August 2008 - Posts

70-298 Section 9.3 Q&A Answer
Sunday, August 31, 2008 8:18 AM

What audit policy is use to audit records regarding access to AD?

Answer:

Audit Directory Servers Access

70-298 Section 9.3 Q&A
Saturday, August 30, 2008 8:19 AM

What audit policy is use to audit records regarding access to AD?

ConfigMgr Command line
Friday, August 29, 2008 3:44 PM

Did you know that you can add command line switches in he command line?

commandline

by Garth Jones
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70-640 Week 13 Q&A Answer
Friday, August 29, 2008 8:39 AM

What are the forest and domain functional levels?

Forest:

  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows 2008

Domain:

  • Windows 2000
  • Windows 2003
  • Windows 2008
70-640 Week 14
Friday, August 29, 2008 8:32 AM

I posted this early because of the long weekend. Have a good long weekend.

 

This weeks reading for the self study group is:

12.2 Managing Multiple Domain and Trust Relationships 40 40

70-298 Section 9.2 Q&A Answer
Friday, August 29, 2008 8:13 AM

What OU permission allows a user to “Create any OU valid object in the OU, including a sub OU”?

Answer:

Create All Child Objects Permission.

70-298 Section 9.2 Q&A
Thursday, August 28, 2008 8:15 AM

What OU permission allows a user to “Create any OU valid object in the OU, including a sub OU”?

PCs with the no logon information for 30 days
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 9:26 AM

SELECT distinct
CS.Name0 AS 'Computer',
isnull(CS.UserName0,HCS.UserName0) AS 'User Name' ,
CS.TimeStamp
FROM
v_GS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM CS Left outer join v_HS_COMPUTER_SYSTEM HCS on CS.ResourceID = HCS.ResourceID
WHERE
HCS.UserName0 is not NULL
and datediff(dd,CS.TimeStamp,getdate()) > 30
Group by
CS.Name0,
CS.UserName0,
CS.TimeStamp,
HCS.UserName0
order by
CS.Name0

by Garth Jones
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Free Exam Stuff
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:48 AM

There is lots of legal study material out there. Here is just is some of it. Yes, in some cases you do have to sign up to get access to the free stuff but what do you expect these companies do need to make a living too.

BTW if you want to confirm that website is selling or promoting legal material, I recommend that you use CertGuard to confirm the source. http://www.certguard.com/search.asp

 

Exam Simulation

ProProfs

http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/index.php?category=IT+Certification

Each one of these companies has some or all of their exam software with demonstration versions.

Preplogic

http://www.preplogic.com/products/exams/view-practice-exams.aspx

Measureup

http://www.measureup.com/Default.aspx

Transcender

http://www.transcender.com/demos/default.aspx

uCertify

http://www.ucertify.com/download.html?v=Microsoft

 

Flashcards

ProProfs

http://www.proprofs.com/flashcards/index.php?category=IT+Certification+%26+Computers

 

Wiki

PropProfs

http://www.proprofs.com/mwiki/index.php/Main_Page

 

Study guides

Cramsession

http://cramsession.com/certifications/products/list-study-guides.asp

ProProfs

http://www.proprofs.com/mwiki/index.php?search=study+guide

70-298 Section 9.1 Q&A Answer
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 8:06 AM

True or False, NTFS permission should always be assigned to a user?

Answer: False, NTFS and all permission should be assigned to a Group and the user added to the group. This allows for better management for security.

70-649 stuff
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:08 AM

As you know I’m working on my 70-649 Exam, Why not passing one exam give me three certifications!

  • MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring
  • MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring
  • MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications, Configuring

Anyways.. Here are a few things that you should know.

Do you only have one chance at 70-649?

No! That is great news!!! Although Trika is not technical she does know everything about the exams, it is her job to know!

http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/archive/2007/12/08/faq-from-server-meeting.aspx

Preparation Guide for Exam 70-649

https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-649.mspx

Sample test questions

http://www.submag.com/sub/cg?wp=wpdly

http://www.certmag.com/read.php?in=3195

http://www.certmag.com/read.php?in=3196

http://www.certmag.com/read.php?in=3193

http://www.certmag.com/read.php?in=3194

http://www.certmag.com/read.php?in=3197

Practice Tests

MeasureUp

http://www.measureup.com/catalog/product.aspx?vid=5&cid=All%20MS%20Practice%20Tests&tid=94&pid=2160

Transender (Free Demo version)

http://www.transcender.com/product.aspx?product_id=Cert-70-649&Search=1

ExamForce

http://www.examforce.com/customer/product.php?productid=16695&cat=0&page=1

uCertify, they should have one soon.

http://www.cendirect.com/main_en/tech_specs_NF5416481.html

70-298 Section 9.1 Q&A
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 8:07 AM

True or False, NTFS permission should always be assigned to a user?

