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Exam 71-699: TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization

Tags:  Certification

This morning I did the 71-669 exam. This exam, named TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization covers several desktop virtualization products. The exam was the third virtualization exam, and when Passed I can call myself Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Virtualization Administrator

 

RDS: there were a lot of RDS questions and most of them weren't that hard. Sure the licensing questions are always tricky, especially because my limited experience in this. But then again most design questions about the RDS session hosts, RDS Gateway servers, RDS Web access, RDS Session broker were pretty straightforward. Also the folder redirection is almost a daily job for me so no surprises here.

MED-V: Ouch, never used it and there were some new terms for me. But with using some common sense and experience in Microsoft in general most of the questions were doable. Or should I use the term "educated guess" ?

XPMode/Virtual PC: not that many questions and not that hard.

App-V: Although I'm familiar with the basic principles of App-V I never had really worked with in any other way than an end-user. So the questions about the sequencing part were tricky for me the least. Some questions about the infrastructure for using App-V and different branches were really interesting for me.

VDI: a lot of the VDI terms are similar to the RDS. And a lot of the basic principles are the same.the licensing is however so complicated (and get changed a lot) that fortunately there were no questions about them. If you know how to configure device configuration, folder redirection, Basic GPO settings you won't have that much problems with this.

 

With today the last day of the beta period, and me not having enough time to prepare properly I think I did a reasonable job at this exam. I will read the free MS e-book later so the Med-V and App-V Parts will be clearer.

March 25, 2010 · Posted by Erik den Burger · 0 Comments

70-659: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization

Tags:  Certification · Hyper-V

December last year I participated in the 71-659 beta exam. Yesterday I got the message that I passed this exam.

The exam is all about Windows 2008R2 Server virtualization. A lot of cluster, iSCSI and MPIO questions but also a couple of RDS questions. Further questions about the different tasks you can encounter when using virtualization, Backup, export/import, P2V/V2V and so on. Some basic troubleshooting and performance monitoring is also part of the exam.

If you have experience with Hyper-V/SystemCenter Virtual Machine manager in a clustered environment, the exam isn't that difficult, but the beta exam was over 70 questions so it won't be the easiest Microsoft exam on the planet.

January 27, 2010 · Posted by Erik den Burger · 0 Comments