2010
03.27

A few months back i decided to buckle down this year on my certifications as i haven’t really done any since taking 70-647 & 70-649 exams. My first exam that i wanted to tackle was 70-236 which is the TS:Exchange Server 2007, Configuring exam.

When i started studying for this exam properly a few weeks back it was always on my mind that the Exchange 2010 exams were due for release soon. What i didn’t realise that they had already been released! 70-662 (TS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuring) was released back in October 2009.

So i have set myself a target date of 4 weeks to take the exam. I shall be using the following study resources:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?id=70-662
http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/2010/en/us/learning-resources.aspx
http://www.msexchange.org/articles_tutorials/exchange-server-2010/
Exchange
Server 2010 Unleashed – http://www.amazon.co.uk/Exchange-Server-2010-Unleashed-Morimoto/dp/0672330466/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1269687646&sr=8-1

I have a Proliant ML115 G5 loaded with 8GB of RAM and 2 x SATA disks that i will be using to do the labs with. I currently have running a 2008 R2 Domain Controller, Windows 7 client with Office 2010 beta installed, an Exchange 2010 Server and a Exchange 2007 Server running.

I shall try to aim to do about 4-5 hours studying per day before and after work.

Wish me luck!!

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2010
03.07

Just a quick post on how to enter the product key using the exchange management shell:

set-exchangeserver -Identity servername -ProductKey XXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXX-XXXXX

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2010
03.03

On July 13th 2010 Microsoft will no longer provide product support or provide security hot fixes for the following products:

  • Windows XP SP2
  • Vista RTM
  • Windows 2000

If you are running XP SP2 or Vista RTM it may be the time to upgrade the wonderful Windows 7 operating system. If you are running Windows 2008 try and plan for Windows 2008 R2 :)

More info here:

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/products/windows-7/end-of-support.aspx

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