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Advice appreciated on W2K/W2K3 exams & home lab
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| Trust No OneŽ 2003-12-27, 7:25 am |
| Hi Folks,
About to kick off a new round of certification - been a while since my NT4
cert 
Normally the W2003 track would seem the way to go, but I made a significant
investment in loads of Windows 2000 certification books a while back, and it
seems a terrible waste for these to go to waste. My plan therefore is to go
with the Windows 2000 exams then upgrade to Windows 2003 at a later date. Am
I on the right track here? ISTR the W2000 upgrade exam from NT4 was a bear
to pass, I guess I should expect the same with W2K to W2K3 
Secondly I would welcome ideas on the setup of an "advanced" MCSE home lab.
I have about 8 P3 base units, a Sun Ultra 5, KVM, network switch and a
couple of Cisco routers. My main objectives from the lab would be to:
Achieve thorough grounding in W2K pro/server concepts , leading to MCSE
certification
Achieve thorough grounding in XP home/pro / W2003 server concepts - pass
W2K3 MCSE upgrade exam(s)
Achieve thorough grounding in Exchange 2003 concepts - pass elective exam
Play around with Active Directory - migrations, Single forest, multiple
forest, Empty root domain setups
Learn basic networking/Cisco concepts - perhaps leading to CCNA (not a
priority at the moment)
Play around with Unix / Linux / Windows interoperability (services for unix,
Samba , Bind vs Windows DNS for AD, Kerberos realms etc)
My Google searches have thrown up articles on home labs, but these are for
basic 2 machine setups. Would appreciate advice and ideas about workable
setups. I've chewed this over for a while and getting the setup that allows
all the above seems challenging.
Advice much appreciated.
--
Peter <X-Files Fan>
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| Marlin Munrow (remove vroomfondle to email me) 2003-12-27, 11:25 am |
| On Sat, 27 Dec 2003 11:44:27 -0000, "Trust No OneŽ"
<dana.scully@usa.net> wrote:
>Hi Folks,
>
>About to kick off a new round of certification - been a while since my NT4
>cert
>
>Normally the W2003 track would seem the way to go, but I made a significant
>investment in loads of Windows 2000 certification books a while back, and it
>seems a terrible waste for these to go to waste. My plan therefore is to go
>with the Windows 2000 exams then upgrade to Windows 2003 at a later date. Am
>I on the right track here? ISTR the W2000 upgrade exam from NT4 was a bear
>to pass, I guess I should expect the same with W2K to W2K3
>
>Secondly I would welcome ideas on the setup of an "advanced" MCSE home lab.
>I have about 8 P3 base units, a Sun Ultra 5, KVM, network switch and a
>couple of Cisco routers. My main objectives from the lab would be to:
>
>Achieve thorough grounding in W2K pro/server concepts , leading to MCSE
>certification
>Achieve thorough grounding in XP home/pro / W2003 server concepts - pass
>W2K3 MCSE upgrade exam(s)
>Achieve thorough grounding in Exchange 2003 concepts - pass elective exam
>Play around with Active Directory - migrations, Single forest, multiple
>forest, Empty root domain setups
>Learn basic networking/Cisco concepts - perhaps leading to CCNA (not a
>priority at the moment)
>Play around with Unix / Linux / Windows interoperability (services for unix,
>Samba , Bind vs Windows DNS for AD, Kerberos realms etc)
>
>My Google searches have thrown up articles on home labs, but these are for
>basic 2 machine setups. Would appreciate advice and ideas about workable
>setups. I've chewed this over for a while and getting the setup that allows
>all the above seems challenging.
>
>Advice much appreciated.
I advise beg/steal/borrow CBT nuggets for the 2000 track then those
for the 2003 track and study in conjunction with a home lab of 4+ PCs
(or virtual machines) and MS Press study guides and readiness reviews
it works for me
We require rigidly defined areas of doubt and uncertainty!
Remove vroomfondle to email me
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| The upgrade to 2003 from 2K is reasonable. The 292 exam is easier than you
would expect and 296 is a fair exam.
"Trust No OneŽ" <dana.scully@usa.net> wrote in message
news:bsjrca$d4t1h$1@ID-146146.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hi Folks,
>
> About to kick off a new round of certification - been a while since my NT4
> cert
>
> Normally the W2003 track would seem the way to go, but I made a
significant
> investment in loads of Windows 2000 certification books a while back, and
it
> seems a terrible waste for these to go to waste. My plan therefore is to
go
> with the Windows 2000 exams then upgrade to Windows 2003 at a later date.
Am
> I on the right track here? ISTR the W2000 upgrade exam from NT4 was a bear
> to pass, I guess I should expect the same with W2K to W2K3
>
> Secondly I would welcome ideas on the setup of an "advanced" MCSE home
lab.
