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

      Wonderful. Thank you so much for the instant response Carl.
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.
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
   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.
      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!
         https://www.oxfordsbsguy.com/2014/02/22/how-to-enable-windows-8-1-windows-2012-r2-dual-boot-boot-to-vhd/
         Cheers,
         Carl
5. Gubba Ramesh 29th April 2014 at 4:50 am

   thanks for the links to the resources and ur resources
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.
   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
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
   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
      1. sirwan 21st March 2015 at 7:59 pm

         thanks for the update.

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