Overview
I have completed weeks ten and eleven of studying for my MCSE exams. I continued Chapter 6 in the 70-410 Training Guide, started the 70-411 Live Learning course from KnowledgeNet, and reviewed the Session 3 section on Work Folders in the 70-410 Live Learning course.
Cool Stuff
The coolest and most useful thing I learned from the past two weeks was how to immediately synchronize an entire Active Directory Domain. Simply run repadmin /syncall from the command line. Magic! This is going to be a real time saver in the future when I need to replicate changes rapidly.
I also discovered what has to be the longest PowerShell cmdlet name I have seen to date:
move-addirectoryserveroperationmasterrole
Stats
Total time studying: 7 hrs. 40 min.
- Exam 70-410: 1 hr. 35 min.
- Exam 70-411: 6 hrs. 5 min.
Resources used:
Training Guide: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2: Mitch Tulloch
KnowledgeNet Live Learning Course: Installing and Configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
Training Guide: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2: Mitch Tulloch
KnowledgeNet Live Learning Course: Installing and Configuring Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
KnowledgeNet
Live Learning Course: Administering Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
In Closing
The past two weeks have been extremely challenging at work. Due to a couple of recent issues, my work schedule was thrown into a state of extreme flux. I have had to remain quite flexible with respect to my work hours, and it has had an impact of training. Training has taken a bit of a back seat to other things, like eating, sleeping, and spending some time with the family.
One benefit to the recent issues is that I have had an opportunity to bust out some of my newly acquired PowerShell skills to help lighten the administrative load. I have also had an opportunity to use some of the new knowledge about Windows Server 2012 R2 to assist in the daily work. It's nice to see how quickly the training pays off.
Thankfully, now that the issues are largely behind us, I can start to get back on schedule with my studies. There's a lot more to learn, and I cannot wait to learn about it, and then apply to my daily work.
Have a great week everyone!
In Closing
The past two weeks have been extremely challenging at work. Due to a couple of recent issues, my work schedule was thrown into a state of extreme flux. I have had to remain quite flexible with respect to my work hours, and it has had an impact of training. Training has taken a bit of a back seat to other things, like eating, sleeping, and spending some time with the family.
One benefit to the recent issues is that I have had an opportunity to bust out some of my newly acquired PowerShell skills to help lighten the administrative load. I have also had an opportunity to use some of the new knowledge about Windows Server 2012 R2 to assist in the daily work. It's nice to see how quickly the training pays off.
Thankfully, now that the issues are largely behind us, I can start to get back on schedule with my studies. There's a lot more to learn, and I cannot wait to learn about it, and then apply to my daily work.
Have a great week everyone!
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