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CLAWS

CLAWS

CLAWS

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Hi guys,

Very boring post I know but could do with some advice and just a nudge in the right direction really.

On Saturday I passed my 70-680 Configuring Windows 7 exam. I came in on Monday and was advised by my manger that I need to provide 5 deliverables based on what I have learnt, how it is relevant to us/the company and how it will make us more efficient. I completely understand his request but thing is.... I've never been asked for anything like this in the past so have no idea on how to present it on paper or where to start:confused:

Silly I know but there we are. Just an idea of how to structure and start would be great. From there I should be able to piece things together.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
 
Give him a detailed description of how your mastery of performing image based installations of Windows 7 will benefit the company - throw in some examples of imagex commands for good measure. Then lead him on a tour of the exciting benefits of DirectAccess. Follow it up with overview of backing up and restoring data using Windows Backup, and perhaps a brief demonstration of configuring remote desktop and remote access. Finally, excite him with a talk on securing data using EFS and BitLocker.

Joking aside, I would look at the features of Windows 7 that you covered in the exam, and identify the ones that your company doesn't currently use. I would then head over to Technet and copy the descriptions of those features, and dump the key points into a powerpoint presentation. You can then give your colleagues a run through of the things that Windows 7 can do that you don't currently use, and how they'll save you time, improve ROI and lower TCO etc (if he's using terms like "deliverables" then he'll lap up that sort of talk).

By the way, you're right; his request is silly! :)
 
You're welcome, I just hope for your sake you don't already use all of the features in Windows 7, because then you'll be stuffed ;)

Congratulations on passing the exam, by the way. Are you planning to do any more?
 
You should really be asked for that sort of information before they agree to send you on the training course, at least I have to. In the request for I've to justify why I should get the training and what the organisation will get from it.
 
Saundie said:
You're welcome, I just hope for your sake you don't already use all of the features in Windows 7, because then you'll be stuffed ;)
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Not necessarily. THe point of the course COULD have been to better understand the technology currently being used and as such CLAWS could review the implementation and suggest possible better ways to utilise it? Just a thought.
 
ubern00b said:
Not necessarily. THe point of the course COULD have been to better understand the technology currently being used and as such CLAWS could review the implementation and suggest possible better ways to utilise it? Just a thought.
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True enough. Either way, it amounts to the same thing; identifying the features that are not used/underutilised/misused and then looking at how your new skills can help the company address those shortfalls. I figure this sort of thing is usually just another "tick in a box", rather than something actually useful to the company. We have to pass these exams in order to maintain our Microsoft partner status. I suspect that we wouldn't bother with the certifications if they weren't necessary. Perhaps I am just being cynical :)

Also, in an ideal world, Pestilence's response would be the correct one.
 
Saundie said:
You're welcome, I just hope for your sake you don't already use all of the features in Windows 7, because then you'll be stuffed ;)

Congratulations on passing the exam, by the way. Are you planning to do any more?
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Hiya mate, its a toss up between 70-681 or 70-685. 685 is more desktop support oriented so is in line with what I do at the moment. However seeing some of the salaries some of my mates are on who are experts in WDS/SCCM/MDT I think I might be swayed towards the deployment oriented 681.

Im going to go through all the material I have for the 680 again so that it stays fresh in my head and so that I can actually continue to use it. Its suprising how recall in an exam is fantastic but in a real world scenario it can be patchy.
 
If he's your boss, surely he should have written that himself?

Otherwise, why did he agree to it, assuming its company-funded?

Also, not being funny, but isnt it obvious what the benefits are or arent? 'I know how to configure Win7'
 
You have a manager that says stuff like "deliverables"?

Did he say that with a straight face or does he really have no idea what a massive tool he sounds like?
 
bitslice said:
You have a manager that says stuff like "deliverables"?

Did he say that with a straight face or does he really have no idea what a massive tool he sounds like?
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No, they exist. I even inject some David Brent when the MD is cruising about (probably lost if he's in my office). They love it
 
I get the feeling its our finance director talking through my boss. It also doesn't help that my boss has been instituionalised by the company (he's been here 11 years!). He can be quite grumpy at the best of times and again thats because of the pressure he gets from up top. I have to sit in a tiny office with him for 8 hours a day 5 days a week. Loads of fun.....:rolleyes:

I tried to have a conversation with him when I got back yesterday because I learnt about Win 7 ultimate and enterprise and yet at work we run win 7 pro. So was looking to convince him to upgrade to ultimate. I got shot down pretty much straight away. BitLocker we wont use as we currently use another form of software to encrypt hard drives and USB sticks and that is centrally managed. AppLocker he wont be interested in and DirectAccess probably wont roll with him either since we already have citrix setup with Juniper VPN as an alternative.

Suppose I could talk about some of the basics such as using reliability monitor and setting up WSUS. Could then also talk about branchcache and how it might benefit our network performance if we implemented a DFS solution, althought we have no satellite offices so dont know how well that will go.

We currently use ghost to capture and roll out images onto client machines, and it can be quite rigid. If I can convince him to let me setup SCCM that might help make our deployment a lot more efficient and more manageable.
 
Do you have software assurance (SA)? If not, might make SCCM prohibitivley expensive. Might be better off in the short term just using WDS/MDT2012 on a 2008R2 (or 2012)server. You can do a lot with those 2 products...
 
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