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One Week Done, Only Two More to Go..
08 November 09 07:57 PM | Greg Taylor | 0 Comments   

For Exchange and SharePoint that is. Directory is now only two weeks long, so they are at the halfway point, and OCS is entering their final week. Busy busy right now. It's been a great week in my room, or at least, I think it has. CAS and Transport done, Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Labs, Preparing for training, Fun

Yup, I think these puppies will do the job......
29 October 09 09:27 PM | Greg Taylor | 3 Comments   

Just getting the labs checked over for the Exchange session which starts Monday and I recently got some new toys... I think 48 GB of ram, 16 cores and 2TB of disk per candidate server should be enough for a lab or two... don't you? I've got 16 vm's running, Read More...

Filed under: Exchange, Labs, Preparing for training, Fun

New benefit for OCS Masters - online labs!
30 September 09 10:58 PM | adymac | 1 Comments   

According to the visionaries the future is ‘all in the cloud man!’. Well, not to be out done we have just launched a new set of online labs for the exclusive use of certified OCS MCMs. These 4 new lab environments are based on the core labs that we use Read More...

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Just in case we didn't have the most awesome labs already......
30 September 09 09:33 PM | adymac | 0 Comments   

Over the summer things quieten down a little in the world of MCM and we get a chance to work on updates to the program, exams and labs. Over the past few months OCS MCM has joined the other MCM programs and moved its exams online. Previously I had to Read More...

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Intro and update from OCS Master rotation 1.
10 February 09 03:03 PM | adymac | 2 Comments   

As Per so amusingly noted I’m ‘Phone Boy’. That is to say that I am the PM that looks after the OCS Master program. I joined Microsoft three years ago and worked for some time in the UK in consulting services. After a short spell with the partner engineering Read More...

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Holy HOLs, Batman! Get on the Batphone!
31 January 09 04:03 AM | perfarny | 5 Comments   

Holy HOLs Batman! Get on the Batphone! ...and check out the slightly insane lab setup for our OCS Master program. Do you think you'll get this anywhere else? Read More...

Filed under: OCS, Labs