tips blog.
To learn more about Microsoft Learning | FAST University classes and to register, visit www.fastuniversity.com or contact us at [email protected].
By Philip E. Helsel
Microsoft Learning’s FAST University would like to invite our Enterprise Search customers and partners to join us on Friday, October 21, 11 AM – 12 PM EDT (GMT-5), for a free technical webcast on Visual Best Bets and Document Thumbnails.
This webcast will explore user interface features only available with FAST Search Server 2010 for SharePoint:
· Managing and using Visual Best Bets
· Displaying Microsoft Office thumbnails using the out of the box web parts and custom web parts
To join the webcast, please click on the link below and follow the provided instructions:
https://fast.omnisocial.mzinga.com/app/servlet/goTo?Page=LearningEventInfo&DirectLinkID=106970