A few weeks ago, I taught Microsoft Official Curriculum course 6422A Implementing and Managing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V in Boston. This is a 3-day class which if pushed can possibly be covered in 2-days with the labs.
The course went off quite well I must say with fairly little hiccups and those which did occur were as a result of under performing hardware. The manual had some issues and the exercises listed on the student CD did not necessarily always sync up with the labs but a good instructor can get through it without too many issues.
My issue is the actual methods used to teach. The courses are taught in a way that the time must be kept backdated so that the class can run using the beta Hyper-V and the beta VMM 2008 software.
While the concepts are mostly still relevant, we are now into V2 of both those products within the software lifecycle. I feel that there should be some more strict controls maintained on these courses to maintain their relevance.
The software industry is one where things can change daily and if methods cannot be found to keep the classes we learn from relevant with current versions, the challenge will continue to be daunting indeed fir ITPROs to keep current especially when the reason they pay to fast track learning in a classroom style is to quickly be up to speed…
Just one humble MCTs opinion!