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Virtual Lab based Exam 70-113: TS: Windows® Server 2008 Active Directory

ddamir — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 23:03:00 GMT

Microsoft Learning već neko vrijeme testira novu generaciju tzv. Lab based ispita, koji se razlikuju od dosadašnjih simulacija po tome što se rade na pravim virtualnim mašinama, na kojima treba obaviti neki posao. Prvi takav ispit, koji je još uvijek u fazi testiranja je 70-113: TS: Windows® Server 2008 Active Directory.

Ako neko želi da proba novu generaciju ispita, neka mi se javi - imam par besplatnih vaučera. Samo jedna napomena : Obzirom da se radi o pilot programu, za ovaj ispit se ne dobija nikakav certifikat.

Pozdrav svima,

Discontinued exams

ddamir — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:59:00 GMT

Microsoft je objavio listu ispita koji se nakon 31.marta 2008 vise nece moci polagati. Uglavno se ovi ispiti odnose na Windows Server 2000, te generalno na proizvode iz generacije 2000. Oni koji su ih polozili ostaju certificirani na verziji 2000. Ovo je posebno vazno za one koji se nalaze u sredini procesa certifikacije za MCSA/MCSE Windows Server 2000. Ako spadate u takve, krajnje je vrijeme da zavrsite certifikaciju, jer se od 31.marta vise nece moci polagati ni upgrade ispit sa verzije 2000 na 2003.

Kompletna lista ispita koji prestaju da vaze 31.marta moze se naci na : http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcpexams/status/examstoretire.mspx

Certifikacija za Visual Studio 2008

ddamir — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:12:00 GMT

Prije dva dana Microsoft predavacima su objavljeni detalji certifikacijskih linija za nadolazeći Visual Studio 2008. Prenosim Vam sazetak tih informacija u izvornom obliku (tj. na engleskom jeziku) :

Visual Studio 2008 certifications are part of the 'new generation' of certifications, i.e. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) and Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)--the same format in which VS2005 certifications were released
basically there will be six MCTS certs to give you cert options on the key .NET Framework 3.5 technologies from Microsoft (if you recall there were three for VS2005)
- Windows Forms Applications
- ASP.NET Applications
- Windows Communication Foundation Applications
- ADO.NET Applications
- Windows Workflow Foundation Applications
- Windows Presentation Foundation Applications
Exam numbers and cert names will be announced soon... but one point of interest: Exam 70-536 (if you've earned any of the VS2005 certifications you'll be familiar with this) continues to be core to the 2008 certifications - so if you've already earned that, you're a step ahead for when the VS2008 exams come out (you do not have to take it again)
There will not be an upgrade path from MCAD or MCSD to Visual Studio 2008, but you can go from MCAD/MCSD to Visual Studio 2005, then follow a (to-be-determined) transition path to Visual Studio 2008
If you are new to certification (or just haven't started a VS2005 or VS2008 track), take 70-536 because it is the first step for both 2005 and 2008 MCTS certs and is available now
First few exams scheduled to release in English in March, more in May; localized versions likely to release a few months after English
Betas for WPF, WCF, WF may be extended and the next round of betas should start happening in March
We did not talk about the MCPD Visual Studio 2008 certifications, or about transition plans to them, other than to say that we're working really hard to make simple transition paths for you, and we hope to share details in the next few months
If you are partially through an MCAD or MCSD track, you can finish them. MCAD/MCSD won't expire. However, at some point this year we'll be announcing retirement of those exams (usually we give a year's notice) so keep that in mind, keep an eye out for a formal announcement, and get a move on. For that reason, too, we do not recommend starting a MCAD or MCSD track from teh beginning now - instead consider exams in the MCTS/MCPD family.
If you work with Visual Studio 2005, start (or finish) a Visual Studio 2005 certification track. As long as you are working with VS2005 those certs will have value, one of the exams is part of your 2008 track and there will be a 2005 to 2008 option, for when/if you want to transition your certification to 2008.
If you want to start a VS2008 track from scratch (or if you are MCAD/MCSD and want to wait for 2008), you can start now on 70-536.
If you already have 70-536 under your belt, or if you already hold a VS2005 cert and just want to wait---- you can review the published MCTS prep guides to get a feel for where you'll need to focus your studies and spend as much time with Visual Studio 2008 as you can so you are ready for the MCPD exam(s) whenever they are available. Did I just say "under your belt?"

Visual Studio 2008 training resources (some limited-time, free) microsoft.com/learning/vstudio /2008/default.mspx

Nedavno smo dali priliku zainteresovanim da polazu besplatno jedan od beta ispita iz ovog serijala, po svoj prilici bit ce ih jos o cemu cu Vas blagovremeno obavijestiti, te pokusati obezbijediti ponovo par besplatnih vouchera.

Subject alternative names in certificates

ddamir — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 12:48:00 GMT

Potreba da unutar jednog certifikata imamo vise SN-ova (Subject Name) pojavljuje se kada zelimo na jednoj web lokaciji (sa jedinstvenim URL-om) hostirati vise servisa, sa razlicitim dns imenima. Tipican primjer za to je recimo Exchange Server 2007. On pod Default Web sajtom u IIS-u kreira virtualne foldere za Autodiscover servis, za OWA server, za RPC over HTTP, za Offline address book itd. Svaki od ovih servisa koristi SSL, pa stoga i zahtijeva odgovarajuci certifikat na serveru. S druge strane, svaki od ovih servisa ima drugacije javno DNS ime, a na jedan sajt u IIS-u mozemo vezati samo jedan certifikat. Ime na koje bude izdan taj certifikat, bit ce najcesce ime jednog od navedenih servisa, dok cemo za ostale prilikom koristenja dobijati poruku o gresci da SN ime na certifikatu ne odgovara imenu servisa (iako ce enkripcija i dalje raditi).
Kako ovo rijesiti? Jedno od rjesenja je da se za svaki servis kreira poseban sajt, sto je prilican overkill resursa, te da se onda izdaju posebni certifikati za svaki sajt sa odgovarajucim imenima.
Drugo i mnogo elegantije rjesenje je da izdamo jedan certifikat, za jedan sajt, ali koji ce biti validan za vise razlicitih DNS imena.

Certificate Authority u Windows Serveru 2003, po defaultu nije sposoban za ovako nesto. No, jedan jednostavan zahvat osposobit ce ovu mogucnost.

Logirajte se kao admin na CA koji izdaje certifikate, pokrenite cmd i upisite sljedeca tri reda (sa enterom iza svakog) :

certutil -setreg policy\EditFlags +EDITF_ATTRIBUTESUBJECTALTNAME2
net stop certsvc
net start certsvc

Sada sa klijenta kojem zelite izdati certifikat sa vise imena, otvorite web konzolu za izdavanje certifikata (nalazi se na lokaciji http://CAname/certsrv) te pokrenite proceduru Advanced certificate request.

U formu za izdavanje certifikata upisite potrebne podatke, odaberite template Web Server,a u polje Attributes upisite zeljena DNS imena u sljedecem formatu :

san:dns=dns.name[&dns=dns.name]

Npr. ako zelite izdati certifikat na dodatna imena exchange.domain.com i autodiscover.domain.com , napisali bi :

san:dns=exchange.domain.com&dns=autodiscover.domain.com

Certifikat koji bude izdan na ovaj nacin bit ce validan za sva navedena imena.