Those aren't bad. I took a few of those before taking a classroom course. They helped me get even more out of the class.
-----Original Message----- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:08 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training Good idea. Most of our software comes either through Techsoup, which if you are unfamiliar with it is a kind of middleman for Microsoft software donations, or occasionally purchasing through MS Open Charity Licensing. Looking on the MS Volume License Service Center I don't have any vouchers, but I do have some access to MS e-learning through our Technet subscription. -----Original Message----- From: Maglinger, Paul [mailto:pmaglin...@scvl.com] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 3:38 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: Staff training What kind of licensing agreement do you have with Microsoft? Sometimes you can get training credits with your agreements that will cover the cost of most of the classes (which I think were more around $3000-3500 range each). -----Original Message----- From: Ralph Smith [mailto:m...@gatewayindustries.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2011 11:17 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Staff training This may be a little OT, but I was just pricing out some training for 3 staff here with the idea of sending them to some classroom training for Windows 7 and Server 2008 administration. If I target the courses related to "MCITP Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7" certification and the "MCITP Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008" certification, (and this is from ONLC because they have a local office, but New Horizons seems to be about the same) the appropriate courses include three five day courses and one three day course. The total cost at their published prices would be almost $27,000 for three staff. I don't think I can get that through our budget process. For those who provide training for staff development, is this kind of classroom training the way to go? Are there other alternatives for classroom training, or do you use other training resources such as video training from places like Trainsignal? I'm looking for a bit of a reality check, as well as suggestions. We haven't provided this kind of staff training up to now, so I have no experience in this area. For myself I have relied on Google Training and some good books, but I was looking for something more formal/structured. Appreciate any comments and advice. Ralph ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
