Free Hyper-V Training and Free Prometric Test Voucher Free Hyper-V Training and Free

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Free online learning course on the Microsoft Virtual Academy to learn the basics of Hyper-V on Windows 2012 R2 and also get a free Prometric test voucher to sit the exam 74-409. So you basically get an MCTS qualification for the cost of getting to the exam centre!

Vouchers expire and must be used by June 30th. Exams alone usually cost over £100, let alone the value of the training. As well as that, the MCTS qualification is well respected in the industry and Hyper-V is already starting to threaten VMware.

Not for everyone, but a free certification for tech types!

http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/training-courses/server-virtualization-with-windows-server-hyper-v-and-system-center#?fbid=zU5S4WUZaNW

You need to register, confirm the email and get the voucher.

fleet

A fer Jaysus!

As if I didn't have enough on my plate!

;-)


Thanks OP. I'm a sucker for training and certification :-)

KTRIC

Thanks tatranska !!

qwertz

Thanks for that!

thomasjad

I registered with my live mail but didn't get an email..:S

evlgmaojr27ypu

Thanks very much OP..

evlgmaojr27ypu

thomasjad wrote: »

I registered with my live mail but didn't get an email..:S

I didn't get the email.. but when you click "Get free voucher" on http://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com/offers/virtualizationsquaredoffer.. it should open a pop-up window with the voucher code.. I just tried it about 5 minutes ago and it worked

djmj

I got email with voucher

nordydan

Yep got email. Thanks for link!

Dancor

Nice one OP!

Supercell

Cheers ,haven't done that one, should be quite useful, thanks.

coillcam

Just a quick tip for everyone registering first time with prometric. I couldn't register on the latest versions of chrome, firefox or IE10/11 (even in compatibility mode). I had to roll back to IE8 and it worked straight away.

http://www.register.prometric.com/createprofile.asp?cookie_test=1

roisinbeag

I registered and booked in with prometric over the phone.

Just an fyi on the voucher as well....the FAQ states that having a voucher code doesn't guarantee you get the exam for free, you need to book the exam to ensure you get it free. Also Prometric only allows you to book within the next 3 months.

fl4pj4ck

Our apologies but due to popular demand, we are currently out of vouchers. Please come back in 48 hours to request your voucher.

bummer

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just signed up for the test at the end of march in strand street.

need to get going on the course

Padraig Mor

When I tried to use my voucher (Friday) on the Prometric site it said it had already been used (it wasn't)!

GrumPy

"Due to popular demand, try again in 48 hours blah blah something you're too slow we hate you"

Pity! I'll defo try again though!

coillcam

Vouchers are being issued again. Make sure you're quick and get one before MS run out of their allocation. Also if you do bag a voucher, reg with prometric asap so you can schedule the exam before the vouchers get used up.

In the FAQ it states that the voucher doesn't entitle you to an exam as the allocation may be used up etc.... Tick tock.

GrumPy

coillcam wrote: »

Vouchers are being issued again. Make sure you're quick and get one before MS run out of their allocation. Also if you do bag a voucher, reg with prometric asap so you can schedule the exam before the vouchers get used up.

In the FAQ it states that the voucher doesn't entitle you to an exam as the allocation may be used up etc.... Tick tock.

Thanks, just booked a slot in strand house for April. Is there a link to training materials? Anyone done it already can give advise what resources to use?
(Learn as little as possible to pass) :pac:

crazyderk

GrumPy wrote: »

Thanks, just booked a slot in strand house for April. Is there a link to training materials? Anyone done it already can give advise what resources to use?
(Learn as little as possible to pass) :pac:

I passed it on Thursday using the latest dump by noor on examcollection.com

GrumPy

crazyderk wrote: »

I passed it on Thursday using the latest dump by noor on examcollection.com

Hey crazyderk, thanks! Is that all you used?
Did you just do the test exam a few times, or did you do real "study" at all?

Saruman

I use VMWARE so not sure how useful for me but a great bargain.

MarkJD

Registering on the Prometric site was a complete pain but managed to get it done on my android phone! Thanks OP Scheduled exam for a month from now! Best get learning

coillcam

Saruman wrote: »

I use VMWARE so not sure how useful for me but a great bargain.

I've been using the training videos on MS Virtual Academy as per the OP's link. The 2 guys are both VMWare certified experts. Basically MS are trying to get VMware admins to transfer across their skillset. "You can do this with VMWare but Hyper-V can do so much more" ...ad nauseum.

Interestingly I noticed the Hyper-V role is bundled into Win 8 pro already but needs to be enabled from "Turn windows features on/off". There are limitations to what you can run vs the full bare metal hypervisor. Still though its very useful for tinkering about.

crazyderk

GrumPy wrote: »

Hey crazyderk, thanks! Is that all you used?
Did you just do the test exam a few times, or did you do real "study" at all?

I started watching the videos and then when I realised how basic they were I gave up and used the dumps

uck51js9zml2yt

Did anyone have problems opening the links in the tutorials.?

