[THIN] Re: Training Question
- From: "Brian Madden" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 10:17:23 -0500
Hi Dave,
The question you need to ask yourself is whether your main training goal is
to (1) Get Certified or (2) Learn how the products actually work.
Without starting a major religious war here, I think it's fairly safe to so
that most people on this list agree that the knowledge required to pass the
certification tests and the knowledge required to design and run a MetaFrame
XP environment day-to-day in the real world are two different types of
knowledge. (Although to be fair to Citrix, the official courseware is
getting better, but its main goal is still to get you certified.)
If you want to learn how MF really works, then you should go to one of the
"unauthorized" training classes. (I personally offer several classes,
although I don't have any scheduled in the UK at this moment. I would
imagine it wouldn't be too hard to find, though.)
My MF class description is online at
http://www.brianmadden.com/training/mfxp-adv.htm
If you want to get certified, I would go to the official Citrix training.
Or, in the meantime, you can pick up a book to give you an update to XP. My
most recent MF book, although written in the FR-2 days, is certainly
applicable to FR-3.
Brian
Brian Madden
brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Visit www.brianmadden.com for in-depth Citrix, Terminal Server, and
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-----Original Message-----
From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Dave Hornby
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 6:43 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Training Question
OK guys I have a training question for you!
About 3 years ago I sat my Citrix Metaframe 1.8 courses (Including all of
the courses to gain CCEA certification) but I never got round to sitting the
exams, I've been using Citrix quite a lot over the last 3 years and my
company has just given me the option to do some more training.
As yet I have not touched Metaframe XP, but soon I will have to implement a
single server for my company plus a 10 Server farm for a new Client of ours.
My question is : What courses are best for me to go on to upgrade my
skills?? and what additional courses/exams would I have to sit to gain CCEA
status??
Thanks a lot
Dave Hornby
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