Garth Jones at myITforum.com : self-study, ConfigMGr

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Garth Jones — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:36:56 GMT

For full details please see http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/configmgrreporting/thread/c42ba8cf-02a5-4e2e-8d20-39b05a4a5740 select distinct R.Netbios_Name0 as 'Name' , R.User_Name0 as 'User' , CS.Manufacturer0 as 'Manufacturer'...(read more)

VM Heaven aka 24TB

Garth Jones — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:06:51 GMT

So, my test lab has been running lean and mean for a while. A few weeks back I decided that in order to test ConfigMgr v.Next. I needed to update my lab. In the past I had a few discussion about Hyper-v and getting more performance out of it. The...(read more)

SMSUG.ca Forums

Garth Jones — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 13:44:41 GMT

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...(read more)

Free MS SQL 2008 administrator certification

Garth Jones — Tue, 18 May 2010 12:23:40 GMT

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...(read more)

2010 myITforum Donation

Garth Jones — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 18:39:34 GMT

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...(read more)

How many certified System Center people are there? (Aug 2009)

Garth Jones — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:32:07 GMT

With all the talk about 70-401 exam this week and with at least 3 new MCTS. I thought that I would update the stats on my blog. Here are the old stats from April 2009, if you want to compare them. http://smsug.ca/blogs/garth_jones/archive/2009/06/05/how...(read more)

myITForum Donation

Garth Jones — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:23:24 GMT

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...(read more)

System Center Configuration Manager Administrator

Garth Jones — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:52:03 GMT

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...(read more)

1st Anniversary

Garth Jones — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 15:30:37 GMT

Well today is 1 st 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...(read more)

ConfigMgr Ranger Training

Garth Jones — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 15:08:23 GMT

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...(read more)

70-635 MCTS: Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2008, Desktop Deployment

Garth Jones — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 16:45:22 GMT

Get ready for a new Exam http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Exams/70-635.aspx About this Exam This exam validates the skills necessary for IT professionals to create and maintain deployment infrastructures and images for Windows Vista, Windows Server...(read more)

Learning TSQL

Garth Jones — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 12:37:49 GMT

The question of learning T-SQL comes up all the time with ConfigMgr/SMS/MOM/OpsMgr Admins, here are some resources to help you out. Part of this are taken for a previous article I wrote on the subject and it still applies, today. http://www.myitforum...(read more)

How may System Center Certified People are there as of May 20 2008

Garth Jones — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:11:34 GMT

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007: Configuration 259 Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007: Configuration 339 Are you one of them? But I have never heard of this MS exam, have you? United States History Major 2 Source http:...(read more)

How may System Center Certified People are there?

Garth Jones — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 17:17:00 GMT

Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager 2007: Configuration 160 Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007: Configuration 225 Source http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/certified.mspx...(read more)