Getting Ready for Small Business Server 2008 - Microsoft Courseware Pre-Reqs Beta

Part of my role as a Technical Product Manager is to ensure that you get the right content in your exam for Small Business Server 2008.  We've done a bunch of research into the SBS 2003 exam and have taken a lot of that on board to begin building what we aim to be a very relevant and rewarding certification for Small Business Server 2008.

I wanted to share with you all some great courses to be reading up on prior to getting ready for your SBS 2008 certification.  Remember this is to take you from knowing very little about a network environment, and enable you to effectively manage an SBS 2008 environment.

· Course 6420: Fundamentals of a Windows Sever 2008 Network Infrastructure and Application Platform

· Course 6424: Fundamentals of Windows Server 2008 Active Directory

· Course 5115: Installing and Configuring the Windows Vista Operating System

· Course 5116: Configuring Windows Vista Mobile Computing and Applications

You may ask why no Exchange in this list?  Well, we're going to be covering the knowledge you'll need to know plus all of the other exciting bits inside the SBS course.  Although there is nothing to stop you from reading up on the Exchange stuff.  I'm a big believer in the more knowledge, the better.  One thing to note; this list is for the beta Courseware and may change depending on course feedback as we head for RTM.

There's one other thing I think all SBS'ers (and future EBS'ers for that matter) should be very proud of - Understanding a complete solutions environment really puts all of you in the realm of Business Solution Architects, being able to look at a business, recognize issues (both business and technical) and architect and implement a solution that really results in business value.  A skill the entire IT industry strives for.