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Did you know that the OWSUG is putting on the IT Virtualization Boot Camp? This boot camp is designed to help you pass the 70-659 exam…   What do you need to know. the boot camp cost ~$27, there are two date for this boot camp Feb 17 & 18.  Spots are going fast soo, book now!   ...

    On Thursday night at the User Group event, I was challenged to write 70-659 exam before Dec 31 2011. There are high stakes at risk here, bragging rights and more importantly beer!  Over the next few weeks you will see a few blogs post from me on the subject as a way for me to study for the exam. ...

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 ...

CTE Solutions, (Yes, the same training center that helps out with both the User & Study Groups) will donate $300,000 worth of training to recently laid off tech workers in Ottawa, equating to around 150 participants to be instructed over the coming summer months. CTE Solutions was founded seven years ago during the depths of the last tech ...

  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 ...

I was talking to another senior ConfigMgr guy today, who is thinking of updating his certification. We talked about what certification he should get to meet his goals. Anyway after reviewing my blog post about System Center Configuration Manager Enterprise Administrator, he said “Wow that is a lot of certs!”. I thought about and following the idea ...

  This morning checking my email and I saw the following email.   -----Original Message----- From: mswwprog@microsoft.com [mailto:mswwprog@microsoft.com] Sent: December-18-08 12:26 AM To: Garth Subject: Congratulations on Your Microsoft Certification! Access Your Benefits   Congratulations on earning your Microsoft Certified ...