TOGAF 9 Certified

Just wanted to share this news, I have completed TOGAF 9 certification. There are just 30617 folks across the globe with TOGAF 9 certification.

TOGAF 9 Certified	30617
TOGAF 9 Foundation	13157
Total of all TOGAF 9 Certifications	43774

#TOGAF, #OpenGroup

End of Microsoft’s Masters Certification & Training Program by 1st Oct 2013

Microsoft has decided to retire Microsoft Master’s certification and training program by 1st October. For the folks, who are not aware or heard about this program, the MCM & MCA (Microsoft Certified Master & Microsoft Certified Architect) program is one of the highest certification one can achieve towards specialization in particular Microsoft technology such as Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, Active Directory etc. The reason mentioned for the retirement for MCM/MCA is technology evaluation which requires rework on the training program. For the individual, who already holds this certificates will continue to enjoy the benefits, but MS will not accept any more request for conducting new program for this certifications.

“Microsoft will no longer offer Masters and Architect level training rotations and will be retiring the Masters level certification exams as of October 1, 2013. The IT industry is changing rapidly and we will continue to evaluate the certification and training needs of the industry to determine if there’s a different certification needed for the pinnacle of our program..”

http://blogs.technet.com/b/neiljohn/archive/2013/08/31/retiring-the-microsoft-master-certifications-and-training.aspx

Hat-trick of the MVP award(Directory Services/Active Directory)

 

 

 

 

Dear Awinish Vishwakarma,

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2013 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Directory Services technical communities during the past year.

The Microsoft MVP Award provides us the unique opportunity to celebrate and honor your significant contributions and say “Thank you for your technical leadership.”

I feel happy & excited retaining the title of the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional)for the Directory services category. I would like to thank God, my family & friend who were motivated me & helped me to retain the title. I also like to thank my blog readers, technet forum users for their support who helped tremendously to learn & share what i have learned from them.

To find more about MVP or MVP award, you can browse the below link.

http://mvp.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx

Thank you everyone.

Interview – MVP Awinish Vishwakarma

I feel privileged & humbled to the Microsoft for considering the worthiness of publishing my experience as an Microsoft “Most Valuable Professional“(MVP). You can check the excerpts at the below link. You can also comment it, if you like so.

https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/indiamvp/2013/01/21/interview-mvp-awinish-vishwakarma/

Renewed MVP award for Directory Services 2012

I have been reselected as an MVP for the year 2012 in Directory Services category. The MVP award is an honor & I’m happy as well as thankful to the Microsoft for presenting this honor.

I would like to thank you all for your wishes & support.

Dear Awinish Vishwakarma,

Congratulations! We are pleased to present you with the 2012 Microsoft® MVP Award! This award is given to exceptional technical community leaders who actively share their high quality, real world expertise with others. We appreciate your outstanding contributions in Directory Services technical communities during the past year.

Thank you once again.

Awinish

 

Microsoft Certifications Reinvented

Microsoft has announced new certification program for the on premise and cloud computing

Microsoft Certifications Reinvented: Start Your Journey NOW.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcse.aspx

Microsoft Certified Solutions Master (MCSM)

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/mcsm.aspx

 

Automatic IE update From Jan 2012

Microsoft has made a announcement that from the Jan 2010, IE will be updated automatically if windows automatic update is turned on. It will happen automatically in the background without any user intervention and maintaining your favorites,home page  etc.

Most of the attack on the system are caused by web browser, so MS has decided to introduce automatic IE update to secure the system from malware/spywares. Read more at below links.

http://windowsteamblog.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/12/15/ie-to-start-automatic-upgrades-across-windows-xp-windows-vista-and-windows-7.aspx

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222811/FAQ_Microsoft_s_new_IE_auto_upgrade_scheme_explained

 

Tweak..Enhance Internet Speed..Give a try.

1.Go to Start –> Run and type regedit

2. Select hkey_current_user –> Software –> Microsoft –> Windows –> Current Version–> Internet Settings

3. Change the Decimal Value of “MaxConnections Per1_0Server” and “MaxConnections PerServer” (without the spaces) to 10

4. Close regedit and Reboot the machine

If these keys don’t already exist, create them, make two dword values

[Right click, New> dword Value]
MaxConnections Per1_0Server : Decimal value 10
MaxConnections PerServer : Decimal value 10
Internet Explorer performance is greatly dependent in part on the number of simultaneous connections that can be made for a current page. By default, the value is 4. This means only a maximum of 4 simultaneous connections will be made per server.

CSVDE to fetch User data into csv

Command to find the entire user in domain & redirecting the output in CSV.

csvde -f c:\User.csv -s dcname -t 389 -r (objectClass=user) -l co,department,distinguishedName,employeeID,facsimileTelephoneNumber,givenName,initials,l,mail,mobile,objectGUID,personalTitle,
physicalDeliveryOfficeName,sAMAccountName,sn,telephoneNumber,title,userAccountControl

SPN And Its Concepts

Lets us understand what is SPN & why there are used for.

SPN’s are service principal name & are used to run instance of service & they are defined for the account used for authenticating instance of service.

More details on below.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms677949%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

http://alt.pluralsight.com/wiki/default.aspx/Keith.GuideBook/WhatIsAServicePrincipalNameSPN.html

http://alt.pluralsight.com/wiki/default.aspx/Keith.GuideBook/HowToUseServicePrincipalNames.html

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/psssql/archive/2010/03/09/what-spn-do-i-use-and-how-does-it-get-there.aspx