Got it working in Explorer !

fl4pj4ck

works fine for me. mind it's the html5 video, are you using a compatible browser?

Pablo1802

Got it. Thanks OP

arikv

Thanks OP, just passed my exam today using the voucher.
I also do mostly VMware but occasionally some Hyper-V too.

Study meterial is really basic as stated before.

stocktrader

good find, doing this on good friday

MOH

Cheers for the link OP. Just signed up for it now.

For anyone having trouble with the "Get Free Voucher" link:

- you need to have Adblock turned off for that page or nothing will happen (you get a javascript error)
- even then, Chrome then blocked the popup window. You'll get an icon in the right of the address bar, click it and enable popups for the domain
- click the 'Get Free Voucher' link again and it should work

sparxz

Tried Hyper-V before. Big mistake.
Tried to get help on-line, to no avail.
Ended up with doing a complete re-install on System.
Regretted not doing more research beforehand.
You need to have an MSc in Computer science focusing only on MicroSoft
to stand any chance.

VM Ware and www.virtualbox.org(Free) are a heck of allot easier to use,
and won't leave you staring and a command-line and allot of reading up
on a separate machine running a different Operating System !

cruhoortwunk

Passed today cheers op

arikv

cruhoortwunk wrote: »

Passed today cheers op

I've pasased on Monday.
Now what do we do with this certificate?

charlie_says

Got the voucher just now, thanks to the OP. I wonder will I actually remember to do this?

What is the difficulty of the exam like for someone who only plays around with VMs (mostly in VirtualBox for have used VMWare a bit) testing and doesn't use them for production environment purposes?

GrumPy

To the guys who passed it today:
What did you study? Advice for what to focus on to study as little as possible to pass comfortably?

Dancor

I passed today.

Go to examcollection.com find the exam under Microsoft and download the "edge.97" dump, I found that the best.

45 questions were in the exam, for some reason I thought it was going to be 55.

Pique

stocktrader wrote: »

good find, doing this on good friday

Celebrate with a nice cup of tea.

yawhat!

sparxz wrote: »

Tried Hyper-V before. Big mistake.
Tried to get help on-line, to no avail.
Ended up with doing a complete re-install on System.
Regretted not doing more research beforehand.
You need to have an MSc in Computer science focusing only on MicroSoft
to stand any chance.

VM Ware and www.virtualbox.org(Free) are a heck of allot easier to use,
and won't leave you staring and a command-line and allot of reading up
on a separate machine running a different Operating System !

No you wouldn't. If your anyway decent with computers its very passable.

Dancor

Anyone else that has passed this exam, have you received your cert by email or has your MCP profile being updated yet? I still haven't received confirmation from Microsoft that I passed where usually I have the cert the afternoon that I passed.

numbnutz

Kudos to you Sir!!!...time to get the head down

crazyderk

Dancor wrote: »

Anyone else that has passed this exam, have you received your cert by email or has your MCP profile being updated yet? I still haven't received confirmation from Microsoft that I passed where usually I have the cert the afternoon that I passed.

I've had issues with prometric where I had two prometric ID's and thus ended up getting 2 MCP ID's

might be that?

eringobragh

signed up cheers

GrumPy

Dancor wrote: »

I passed today.

Go to examcollection.com find the exam under Microsoft and download the "edge.97" dump, I found that the best.

45 questions were in the exam, for some reason I thought it was going to be 55.

45 questions is nice actually, just studying one of the exam collection dumps today. I assume it was similarly laid out multi-choice screen?

Dancor

GrumPy wrote: »

45 questions is nice actually, just studying one of the exam collection dumps today. I assume it was similarly laid out multi-choice screen?

Yes, but get to know the questions as well as the answer. They are not always in the same place. D on your dump may be A in the actual exam.

GrumPy

Dancor wrote: »

Yes, but get to know the questions as well as the answer. They are not always in the same place. D on your dump may be A in the actual exam.

Thanks.

I've noticed there is a "drag & drop" option when starting to open one of the dumps, and it's a bunch of different questions where you have to drag and drop answers into a table structure. Totally different to the multi-choice section. It was my understanding you only have the multiple choice questions in the actual exam?

GrumPy

sugarman wrote: »

Exams are exact same as the dumps, you will have drag and drops.

Ok, I assumed the exam was the same as previous ones I did - just multiple choice questions. I also thought there was only 45 questions total, and they all followed the typical format.

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Is there a particular link for the full set of questions. I'm being limited to a trial of 5

fl4pj4ck

they're all full sets, you are probably limited by trial version of the software

roisinbeag

Hi, just an fyi for you..

I had to reschedule my exam for personal reasons but there is a €24 reschedule fee. They did however allow me to put it on 'hold' (which has no charge) but I will have to pay the reschedule fee when I ring them back to book the new date.

MarkJD

My exam i scheduled for next Wednesday. Was gonna do a bit of training and pro metric dumps this weekend. How much prep did those that passed it do? If i just do the dumps over and over is it fairly handy?