13 thoughts on “Training Resources for 74-409 Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center”

1. nnhariharan 24th March 2014 at 7:43 pm

   Hello, thanks for the detailed post. Will this exam count towards any MCSE or MCSA certification? Or I will get Microsoft Certified Specialist in Hyper-V and System Center?

   I am planning for MCSE: Private Cloud, so just asking as a doubt.

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2. OxfordSBSguy.com 24th March 2014 at 8:18 pm

   You get the MS: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center Specialist certification. It’s a stand alone certification and doesn’t count towards the MCSA or MCSE, however, a lot of the content covered in the training is relevant to the MCSE: Private Cloud, so if you are aiming for that it would be worth getting a free exam voucher and having a shot at 74-409.

   Cheers,
   Carl

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   1. nnhariharan 24th March 2014 at 8:20 pm

      Wonderful. Thank you so much for the instant response Carl.

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3. James Howard 14th April 2014 at 2:45 pm

   Hi Carl – Many thanks for putting together this ‘one-stop shop’ of suggested resources for the 70-409 exam. I’m just reading through the virtualisation guide manual, offered up by Kevin Remde in his ‘Learn Microsoft Virtualization in Your Own Easy-to-Build Virtual Lab’. I can’t help noticing that the first few exercises involve setting up a storage pool and tiered spaces – how is this possible when only using the lab recommended 200GB disk space for the hardware requirements? Many thanks, James.

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4. OxfordSBSguy.com 14th April 2014 at 6:30 pm

   Hi James, although you setup the storage pools and tiered spaces you don’t actually write much, if any data to them, so you can quite happily use dynamic disks. In a real environment the disks which make up the tiered storage would be physical SSDs and SAS/SATA disks but as it is a lab for testing you don’t need them.

   Also I think i learnt just as much setting up the labs as I did using them. If you want to avoid setting them up the Technet Virtual labs peform exactly the same set of exercises.

   Goodluck!
   Carl

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   1. James Howard 14th April 2014 at 8:56 pm

      Hi Carl, thank you for the prompt response!

      I think I’ll have a stab at setting the whole thing up at home – it’s nice to not have the time limit that is present within the virtual labs, as a means to go and review what has been done. Thank you again.

      James.

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      1. OxfordSBSguy.com 14th April 2014 at 9:14 pm

         Good luck, when i built mine I treated myself to a 256GB SSD, and used the instructions below to boot to vhd. It was quick, really quick!
         http://oxfordsbsguy.com/2014/02/22/how-to-enable-windows-8-1-windows-2012-r2-dual-boot-boot-to-vhd/
         Cheers,
         Carl

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5. Gubba Ramesh 29th April 2014 at 4:50 am

   thanks for the links to the resources and ur resources

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6. James Howard 29th May 2014 at 8:13 pm

   Hi Carl – I finished off the last of the practice labs yesterday – do you know where I might be able to find any practice questions for the exam at all? I’m not having much look from Googling – did you run through any practice questions yourself? Many thanks.

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   1. OxfordSBSguy.com 30th May 2014 at 12:30 pm

      Hi James, I wasn’t able to find any practice questions, however in my exam most of the questions were Hyper-V based, the next biggest percentage was about VMM, and then there were a few others on components of System Center and some about Active Directory. If you are confident working in Hyper-V and know your way around VMM then you should do ok.

      Good Luck,
      Carl

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7. sirwan 4th February 2015 at 12:29 am

   hi Guys, do you recommend taking training course with a live classes ? also if so can please direct me to the right centrelearning school to do that. this compnay paid , otherwise i would have done self study

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   1. OxfordSBSguy.com 5th February 2015 at 7:58 am

      Self study is a good option, but GlobalKnowledge were doing a discounted price for this course which would be worth a look.

      Cheers,
      Carl

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      1. sirwan 21st March 2015 at 7:59 pm

         thanks for the update.

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