Self-Study group 70-299,640,642, & 643
Monday, August 25, 2008 12:09 PM

The OWSUG Self-study group exam review sessions have been posted. Space is very limited, please book only for the session you will attending and have already reviewed the material!

These sessions assume that you have reviewed the matter and will be only answering questions that you might have.

 

Location:

CTE Solutions Inc.

11 Holland Avenue, Suite 100

Ottawa, ON K1Y 4S1

Canada

map

 

All sessions start at 6:00 p.m. with registration at approximately 5:45 p.m.

 

70-299 self-study group

review sessions part 1 on Sept 8

http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=130863

  • How to book the exam
  • What to expect on the exam
  • Review Chapters 1-5
  • Q&A

review sessions part 2 on Sept 15

http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=130865

  • Review Chapters 6-12
  • Q&A
  • Additional Resources

70-643 self-study group

review sessions part 1 on Sept 22

http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=130872

  • How to book the exam
  • What to expect on the exam
  • Review Chapters 1-4
  • Q&A

review sessions part 2 on Sept 29

http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=130874

  • Review Chapters 5-9
  • Q&A
  • Additional Resources

70-642 self-study group

review sessions part 1 on Oct 6

http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=130868

  • How to book the exam
  • What to expect on the exam
  • Review Chapters 1-4
  • Q&A

review sessions part 2 on Oct 15 Notice the date change

http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=130869

  • Review Chapters 5-12
  • Q&A
  • Additional Resources

70-640 self-study group

review sessions part 1 on Oct 20

http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=130866

  • How to book the exam
  • What to expect on the exam
  • Review Chapters 1-8
  • Q&A

review sessions part 2 on Oct 27

http://www.clicktoattend.com/?id=130867

  • Review Chapters 9-17
  • Q&A
  • Additional Resources

 

If you have any questions please free feel to contact Brad or myself

70-298 Section 8.3 Q&A Answer
Monday, August 25, 2008 8:59 AM

What three factors should you use to decide to group server roles?

Answer:

  • High Security: Do not group roles
  • Group only common group roles, example DNS and WINS
  • Group server roles when risk is acceptable
70-640 Week 13 Q&A
Monday, August 25, 2008 8:43 AM

What are the forest and domain functional levels?

70-640 Week 13
Monday, August 25, 2008 8:31 AM

This weeks reading for the self study group is:

11.2 Configuring the Global Catalog and Application Directory Partitions 9 45
11.3 Configuring Replication 24
12.1 Understanding Domain and Forest Functional Levels 12  

70-620 Free Testing software
Sunday, August 24, 2008 8:26 AM

For those of you within the 70-620 Study group or for that matter anyone who is looking to pass this exam.

Ucertify is offering a 30 free practice questions.

To download the practice questions go to http://www.ucertify.com/exams/Microsoft/70-620.html

70-298 Section 8.3 Q&A
Sunday, August 24, 2008 8:01 AM

What three factors should you use to decide to group server roles?

70-298 Section 8.2 Q&A Answer
Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:53 AM

If you had two Domains, one with High Security template applied and other with Enterprise Client template applied, which workstations could only connect to the Enterprise Client template domain and not the High Security template domain?

  • Windows for Workgroup
  • Windows 95
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 98SE
  • Windows NT 4 workstation
  • Windows NT 4 Server
  • Windows 2000 workstation
  • Windows XP
  • Vista
  • Linux
  • None of the above

 

Answer: None of the above

www.iis.net
Saturday, August 23, 2008 8:40 AM

Did you know about http://www.iis.net/? it is the Official Microsoft IIS site!

by Garth Jones
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Forum Reply - T-SQL Best Practice
Friday, August 22, 2008 9:40 AM

