A new change in the direction of my certification has occurred. This is due mainly to my work, but I also think that it is connected to my past Certifications and that it will help me a lot in the future.
VCP 5 comes from VMware certified Professional on vSphere 5 (which was released this summer).
Although I have been successfully using vSphere 5 since it was in beta version, I feel I do not use its full power and that I need to follow a course in order to understand it correctly.
The thing with VMware certifications (compared to Cisco or Microsoft ones) is that it is mandatory to take their official course before becoming certified. This limits a lot the number of VCP and the accessibility to this certification (a course costs from 1500 to 3000 euro).
Of course the course will not give you all the information needed to pass the certification, so before I take the course I started studying Trainsignal VCP 5. One of the authors of this training is David Davis who holds multiple certification including the CCIE.
It is hard to see how all these trainings/certifications will help me in the future, but I am sure I will be able to "connect the dots" when I will look back after a few years.
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
Aller Anfang ist schwer
I used to have a big mug with this words written on it. It's in German and it means: The first step is the hardest.
I don't know if anybody is reading this blog anymore (not meaning that it had a lot of readers when it was active) but I decided to bring it back to life.
After more than a year of delay I took the MS 70-642 (Configuring Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure) exam. I started really preparing for it in January 2011, although I have been planning it since January 2010. It was harder than I expected because the subject of the exam changed from Windows 2008 and Vista to Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 sometimes during last year, and I didn't knew this until yesterday evening when I googled for some exam experiences. Luckily I took the exam. From here I learned that postponing is bad. Another thing I found today is that the BSCI exam I took was retired and does no longer count towards CCNP. This made me decide to let the CCNA cert expire and pursue the MS way I started (it will help me in my work more than the cisco certs).
Now I'm looking for the next step... 70-640: TS: Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
All the best.
I don't know if anybody is reading this blog anymore (not meaning that it had a lot of readers when it was active) but I decided to bring it back to life.
After more than a year of delay I took the MS 70-642 (Configuring Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure) exam. I started really preparing for it in January 2011, although I have been planning it since January 2010. It was harder than I expected because the subject of the exam changed from Windows 2008 and Vista to Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 7 sometimes during last year, and I didn't knew this until yesterday evening when I googled for some exam experiences. Luckily I took the exam. From here I learned that postponing is bad. Another thing I found today is that the BSCI exam I took was retired and does no longer count towards CCNP. This made me decide to let the CCNA cert expire and pursue the MS way I started (it will help me in my work more than the cisco certs).
Now I'm looking for the next step... 70-640: TS: Configuring Windows Server 2008 Active Directory
All the best.
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