With the likely event these will prove useful to other folks out there like myself, I'd like to share some findings from searching around the internet on IT Certification.

Technical Information

TechNet - Direct from Microsoft archives.

Windows Security - Security articles and forums on Windows Security.

Windows Networking - Networking articles and technical information relating to Windows.

MCP Magazine - Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine, articles by IT Professionals.

Redmond Magazine - An It Professional lead magazine.

Training Information and Certification Resources

Global Knowledge - Certification and training information.

ProProfs - IT Certification preparation resources.

CramSession - Study guides and certification exams.

PrepLogic - Practice certification exams.

A Mac user doing Microsoft qualifications you say? Well, yes and aiming high for a new career - bout time I started this blog up again.

So, if you hadn't guessed, I've been gaining myself some further professional education and it's something new to get my teeth sunk into. In an attempt to aid me (which it did) I invested in a high end box of chips and electronics with Windows Vista on it - I find that with all the hoo har going on about it being no good "XP was better" and "it's just copied from Leopard" well I just like it, maybe because of the new learning maybe because of it being something new.

I has opened up my interest in Freeware and Open Source again on the Windows side of the coin, which to be honest I am quite impressed with the quality of - considering I was totally bowled over with the quality and depth of Mac Freeware and branded Windows alternatives as poor in comparison.

Above all of the system maintenance freeware that i put on here (Vista machine) the one that most impressed me (and this may seem daft) is Launchy for the one sole reason of what it is and does, which is act like Quicksiler on my Mac.

So here we are in February then, and welcome pack ordered from Microsoft coming in a few weeks. Next exam booked for the 13th, so i'm cramming to get a good pass mark for gaining my MCDST qualification and also signed on board for the Vista Client course coming up to further extend my horizons and interest in IT as a career.

Don't want to look too far ahead at the moment, but I am quite interested in the Server Administration that the Vista course points to - hope I can work my way there with these qualifications I'm gaining. It's a million miles away from a career in design that I had wanted (at least though I did), but never the less interesting and I'm quite enthusiastic about getting back into work in a new arena of the IT industry.

A related topic which also got me interested in wanting to have a play was this little app for mac osx 10.4 called Sandbox. Which brings to 10.4 the possible use of ACL or Access Control Lists that are not un-akin to the NTFS and/or share permissions of Windows XP - usually only available in OSX Server. I would like to get to grips with Mac Support and Administration at some point, so this might be worth a look into.

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