SELECT DISTINCT
    ARP.DisplayName0,
    ARP.Publisher0,
    ARP.Version0,
    CS.Name0,
    CS.UserName0,
    WS.LastHWScan,
    BIOS.SerialNumber0,
    R.AD_Site_Name0
FROM
    dbo.v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS ARP INNER JOIN dbo.v_GS_Computer_System CS ON ARP.ResourceID = CS.ResourceID
    INNER JOIN dbo.v_GS_PC_BIOS BIOS ON CS.ResourceID = BIOS.ResourceID
    INNER JOIN dbo.v_R_System R ON CS.ResourceID = R.ResourceID
    INNER JOIN dbo.v_GS_WORKSTATION_STATUS WS ON CS.ResourceID = WS.ResourceID
ORDER BY
    ARP.DisplayName0 ASC,
    CS.Name0 ASC,
    WS.LastHWScan DESC

by Garth Jones
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70-298 Section 8.2 Q&A
Friday, August 22, 2008 8:54 AM

If you had two Domains, one with High Security template applied and other with Enterprise Client template applied, which workstations could only connect to the Enterprise Client template domain and not the High Security template domain?

  • Windows for Workgroup
  • Windows 95
  • Windows 98
  • Windows 98SE
  • Windows NT 4 workstation
  • Windows NT 4 Server
  • Windows 2000 workstation
  • Windows XP
  • Vista
  • Linux
  • None of the above
70-640 Week 12 Q&A Answer
Friday, August 22, 2008 8:37 AM

Which FSMO roles does not matter if all DC are GC and Why?

Answer:

Infrastructure Role and it is not all that important because all GC will have the most up-to-date information about every object. yes you will still have one but…

How to restore the default collections within ConfigMgr!
Friday, August 22, 2008 8:35 AM

Are you like me have you accidentally deleted the “All systems” collection instead of a PC? Have you wonder how to get it back?

Well after some digging and asking around, I finally determine the answer! (with being pointed in the right direction)

<Drum Roll>

Install / Reinstall the last service pack!

 

BTW This might work in SMS 2003 too. If you try it and it works please let me know.  

by Garth Jones
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70-652 & free E-learning
Thursday, August 21, 2008 10:32 AM

Hum.. This is interesting! How would you like to get training for the 70-652 exam for free!

 

Rod, posted a note about getting "Clinic 5935: Introducing Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008" for free.

http://myitforum.com/cs2/blogs/rtrent/archive/2008/08/21/learn-about-hyper-v-for-free.aspx

 

Trika, posted a note about the 70-652 exam going live August 25ist.

http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/archive/2008/08/19/go-watch-family-guy-or-71-652.aspx

and the Prep Guide is located here

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-652.mspx

 

So what is my point? Well if you read the Prep Guide you will see that the free training clinic that Rod posted is the E-learning course you need for the 70-652 exam!

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So what are you waiting for? it will only cost the the price of the exam to get certified on this exam!

70-298 Section 8.1 Q&A Answer
Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:33 AM

What is include within the Security Option section of a Security Template?

Answer:

  • Setting for GUI
  • Legal Notice
  • Device Drivers
  • Etc.
Query Help
Thursday, August 21, 2008 8:21 AM

declare @olddate datetime
set @olddate=dateadd(day,-8, getdate())

select
CS.Name0 as 'Computer Name',
arp.installdate0 as 'Installed Date',
arp.displayname0 as 'Application Name',
from
dbo.v_GS_ADD_REMOVE_PROGRAMS arp,
dbo.v_GS_Computer_System CS
where
CS.resourceid = arp.resourceid
and datediff(DD,arp.installdate0, @olddate) < 8
and displayname0 not like ('%Update%')
and displayname0 not like ('%hotfix%')
and arp.installdate0 not like ('NULL')
order by
CS.Name0,
installdate0 desc

by Garth Jones
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List all discovered devices which are not a client
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 11:24 AM

This query will display all devices (PCs, routers, etc.) that ConfigMgr / SMS knows about which are not clients.

select
Name0,
Resource_Domain_Or_Workgr0,
Operating_system_name_and0,
AD_Site_Name0,
Community_name0
from
v_R_System R
where
R.ResourceID Not in
  (Select
   CS.ResourceID
  From
   v_GS_Computer_System CS)
Order by
Name0

by Garth Jones
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70-298 Section 8.1 Q&A
Wednesday, August 20, 2008 8:34 AM

What is include within the Security Option section of a Security Template?

70-298 Section 7.5 Q&A Answer
Tuesday, August 19, 2008 8:25 AM

When answering this question “ How to Translate Business Requirement into Solutions?” What two step need to take place?

Answer:

  • Determine the level of security required
  • Translate Business requirements into Technical Solution
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