CERTIFICATION: Citrix Exam 1Y0-264 passed!

Today I passed the Citrix Exam 1Y0-264: Citrix Presentation Server 4.5: Support. This is my certification exam number 50!!!

This is a pretty easy exam but some experience is required (supporting more than 200 Citrix XenApp 4.5 servers myself help a lot :), I read the Citrix official course material and lot of Citrix KBs.

Exam Statistics:
15 Citrix Exams
07 Citrix Certifications
24 Microsoft Exams
15 Microsoft Certifications
11 VMware Exams
05 VMware Certifications

More Info: http://www.musumeci.com.ar/Web_English/certificaciones_eng.htm

CERTIFICATION: Citrix Test 1Y0-327 passed!

Today I passed the Citrix Test 1Y0-327: Citrix Password Manager 4.5: Administration and I got the Citrix Certified Administrator (CCA) for Citrix Password Manager 4.0 certification. This is a very easy exam, read the Citrix official course material, Citrix Password Manager Administrator's Guide, Password Manager Technotes http://support.citrix.com/product/pm/ and some experience with the product is required (I have +6 years using Citrix :)

Exam Statistics:
14 Citrix Exams
07 Citrix Certifications
24 Microsoft Exams
15 Microsoft Certifications
11 VMware Exams
05 VMware Certifications

More Info: http://www.musumeci.com.ar/Web_English/certificaciones_eng.htm

MS: Exchange 2007 Certifications

I worked a lot with Exchange 2007 in the last year. I designed, implemented and trained users.

Exchange 2007 SP1 starts a new wave of migrations. Time to certificate and improve knowledge!

When Exchange 2007 was release last year and I worked for InfoGroup Sistemas in Spain, I studied Exchange 2007 in detail. Below you will found my favorite books.

I teach these Exchange 2007 MOCs:

MOC 5047: Introduction to Installing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
MOC 5049: Managing Messaging Security using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
MOC 5050: Recovering Messaging Servers and Databases using Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.
MOC 5051: Monitoring and Troubleshooting Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

Microsoft Exchange Server 2007: Tony Redmond's Guide to Successful Implementation

Probably the best book about Exchange 2007 around. Amazon

How to Cheat at Configuring Exchange Server 2007: Including Outlook Web, Mobile, and Voice Access

Henrik Walther is Microsoft Exchange MVP (Most Valuable Professional) and writes Exchange-related articles for http://www.msexchange.org/, one of the best sites of Exchange Server. Great book, very easy to read and full of examples. Amazon

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-236): Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2007

This MS Press book is not good like others Training Kit I read before. But will help you to understand the exam. Amazon

CERTIFICATION: Citrix Test 1Y0-306 passed!

Today I passed the Citrix Test 1Y0-306: Citrix Access Gateway 4.2 Advanced Edition: Administration and I got the Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix Access Gateway 4.0 certification.This is a very, very easy exam, the official course material is enough (plus some experience, the Administrator Manual I have +5 years using Citrix :)
If you don't have the appliance you can install on VMware, check this post

Exam Statistics:

13 Citrix Exams
06 Citrix Certifications
24 Microsoft Exams
15 Microsoft Certifications
05 VMware Certifications
11 VMware Exams

More Info: http://www.musumeci.com.ar/Web_English/certificaciones_eng.htm

CERTIFICATION: Citrix Test 1Y0-256 passed!

Today I passed the Citrix Test 1Y0-256: Citrix Presentation Server 4.0: Administration and I got the Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix Presentation Server 4.0 (CCA) certification.
This is a very, very easy exam, the official course material is enough (plus some experience, I have +5 years using Citrix :).

Exam Statistics:

12 Citrix Exams
05 Citrix Certifications
24 Microsoft Exams
15 Microsoft Certifications
05 VMware Certifications
11 VMware Exams

More Info: http://www.musumeci.com.ar/Web_English/certificaciones_eng.htm

CERTIFICATION: VMware Certified Professional on VI3 (VCP)

Today I passed the VCP-310 exam and got the VMware Certified Professional (VCP) certification.

I readed the entire documentation (around 1800 pages) twice and a lot of experience (deployment for several companies in Spain including Dell Professional Services, Parmalat, etc) make this test easy.

Exam Statistics:

10 Citrix Exams
04 Citrix Certifications
23 Microsoft Exams
13 Microsoft Certifications
02 VMware Certifications
12 VMware Exams

More Info: http://www.musumeci.com.ar/Web_English/certificaciones_eng.htm

CERTIFICATION: Microsoft Test 70-285 passed!

Today I passed the Microsoft Test 70-285: Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Organization and I got the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE: Messaging) in Microsoft Windows Server 2003 and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE: Messaging) in Microsoft Windows 2000 certifications.
It was a easy exam for me (I have +10 years working with Exchange) and +3 years with Exchange 2003. The Exchange 2003 Training Kit and Exchange 2003 Resource Kit is a required reading. You will find a very useful list of Exchange 2003 papers and documents in http://exchange.musumeci.com.ar

Exam Statistics:

10 Citrix Exams
04 Citrix Certifications
24 Microsoft Exams
15 Microsoft Certifications
01 VMware Certifications

More Info:
http://www.musumeci.com.ar/Web_English/certificaciones_eng.htm

CERTIFICATION: VMware Sales Professional (VSP)

I got new VMware Sales Professional (VSP) certification, required for VMware Partners.

To become a VSP you must complete all of the required courses and one of the specialty courses listed below. I passed al VSP Requirements and VSP Specialties:

VSP Requirements:

• Virtualization Overview
• VMware Corporate Overview
• VMware Products Overview
• VMware Solutions Overview
• Delivering the VMware Message
• Effectively Working With VMware

VSP Specialties:

• Selling to Testing and Development Environments
• Selling Server Consolidation and Containment Solutions
• Selling Business Continuity Solutions
• Selling Desktop Manageability & Security Solutions

Exam Statistics:

10 Citrix Exams

04 Citrix Certifications

23 Microsoft Exams

13 Microsoft Certifications

01 VMware Certifications

More Info: http://www.musumeci.com.ar/Web_English/certificaciones_eng.htm