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Some more newly published SP2010 material on Microsoft Downloads
Some more interesting downloads I happened to stumble upon while reviewing the latest downloads on the Microsoft Downloads site Developing Applications for SharePoint 2010 Brief Description: This guidance provides technical information about key areas...
Posted: 07-08-2010 14:13 by Dirk | with no comments
interesting new blog --> Pascal Benois
for those of us that are always interesting in SharePoint blogs from Microsoft engineers with a lot of experience in the field, I am glad to be able to tell you that Pascal Benois, a Premier Field Engineer at Microsoft Belgium has (finally ) found the...
Posted: 06-11-2010 10:17 by Dirk | with 1 comment(s)
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Finally passed my last Exchange 2007 exam
It was about time I got to the last exam for Exchange 2007. Last tuesday I passed the 70-238 exam: Deploying Exchange 2007. With the completion of this exam I can proudly announce that I have achieved the certificate: MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator...
Posted: 02-21-2009 0:38 by Dirk | with no comments
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almost MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator. 2/3 exams completed
Yes! One more exam to go to complete the track for achieving the MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator exam track based on Exchange 2007. You need to pass the following exams: Prerequisite MCTS certification Exam 70-236: TS: Exchange Server 2007, Configuring...
Posted: 11-20-2008 5:40 by Dirk | with no comments
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Certification MCITP Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator achieved
Yesterday, I finally passed the last exam towards the MCITP Enterprise Administrator certification with a score of 947 / 1000. The exam had multiple choice 48 questions. No simulations. This concludes my upgrade of my MCSA and MCSE on Windows Server 2003...
Posted: 09-30-2008 23:43 by Dirk | with no comments
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How To backup and Restore your SSP (by Jonathan Martiat)
My colleague, Jonathan Martiat, was busy today investigating different ways to backup and/or restore your SSP. He has written a bullet-proof step-by-step article, that has been tested thoroughly on his blog . You can find the article here So please go...
Posted: 09-25-2008 7:16 by Dirk | with no comments
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Certification MCTS Windows Vista, Configuration achieved
I know, it is becoming a little bit boring, but I passed the 70-620 exam tuesday and got another MCTS in the pocket. I liked this exam because of the simulations. I had never seen these kind of questions before where you are presented with a desktop and...
Posted: 09-25-2008 3:51 by Dirk | with no comments
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Certification MCITP Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator achieved
I am on a roll these last week regarding my certification updates. yesterday I pased the exam 70-646 PRO Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator with a score of 981 /1000. The exam had 44 questions. This exam gave me the MCITP Server Administrator certificate...
Posted: 09-17-2008 2:48 by Dirk | with no comments
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I Passed the Upgrade MCSE 2003 to Windows Server 2008 exam yesterday!
Yep, I did it again. I took the 070-649 exam yesterday, which was not that difficult, I must say. It had 44 Questions divided in 3 separate sections, covering the 3 MCTS exams that it awards you with when you pass it. So now I have received the following...
Posted: 09-10-2008 2:45 by Dirk | with no comments
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IBM certification achieved.
If you are reading this SharePoint blog, you are probably wondering about why I would need to be certified for IBM. Well to make a long story short, I had an opportunity to study the IBM product Tivoli Compliance Insight Manager v8.5 and took the corresponding...
Posted: 08-22-2008 0:41 by Dirk | with no comments
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Warning: You are reading the blog of a MCTS on MOSS 2007!
Yep, you are reading this right, I finally found the time to take the exam MCTS: Micosoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring . And guess what, I passed with a perfect score of 1000. The exam had 51 (easy) questions and you need a passing score...
Posted: 07-29-2008 1:00 by Dirk | with 1 comment(s)
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Install Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 Training on your MOSS Server
Tires of your end-users calling you as an administrator to explain them the basics of how to use SharePoint sites? Then you are going to love this. Microsoft released Office SharePoint 2007 Training for End-users. ( http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/sharepointserver...
Posted: 12-20-2007 3:00 by Dirk | with no comments
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SharePoint Exams anyone?
If you are serious about SharePoint and want to get certified, then here are the exams you should take: For IT PROs: 70-631 - Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 - Configuring 70-630 - Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Configuring For Developers: 70-541 - Microsoft...
Posted: 11-13-2007 20:44 by Dirk | with no comments
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