> I have about 8 P3 base units, a Sun Ultra 5, KVM, network switch and a
> couple of Cisco routers. My main objectives from the lab would be to:
>
> Achieve thorough grounding in W2K pro/server concepts , leading to MCSE
> certification
> Achieve thorough grounding in XP home/pro / W2003 server concepts - pass
> W2K3 MCSE upgrade exam(s)
> Achieve thorough grounding in Exchange 2003 concepts - pass elective exam
> Play around with Active Directory - migrations, Single forest, multiple
> forest, Empty root domain setups
> Learn basic networking/Cisco concepts - perhaps leading to CCNA (not a
> priority at the moment)
> Play around with Unix / Linux / Windows interoperability (services for
unix,
> Samba , Bind vs Windows DNS for AD, Kerberos realms etc)
>
> My Google searches have thrown up articles on home labs, but these are for
> basic 2 machine setups. Would appreciate advice and ideas about workable
> setups. I've chewed this over for a while and getting the setup that
allows
> all the above seems challenging.
>
> Advice much appreciated.
>
> --
> Peter <X-Files Fan>
> Please Note: Emailed replies cc'd / bcc'd , containing HTML or attachments
> auto-binned as spam
>
>
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| mike foot 2003-12-28, 9:25 pm |
| Try this site
http://mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=384
really great site
"Trust No OneŽ" <dana.scully@usa.net> wrote in message
news:bsjrca$d4t1h$1@ID-146146.news.uni-berlin.de...
> Hi Folks,
>
> About to kick off a new round of certification - been a while since my NT4
> cert
>
> Normally the W2003 track would seem the way to go, but I made a
significant
> investment in loads of Windows 2000 certification books a while back, and
it
> seems a terrible waste for these to go to waste. My plan therefore is to
go
> with the Windows 2000 exams then upgrade to Windows 2003 at a later date.
Am
> I on the right track here? ISTR the W2000 upgrade exam from NT4 was a bear
> to pass, I guess I should expect the same with W2K to W2K3
>
> Secondly I would welcome ideas on the setup of an "advanced" MCSE home
lab.
> I have about 8 P3 base units, a Sun Ultra 5, KVM, network switch and a
> couple of Cisco routers. My main objectives from the lab would be to:
>
> Achieve thorough grounding in W2K pro/server concepts , leading to MCSE
> certification
> Achieve thorough grounding in XP home/pro / W2003 server concepts - pass
> W2K3 MCSE upgrade exam(s)
> Achieve thorough grounding in Exchange 2003 concepts - pass elective exam
> Play around with Active Directory - migrations, Single forest, multiple
> forest, Empty root domain setups
> Learn basic networking/Cisco concepts - perhaps leading to CCNA (not a
> priority at the moment)
> Play around with Unix / Linux / Windows interoperability (services for
unix,
> Samba , Bind vs Windows DNS for AD, Kerberos realms etc)
>
> My Google searches have thrown up articles on home labs, but these are for
> basic 2 machine setups. Would appreciate advice and ideas about workable
> setups. I've chewed this over for a while and getting the setup that
allows
> all the above seems challenging.
>
> Advice much appreciated.
>
> --
> Peter <X-Files Fan>
> Please Note: Emailed replies cc'd / bcc'd , containing HTML or attachments
> auto-binned as spam
>
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| Marlin Munrow (remove vroomfondle to email me) 2003-12-29, 4:26 am |
| On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 01:54:20 -0000, "mike foot"
<mikefoot2@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
>Try this site
>
>http://mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=384
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>really great site
>
>
<<...snip...>>
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Nice link!
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| Trust No OneŽ 2003-12-29, 1:26 pm |
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mike foot wrote:
> Try this site
>
> http://mcpmag.com/features/article.asp?editorialsid=384
>
> really great site
>
>
Thanks for the absolutely brilliant link.
I spent most of today sketching out a few scenarios. I'm now thinking along
the lines of a 2 forest setup - A W2K forest with 2 domains, along with a
W2003 forest again with 2 domains (4 PCs in total). This will allow me to
play things like ADAM and MMS in addition to inter-forest trusts,
sid-filtering etc. If I feel adventurous I might even set up the cisco
routers "back to back" to link the two forests. LOL!
The remaining machines I'll dedicate to running Exchange 2003, ISA and SMS,
and various client platforms. SMS is used in my workplace so this might be a
strategically good choice as an elective.
Vmware seems an intriguing option. It would certainly free up some physcial
space if I dedicate one machine to running various client configurations. It
is a bit pricey though - cheaper for me to get an additional screen switch
and use multiple machines for the clients.
Best Wishes
--
Peter <X-Files Fan>
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| "Trust No OneŽ" <dana.scully@usa.xnet> wrote in message
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@lovejoy.zen.co.uk...
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> Vmware seems an intriguing option. It would certainly free up some
physcial
> space if I dedicate one machine to running various client configurations.
It
> is a bit pricey though - cheaper for me to get an additional screen switch
> and use multiple machines for the clients.
>
I'll second the thanks for the link. I'm just starting this process now and
it gave me a few ideas.
I bought a bunch of cheap 40G hard drives and mobile racks/trays for my
computers. This lets me set them up any way I want and just swap drives
when I want to work with a different configuration.
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