Garth Jones at myITforum.com : self-study, exam, Training

Challenge aka 70-659

Garth Jones — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:15:21 GMT

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...(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)

$300,000 worth of training

Garth Jones — Tue, 12 May 2009 20:36:24 GMT

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...(read more)

Are you planning on taking 70-089?

Garth Jones — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 12:22:10 GMT

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...(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)

Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Configuration

Garth Jones — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 13:09:14 GMT

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...(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)

Job posting

Garth Jones — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:47:26 GMT

Make sure that you stop by the OWSUG Job forums. There have been 10 new posting within the last month with more that half of them for Microsoft!...(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)

Free Certifications!

Garth Jones — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 02:32:38 GMT

That right, I say free Certifications! BrianBench is giving away lots of free certification, here are just a few of them! so what are you waiting for? Product Name Status Add to My Plan Learn Get Test Test Cost (U.S.) Check Point Firewall-1 NG Administration...(read more)

70-640 Week 22

Garth Jones — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:45:48 GMT

TODAY is the second and last week of EXAM Review day! Please remember to sign up for tonight session and good luck on your exam!...(read more)