Lessons Learned Forum at Cleveland

Now that we have been in class for a few of weeks, we have more material available to work with. I would like you describe your installation experiences with Vista in your lab environment. Did you encounter any problems? How did you go about fixing the issue?

I would also like you to describe how you have your lab machines partitioned. Are you using basic or dynamic disks? How many partitions/volumes did you set up? What partition/volume type are they? What are their purposes? Did you have any problems with partitions/volumes and how did you resolve them?

In a few sentences, explain in detail what you have learned in the 1st week of class. Explain how you have implemented this knowledge into your home lab environment. Was it the type of installs available? Or maybe the information we learned so far about TCP/IP?

We had some good discussions in class this week about Active Directory Scalability and the potential limitations on size. This discussion has some additional detail into these limitations may effect group memberships. Read up on these pages, then google it some more… Let me know what you think after your research concerning size limitations in Active Directory. Please remember that these comments can be viewed and commented on by your fellow classmates at Computertraining.Com, Cleveland, OH. Postings are due by Monday at midnight

You are all doing a GREAT job so far!  Keep pushing hard over the weekend in preparation for your Vista exams next week.

For this week’s blog, I would like you to describe in a few short paragraphs. What steps you are taking to prepare for your Microsoft exam next week? What personal sacrifices have you had to make in order to allow yourself preparation time for the exam? What study techniques have you found that work for you? If you could go back in time, and knew then what you know now. What would you change about your approach to better prepare you for the exams?  Please remember that these comments can be viewed and commented on by your fellow classmates at Computertraining.Com, Cleveland, OH. Postings are due by Monday at midnight

During our lecture this week we discussed the many new applications like IE7, Windows Mail, Meeting Space, and Calendar that are included with Vista. Please discuss what you learned about features of Mail and/or the new Vista applications. You can explore and research many of the new Applications and Features of Vista.   Please remember that these comments can be viewed and commented on by your fellow classmates at Computertraining.Com, Cleveland, OH. Postings are due by Monday at midnight

In today’s world, security is a major concern of every network administrator. Please do some of your own research and give some examples of “best security practices.”

Also, please see this link to Firewall FAQ’s from Microsoft.  Complete some research and discuss the need for firewalls (software and/or hardware).  Please also list one other firewall besides Microsoft’s built-in firewall.

I look forward to reading your postings.  Keep up the great work! Be sure and study hard for those upcoming exams!!!  Please remember that these comments can be viewed and commented on by your fellow classmates at Computertraining.Com, Cleveland, OH. Postings are due by Monday at midnight

Networking and network connectivity is a vital part of any companies business infrastructure today.  In class, we talked about a wealth of information related to networking basics, the OSI model, IP Addressing and network troubleshooting/diagnostics.

I would like you to please describe what the purpose of the OSI model is.  Why it is important to know about, and also please give an example of some technologies that work at a specific layer (you must describe at least one layer!).   You can use this OSI Link as a reference. If you find other links, feel free to share them, but let’s keep them restricted to reputable sites such as Microsoft, Technet, Cisco, and other legit sources.   Please remember that these comments can be viewed and commented on by your fellow classmates at Computertraining.Com, Cleveland, OH. Postings are due by Monday at midnight.

Please check out the following links.

How It Works  –  NTFS Permissions

Over the past week in Cleveland we learned about the differences between a Basic vs. Dynamic Discs and Partitions vs. Volumes. Post a few comments about how you have implemented what you learned this past week into your home lab environment. Please be specific.   Please remember that these comments can be viewed and commented on by your fellow classmates at Computertraining.Com, Cleveland, OH. Postings are due by Monday at midnight.

Write and post a paragraph (5 to 7 lines) and comment about what new features of Vista you have learned about at Computertraining.com so far. Be sure to comment on what you have found to be the most exciting feature of Vista up to this point.   Please remember that these comments can be viewed and commented on by your fellow classmates at Computertraining.Com, Cleveland, OH. Postings are due by Monday at midnight.