Musings of a Tech Geek

Monday, March 1, 2010

6292 Course 02/24-02/26

Folks,
I hoped you enjoyed your class. Below are some link that may make the exam a little easier as well as answer questions you have about the new tech in Windows 7....enjoy and when you’re ready to take the exam use Google voice and give me a call

Silverlight Snacks

These little videos from Microsoft on Windows 7 are very helpful for getting an overview of features and deployment ideas

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/training/format-learning-snacks.aspx

TechNet Edge.

These movies and podcasts not only talk in depth about many of the new features but provide detailed demonstrations by Microsoft MVP's

the first link is to the sight and the 2nd is a video cast that I thought was helpful with understanding the different tools for managing VHD files enjoy

http://edge.technet.com/

http://edge.technet.com/Media/How-to-use-the-new-VHD-features-of-Windows-7--Server-2008-R2/

If you have particular request fire off an email and I will try to find free stuff to help, or recommend the best bang for your buck(legally that is) in study books and practice test.

Will

Saturday, February 20, 2010

Windows Server 2008 R2 Follow Up Info

Hope you enjoyed the seminar. Here are the links I mentioned in the Seminar. Enjoy !
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=163662

Direct Access Test Lab Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=8D47ED5F-D217-4D84-B698-F39360D82FAC&displaylang=en

Branch Cache Deployment Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=4b14f942-b488-4f51-99e1-c4c8834b750e

Deploying Virtual Desktop Pools by Using RemoteApp and Desktop Connection Step-by-Step Guide

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=483919dd-2feb-4f8c-9d6e-a97a417e3e8e

IPV6 (Intra-site Automatic Tunnel Addressing Protocol Deployment Guide)

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=0f3a8868-e337-43d1-b271-b8c8702344cd

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Fresh New Ideas.......

I have some fresh ideas on using this blog for students....stay tuned

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Security + 2008 01/04/2110

wireless router and client attacks on vacation

http://revision3.com/hak5/pineapples

MD5 Hash Examples

hash-it.net

Article about DNS Flaw that I mentioned

http://news.cnet.com/8301-10789_3-9985618-57.html?tag=mncol;txt

Tuesday, December 1, 2009

6421 Class (12/07/2009)

Module (1) Links:
Installing and Configuring Servers
http://download.microsoft.com/download/e/6/3/e63cf2f6-7f71-450b-8e4a-dace88e99456/readme.htm

Monday, November 16, 2009

SEC + 2009 continued

Test Prep Links:

IPSEC: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPsec
DMZ: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMZ_(computing))
Firewalls: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/firewall.htm

Cryptography:
X.509 certs: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X.509
HASHING: http://www.ehow.com/how_2036699_what-hash-encoded.html
Block Cipher: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Block_cipher (Please scroll down to the bottom of the article and you will see links to all the diffrent encryption types we spoke about in class)

still more to come..........

SEC + 2009 classdate (11/09/2009)

Folks,

Thanks for a great class, As I promised below are some links to help with your test prep or you skills development.

first and foremost a great tool from Microsoft to test your windows environment security settings.

Microsoft Baseline Security Anaylzer
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/cc184923.aspx

more good(and free) information from microsoft

Security guides for all of microsoft's operating systems
Microsoft Securtiy compliance management toolkit
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=5534bee1-3cad-4bf0-b92b-a8e545573a3e&displaylang=en

more to follow........today

Monday, August 24, 2009

Server 2008 Training and Exam Tips (6421A)

How to Setup Server Core
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753802(WS.10).aspx

How To Setup NAP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/921070

Test Material: Microsoft will pull test questons often right from their posted Technet info, take a look at the following link you will find quite a bit on "Best Practices" for Server 2008
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd349801(WS.10).aspx

more to follow............................

Thursday, August 13, 2009

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Network + (2009) 08/11/2009

Here are some of the articles that I mentioned might be good to read for the exam, thank Randy Walton for finding some of these links for the class.

Subnetting
http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-6089187.html

Cabling:
http://fcit.usf.edu/network/chap4/chap4.htm

Powerline Networking
http://computer.howstuffworks.com/power-network.htm

Routers Vs. Switches Vs Hubs
http://compnetworking.about.com/od/homenetworkhardware/f/routervsswitch.htm

OSI Model
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model

OSI Image
ttp://technicals.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/osi02.gif