Got my MCSE 2012 Server out the way 

what was it in the way of ?

well done... now just need to wait 5 years to use it :oP

I notice quite a few places are advertising free MCSA training if your in England.

Lol in 5 years it'll all be in the cloud and I'll be out of a job no doubt.

Congrats, hopefully it will serve you well

Quote from: Pete on January 23, 2015, 21:30:20 PM
Lol in 5 years it'll all be in the cloud and I'll be out of a job no doubt.

There will still be servers around. The 'cloud' idea has been around for a long time and only just started to make real headway. Even if it does the cloud itself is made up of servers.

forgot to ask, was that 2012 r2?
I am currently watching the nuggets.. difficult atm as the books aint out so nothing is sticking

yeah they are, ive got 3 of them gathering dust.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Exam-Ref-70-410-Installing-Configuring/dp/0735684243/ref=sr_1_cc_2?s=aps&ie=UTF8&qid=1422388965&sr=1-2-catcorr&keywords=windows+2012+r2+exam

I was going to go for http://www.amazon.co.uk/Windows-Server-Complete-Study-Guide/dp/111885991X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422393711&sr=1-2&keywords=windows+2012+r2

I went a funny path, MCSA 2003 upgraded to MCSA 2008 upgraded to MSCA 2012 and then did the exams to get MSCE 2012.

I stopped trusting the books back in the 2008 days. Nuggets are fantastic though. I also spent ages on TechNet and YouTube. I had a lab 'server' running Hyper-V on R2 with a bunch of VMs and tbh the biggest help was having an SSD, 16GB RAM and being able to install a VM from ISO in literally 2 minutes.

My routine was watch a nugget and make notes on keywords and stuff I didn't get - Google them and read articles, set up and play with stuff on VMs.

I found that taking the exam requirements and Googling each on was a good tactic too. Like the 410 has Features on Demand as a requirement. If you Google that you get TechNet articles. Google Keyword + tutorial or walkthrough and you'll normally find something you can follow in a lab. Every time I did a lab on a subject I made notes and drew diagrams so I didn't end up forgetting stuff or lose track of which VM was doing what.

The last two exams were really painful because there's a lot of system centre stuff and you have to know what all the system centre products are for and know how to work a lot of them and tie them together. Also, Microsoft logic   

i got a lab setup with similar sec - as you say takes 2mins to setup a VM
I just have a lot of deadtime in work where i am sitting around doing nothing.
No BB so cant VPN my home PC & cant have sound to watch nuggets.
So was thinking of reading some books & then trying out what I read.