Microsoft Server 2012

mattStoor

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EDIT: I hope posting in this forum was ok. I wasn't sure where else would be suitable.

I want to study to do the MCSA exams and so far have identified Windows Server 2012 as a certification I definitely want.

However, I have very little real experience using servers. I have managed exchange accounts using the Exchange Management Console and Active Directory and I have monitored backups with Symantec Backup Exec on Windows Server 2008. I have no complex experience.

From looking at previous posts I know I can check out resources like cbtnuggets.com and the official exam text books but I'm worried that with my limited hands on experience with Windows Server these might not be all too useful on their own.

My main question is:
Should I try to set up a virtual server with VMWare running Windows Server 2012 or maybe even put together a budget server running Windows Server 2012 in order to get some real experience alongside the resources?

Additionally, does anyone have any other tips?
 
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Ok, is setting up a hyper-v server at home plausible?

I have a powerful cpu, 8Gb of ram which I could always upgrade if needed and an ssd so I think setting up a virtual environment would be ok from a hardware standpoint. I'm not sure how I would get started with hyper-v though. I guess that's part of the learning material?
 
leigh_boy said:
having done microsoft exams what you read will be almost not relevant to the test. and makes it very annoying when you havent got a clue what the question means.

some of it will come down to experiance, other questions will not even be realted to the server but best pratices or other windows OS's.
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I have heard that the books are less than perfect which is another reason I thought real experience would be helpful.
 
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