Kathryn Smith asked: > I... really need to update my windows network training. Does > anyone have training solutions they'd like to recommend? > > I'm open to either something on-line, or something in person in the > southern NH/greater Boston area. The budget is unfortunately likely to be > very small
Microsoft TechNet. Google for discounts on it. What you get for a couple hundred dollars is 12 months of free downloads on most all Microsoft apps. No other company that I know of does that. The best part is that the non-commercial licenses remain valid after the subscription, so long as you adhere to the license terms (and don't need to do a reinstall or update). In addition to the download library, the service has a lot of online training. What I suggest is set up an inexpensive Core i5 or i7 desktop box with 16-32GB or so of RAM (choose a motherboard with at least 6 DIMM slots) so you can install a bunch of virtual machines. The price of RAM fell through the floor this year so it's no longer an expensive proposition to build your learning lab. Assign yourself projects like building a fault-tolerant Exchange 2010 server or a replicating database or a SharePoint-based wiki. Share the results with your friends. -rich _______________________________________________ bblisa mailing list [email protected] http://www.bblisa.org/mailman/listinfo/bblisa
