What were your favorite articles this year?
Which ones made it to the top 10?
Here are Train Signal Training’s best articles of 2009.
1. How to Setup iSCSI Drive Using FreeNAS
Posted on January, 19th 2009 by Dave Lawlor
iSCSI stands for Internet SCSI and allows client machines to send SCSI commands to remote storage servers such as FreeNAS. This allows you to consolidate your storage drives into a single machine for lower cost per GB and easier maintenance, with the illusion of local disk drives on your client machines.
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2. How to Share Files between Mac and PC — Leopard and Vista
Posted on May 12th, 2009 by Eric English
Macs are becoming more and more prevalent, and there can be times when you need to be able to share files between your Mac and your PC. This how-to article focuses on sharing files between Leopard and Vista. Today we’ll discuss accessing shared files from the Mac, and from the PC.
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3. How To Become MCITP Certified Server Administrator
Posted on February 3rd, 2009 by Kasia Grabowska
There are over 5,000 MCITP Server Administrators worldwide. To be more precise, there were exactly 5,079 as of January 9th this year. Are you ready to be number 5,080? Ready to take your career to the next level? Ready to prove your Server 2008 leadership and problem solving skills? Great! Now let’s see what you’ll need to become a MCITP certified Server Administrator.
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4. 8 Must Have Windows Utilities
Posted on May 19th, by Brian Nelson
With each new version of Windows, Microsoft incorporates more functionality and features. Some of these are welcome additions, and some of them seem like ill advised bloat. But, for all of the additions to Windows over the years, to get the most out of your computer, there are still features and functionality that you shouldn’t go without. Get these 8 Must Have Windows Utilities and see what you’ve been missing.
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5. Free SQL 101 Training — Part 1: Intro to SQL Server
Posted on May 28th, 2009 by Mel Haynes
Are you looking for a new direction for your career? Ever wonder what it would be like to work with databases? Want to learn about SQL Server 2008 for free? If your answer is “yes” to any one of the above questions — keep reading. I recently created an introductory video series called SQL 101 to help you get familiar with SQL Server and to get all the basics down before you tackle SQL certifications and the more in-depth SQL stuff.
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6. The Complete Cisco CCNA Certification Guide
Posted on October 28th, by Jason Harry
The Cisco Certified Network Associate is widely known and accepted as the entry level certification for professionals wanting to take up a career in networking. Getting your CCNA however, can be quite a challenge, but with a set goal, determination and a good study strategy, you too can quickly become a CCNA. Today, I’ll be giving you an overview of the CCNA exams, the different paths available to get your CCNA and some preparation techniques — techniques I found useful when I was preparing for my CCNA.
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7. Video: How to Install VMware vSphere Client in Windows 7
Posted on November 18th, 2009 by David Davis and Matt Elias
Ok, this has to be one of the coolest things I’ve seen since joining the Train Signal team. Apparently there are some compatibility issues installing the VMware vSphere Client in Windows 7. This issue has been bugging some of our customers, so our own David Davis went ahead and created a video which walks you through the necessary steps (and even attached the necessary .dll) to accomplish a vSphere Client install!
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8. VMware Server: Creating a Virtual Machine
Posted on May 26th, 2009 by Roman Rafacz
If you’ve ever had the need to run multiple Operating Systems on your computer, needed to test out new programs, or wanted to maximize your security — then creating a virtual machine might be the answer for you!
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9. Merging for Dummies: Creating Mail Merge Letters in Word 2007
Posted on January 8th, 2009 by Gosia Grabowska
In my last Merging for Dummies article I showed you how to do a quick merge for labels and some of you really liked it. Well, there’s another way to use the merge feature in MS Word — creating mail merge letters. Today I will show you how to write, personalize and print all these letters within minutes.
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10. The PING of Death and Other Network Attacks
Posted on May 14th, 2009 by Stelios Antoniou
Today I will focus on what is known as Denial-of-Service (DoS) Attacks. Learning about these types of network attacks — learning your enemy — will help you be prepared for the worst. Once you understand your enemy’s behavior and the different types of network threats we’ll move on to specific solutions and how to protect your network.
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any news on the small business server 2008 and essential business server 2008 courses?
Hi Tyler,
Our SBS 2008 is still in production and unfortunately won’t be released until early January. Sorry for the delay, the course ended up being much longer than we originally estimated. If you’re on our mailing list you’ll get an email the day we have it available.
Kasia