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With the start of a new year, it is that time again to support the System Management Community, with that in mind I have made my yearly donation of $250 USD to MyITForum (MIF). Have you made a donation to your community yet? http://www.myitforum.com/donations/donate.asp

I have decided that the forums on www.SMSUG.ca are not being used and due to some SPAMMER populating the membership list, I have closed them down. This is a good thing as it means I will arrange for the site to be convert to a blog only site. With the new site will come a new look a feel. (wait for it)   If you are looking ...

Now that I have your attention, every SMS / ConfigMgr administrator needs to know SQL in order to support SMS/ ConfigMgr. There are no “Ifs” “ands” or “buts” about it, without SQL, ConfigMgr / SMS could not run. You could not write reports or use SSRS. Neither MDT nor WSUS work without it either.  So without SQL there is no ConfigMgr / SMS ...

With the start of a new year, it is that time again to support the System Management Community, with that in mind I have made my yearly donation of $250 USD to MyITForum (MIF). Why do I do it? Well as a past User Group leader for www.OWSUG.ca, I know how much it cost to host a small user group community. OWSUG is small in comparison to MIF! Our ...

  What is covered on the exam http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-089.mspx   Here are the type of questions you should expect to see, Make sure to download the demo software. http://smsug.ca/blogs/garth_jones/archive/2008/09/16/microsoft-exam-questions.aspx   Here is evaluation version of testing software that ...

With the start of a new year, it is that time again to support the System Management Community, with that in mind I have made my yearly donation to MyITForum (MIF). Why do I do it? Well as a User Group leader for www.OWSUG.ca, I know how much it cost to host a small user group community. OWSUG is extremely small compared to MIF! Our network ...

Well today is 1st anniversary of me taking steps to upgrade my certifications to Windows 2003 / Windows 2008. As many of you know I have blog about my experiences with all the exams. So this blog post is designed to talk about a few things. Which exam I write and pass? Which certifications did I achieve? What exam tips can I give you? ...

Make sure that you stop by the OWSUG Job forums. There have been 10 new posting within the last month with more that half of them for Microsoft!

So Brian posted a blog about ConfigMgr Range training, this goes alone the same lines as System Center Configuration Manager Enterprise Administrator and System Center Operation Manager Enterprise Administrator Configuration Manager needs an MCITP and so does OpsMgr! Microsoft last suggestion that the System Center MCITP (70-402) would included ...

I posted this early because of the long weekend. Have a great long weekend.   This weeks reading for the self study group is: 9.0 DNS and IPv6 13 38 9.1 Understanding and Installing Domian Name System 25