Virtualization

I took this exam back in June during the beta period and received notification in the middle of the last night that I passed.

"Congratulations on earning your Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Configuration certification! We hope you enjoy the benefits of your certification and of membership in the Microsoft Certified Professional community."

Pretty cool, although I've been doing a lot of Hyper-V since the early beta builds in the TAP program and application streaming with Softgrid for a while, so this test was in line with a lot of activities I already do. Good to know that I passed because a few of the questions were pretty tricky.

You can read more about the exam here and here.

Took it today and passed it. I don't know if I am one of the first 200 to pass it or not, which would make me a Microsoft Desktop Optimization Pack (MDOP) Charter member, but we'll see.

Since a good majority of the test focuses on Softgrid aka Microsoft Application Virtualization, I thought I had a pretty good shot at passing the exam. I have a decent background in streaming applications with Softgrid and Citrix.

My weak spots on the test were in the Asset Inventory Service and the Desktop Error Reporting sections, because I haven't dealt with those programs as much as I have Softgrid and the Diagnostic and Recovery Tool (DaRT - the updated and renamed ERD Commander).

If you are wondering what I am talking about, you can check out the exam details here, and learn about MDOP here.