Herleson Pontes - IT Professional : Developer

TechEd Brazil 2009 - The biggest Microsoft event of LATAM!

herleson — Mon, 18 May 2009 03:11:00 GMT

Hi Friends,

It’s with great happiness that Microsoft Brazil announced the date of the biggest Microsoft event of LATAM: TechEd Brazil 2009! The event will take place on August 25th, 26th and 27th, at São Paulo.

We still don’t know more details about this great event, but we already know some topics that are confirmed: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization, Office and System Center.

The official site of TechEd Brazil 2009 is: http://www.teched.com.br/.

Get in touch with the latest news at this blog.

Regards,

BETA EXAM 70-564 - Pro: Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

herleson — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 12:23:00 GMT

Hi Friends,

No, it's not a replay. ;-)

And one more exam of .NET Framework certification track is available for developers.

Microsoft has just announced to public the beta exam of .NET Framework 3.5 for ASP.NET developers: 70-564 (Pro: Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5). This exam belongs to the MCPD (Professional Developer) credential, and it can be taken by professionals for free.

The coolest thing about beta exams is, if you approved in a beta, you win the credential when the final version of this exam becomes available. The only problem is that the result of beta exams, differently of final exams, is sent to you three or four months later.

The exam 70-564 is Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. This exam, developed for web developers, tests the professional’s knowledge in planning, developing and implementing web solutions using .NET Framework 3.5.

The period of this beta exam starts today, and will be on until December 1st.

If you want to take this exam, access Prometric website (www.2test.com) and schedule the desired exam. The code of these beta is in the format 71-XXX. On the last step (Payment), inform the promotional code (Promocode): RSC43. After you inform the code, the system will discount the whole value of the exam. Then, you confirm the appointment and get ready for the exam!

You can obtain more information about the topics that are covered by this exam at the link: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-564.mspx

Hurry up and get ready for this exam! The seats are limited.

Regards,

BETA EXAM 70-563 - Pro: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5

herleson — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:33:00 GMT

Hi Friends,

And one more exam of .NET Framework certification track is available for developers.

Microsoft has just announced to public the beta exam of .NET Framework 3.5 for developers: 70-563 (Pro: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5). This exam belongs to the MCPD (Professional Developer) credential, and it can be taken by professionals for free.

The exam 70-563 is Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. This exam, developed for developers, tests the professional’s knowledge in planning, developing and implementing solutions using .NET Framework 3.5.

The period of this beta exam started September 11st, and will be on until October 30th.

If you want to take this exam, access Prometric website (www.2test.com) and schedule the desired exam. The code of these beta is in the format 71-XXX. On the last step (Payment), inform the promotional code (Promocode): DW897. After you inform the code, the system will discount the whole value of the exam. Then, you confirm the appointment and get ready for the exam!

You can obtain more information about the topics that are covered by this exam at the link: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exams/70-563.mspx

Hurry up and get ready for this exam! The seats are limited.

Regards,

BETA EXAM - 70-433: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development

herleson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:46:00 GMT

Hi Friends,

And one more exam of SQL the Server 2008 certification track will be available in the next Friday.

Microsoft has just announced to public the beta exam of SQL Server 2008 for database developers: 70-433 (TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development). This exam belongs to the MCTS (Technology Specialist) credential, and it can be taken by professionals for free.

The exam 70-433 is Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development. This exam, developed for database developers, tests the professional’s knowledge in developing and implementing data solutions using Transact-SQL.

The period of this beta exam starts this Friday (September 19th), and will be on until October 10th.

If you want to take this exam, access Prometric website (www.2test.com) and schedule the desired exam. The code of these beta is in the format 71-XXX. On the last step (Payment), inform the promotional code (Promocode): F589G. After you inform the code, the system will discount the whole value of the exam. Then, you confirm the appointment and get ready for the exam!

You can obtain more information about the topics that are covered by this exam at the link: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-433.mspx

I already schedules mine. And you? Hurry up and get ready for this exam! The seats are limited.

