Back at home

Feb 21, 2012

I just got back home. After a very enjoyable flight from Seattle to Frankfurt (the plane was almost empty and I had a complete row for myself) and another not-that-enjoyable flight from Frankfurt to Munich (I got rebooked to a later flight because employees at...

Lab exam over

Feb 19, 2012

I just finished my lab exam. This was THE HARDEST THING I EVER DID! Really, I’m not joking. This was harder than the Abitur (German university entrance qualification), harder than my graduation, harder than every exam I ever had to take. BUT… it was really...

Second exam failed…

Feb 18, 2012

Well, yes, I failed the second exam. :-( At least this is not the end. Tomorrow I will do better – I promise (at least I hope so)! Time to do some last preparations for the 8 hour lab exam, get some real good food and a real good rest tonight… I’ll...

Training over now…

Feb 17, 2012

It is Friday evening, the training is over now – just 2 exams left. These were 2 really great weeks. Now I have just a few hours to review a whole week of pki, frs, dfs and backup stuff. Tomorrow morning will be the second written exam…

First exam passed!

Feb 13, 2012

Passed the first exam today! Tricky questions and I did not feel very comfortable with the exam, but at least I made it! Rest of the day was all about pki. So the second week will cover pki, dfs, frs and disaster recovery, followed by the second exam on...

First week over

Feb 12, 2012

Sorry! The first week is over now, and I did not post a single word on it. Well this week was really stuffed with lots of information on AD, DNS, Authentication, Replication, Trusts, Sites, RODC and a lot more. We just started at 8 every morning, finished at around 6...