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This is a part 6 of my MCSE and System Administrator job interview sample questions See previous parts at: Part 1 – Networking Part 2 – Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Part 3 – Exchange Server 2003 Part 4 – PC Technician Part 5 – Exchange Server 2007/2010 Like previous parts, this article set is…

A review of the TCP/IP/DOD Model as it relates to the CCNA & Network+ exams. Also provides a breakdown of the Four Layers of the TCP/IP Model and some of the protocols that are in use at each of the Layers.

A detailed review of the tie in between the OSI Model to the CCNA and Network+ exams as well as the breakdown of the seven layers of the OSI Model.

A review of the CCNP certification and prerequisites and some of the recent changes announced from Cisco regarding updates to the exam structure.

Daniel outlines the necessary 9 steps to follow in order to prepare a Windows Server 2008 R2 for Hyper-V Role.

The Cisco Certified Network Associate Routing & Switching exam, 640-802 CCNA, is available to candidates as a combined exam from the individual Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 1 (ICND1) v1.0 and the Interconnecting Cisco Networking Devices Part 2 (ICND2) v1.0 courses. This article will review the CCNA certification from an overview perspective along with an…

Paul Cunningham of ExchangeServerPro.com takes an in-depth look at the considerations that Google doesn’t mention when thinking of migrating from Microsoft Exchange to Google Apps.

After properly configuring Server Core and getting it ready to deploy, you decide you want to download and install the latest Windows Server 2008 R2 updates from the Windows Update site. But, how do you do that? In this article, MVP Daniel Petri provides 5 ways to accomplish the task. Read on for more…

An introduction by Jason Zandri to CompTIA – the Computing Technology Industry Association – and their Network+ certification program, plus the skills and knowledge a candidate should have prior to sitting the N10-004 exam.

ImageX is a command-line tool that can be used to capture, modify, and apply file-based disk images for deployment of systems in an enterprise by leveraging the Windows Imaging format (.wim files). Learn how you can leverage it for your imaging and deployment needs in this article by Jason Zandri.

Disk2vhd is tool from Microsoft’s Sysinternals group that allows system administrators to create virtual hard disk images (VHD) of running operating systems loaded on physical hardware. VHDs are the Microsoft’s Virtual Machine disk format used in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines (VMs). Disk2vhd Overview There are other physical-to-virtual tools that are available…

Learn the basic functionality of the Windows 7 Firewall service as well as some of the advanced security configuration.