Regards,

SQL SERVER 2008 BETA EXAM - 70-451 (PRO: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Designing and Optimizing Database Solutions)

herleson — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:06:00 GMT

Hi Friends,

And the last exam to complete all SQL Server 2008 certification tracks will be available in the next Friday.

Microsoft has just announced to public the beta exam of SQL Server 2008 for database developers: 70-451 (PRO: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Designing and Optimizing Database Solutions). This exam belongs to the MCITP (IT Professional) credential, and it can be taken by professionals for free.

The exam 70-451 is Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Designing and Optimizing Database Solutions. This exam, developed for database developers, tests the professional’s knowledge in planning and implementing data solutions using Transact-SQL, and also tuning queries and scripts.

The period of this beta exam starts this Friday (August 29th), and will be on until September 30th.

If you want to take this exam, access Prometric website (www.2test.com) and schedule the desired exam. The code of these beta is in the format 71-XXX. On the last step (Payment), inform the promotional code (Promocode): 14F65. After you inform the code, the system will discount the whole value of the exam. Then, you confirm the appointment and get ready for the exam!

You can obtain more information about the topics that are covered by this exam at the link: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-451.mspx

I will schedule mine as soon as possible. And you? Hurry up and get ready for this exam! The seats are limited.

Regards,

Windows Sysinternals - Advanced Utilities for Windows

herleson — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:42:00 GMT

Hi Friends,

By Default, Windows offers various tools to help IT professionals to accomplish daily tasks and solve problems. In Vista and Server 2008 versions, these tools were improved, resulting in a more efficient management and monitoring.

One of my favorite tools is Performance and Reliability Monitor. An evolved version of the Performance option from the Control Panel, this monitor group real-time information about the four main subsystems of the PC (Disk, Network, Memory and Processor) in one place. Also, it organizes log entries in reliability graphs.

Although these tools help professionals, there is some technical and specific information that these built-in tools don’t show. For these situations, Microsoft offers a set of advanced utilities for specific tasks, such as show regedit entries. These software are known as Windows Sysinternals.

The Sysinternals web site was created in 1996 by Mark Russinovich and Bryce Cogswell to host their advanced system utilities and technical information. Acquired ten years later by Microsoft, the web site host many advanced system utilities and technical information, helping IT Professionals and Developers to manage and diagnose Windows systems and applications.

Sysinternals offers more than 30 utilities that execute various tasks in areas like registry, network, Active Directory and system. These utilities are divided in six categories:

File and Disk Utilities: Utilities for viewing and monitoring file and disk access and usage.
Networking Utilities: Networking tools that range from connection monitors to resource security analyzers.
Process Utilities: Utilities for looking under the hood to see what processes are doing and the resources they are consuming.
Security Utilities: Security configuration and management utilities, including rootkit and spyware hunting programs.
System Information: Utilities for looking at system resource usage and configuration.
Miscellaneous Utilities: A collection of diverse utilities that includes a screen saver, presentation aid, and debugging tool.

Some of my favorites are AdExplorer, Process Monitor and ZoomIt. All these utilities are fantastic and work in all Windows versions. At the website you can download each utility at time or download the Sysinternal Suite (8MB), a pack that holds the most important utilities. This is a mandatory download for System Administrators and IT Consultants.

And this week, two utilities from Sysinternals were update:

Autoruns 9.3: This Autoruns update adds support for several additional shell extension points, including copy hook, property sheet, and drag and drop handlers, fixes a bug in the Vista gadget parsing code and better handles malformed paths.
AccessChk 4.2: AccessChk v4.2 reports non-canonical security descriptors (ones that have access control entries in an unsupported order) and adds a new switch, -a, that dumps account rights and privileges.

You can get more information and download all these “toys” at Windows Sysinternals web site, at the URL: http://technet.microsoft.com/sysinternals/.

Regards,