Todd,
First off, thanks for the compliment. We'll have to do an ITProTV swimsuit edition some day :)
Now on to business. I usually recommend people watch all three shows for the exact reason you mentioned. There is a decent bit of overlap, and the more exposure you get to the technologies the better your understanding will be. However, be careful to double back and review your 70-410 notes (or even watch the shows again) after you have finished the three shows because you can start to forget some of the details in the content that are going to be directly questioned on the 410 exam.
Best of luck, and let me know if there is anything else I can do to help.
Don Pezet
Host, ITProTV

Sorry about that. I've added an errata to the notes section for that episode.

That's correct. It is an extra layer of flexibility when applying GPOs. You could even go a step further and add in WMI Filtering which allows you to apply GPOs based on other criteria (available disk space, computer name, OS version, etc). You can get really complex with it if you want, but most people stop with security filtering.

Steve,
That was a mistake in the show. It is not possible to assign a policy at the forest level. The proper GPO application order is:
Site
Domain
Parent OU
Child OU
Local Policy
The notes were corrected and an errata was added to the episode page, but someone may have accidentally removed the errata. I'll have one of the guys update that in the morning.
Sorry for the confusion,
Don Pezet
Host, ITProTV

Benjamin,
Thank you for pointing that out. For now, both methods are correct. Windows Server 2012 supports the old command and the new command. Future versions of Windows may remove the old command, but that hasn't been confirmed yet. For the record, here are the two:
Old Command (via Command Prompt):
winrm quickconfig
New Command (via PowerShell):
Enable-PSRemoting
The new command is actually an alias for Set-WSManQuickConfig which is the true successor to the old winrm quickconfig command. That wasn't mentioned in the episode and it really should have been. I'll have one of the guys add it to the show notes to avoid confusion in the future.
Thank you for pointing that out and sorry for any confusion it may have caused.
Don Pezet
Host, ITProTV

In my company we each IT person has two accounts our domain\user & domain\admin. We run day to day on domain\admin, but when we troubleshoot a user or system we elevate to our domain\admin account and do the work. This gives us permissions and access we don't have otherwise and puts our admin-hats on for the work we are about to do.

Perfect article John! Thanks, i like how you remember it too!

I figured it out. There is ALOT more to Access Based Enumeration then just selecting it. There is a lengthy process of permissions that must be followed. I hate to link to an external site but Spiceworks is trusted and thoroughly explains the process to have Access Based Enumeration on a share.
http://community.spiceworks.com/how_to/show/45158-configure-access-based-enumeration-server2012

Hold the presses! I found my mistake. In advanced security you can set conditions. The condition for everyone was modify permissions for everyone except members of group 1. After testing User 1 could not delete files in that folder with that condition set. Tricky.

Laurence,
I've not be keeping up, as I've been on assignment. I'm sure, as James stated, we've mentioned it. But you're right they are hidden shares that end with the $. This is more about obscurity than security. You can view these share by using computer management console and clicking on Shared Folders and then Shares. You'll notice some of the default shares created by Windows.
Cordially,
Ronnie Wong
Host, ITProTV

We are also a Hyper-V site. I would be very interested in the 409 course as well. 6 months or more out is okay with me. Sometime in early-mid 2015 preferred. Thanks.

Thanks James!
Honestly, I've never been a big fan of practice exams. I did use the MeasureUp ones that ITProTV offers with your membership, but I've always been reluctant to use them as a studying guide. More often than not, the questions are nothing like what you will see on the exam, which in itself doesn't help much, plus it also can give a false sense of readiness for a particular objective or test.
For the MCSA, I would offer the following general advice:

Make sure you know each objective backwards and forwards. That kind of goes without saying, but pay close attention to the sub-objectives and don't skip anything. While the tests are focused on 2012R2, you need to know what features aren't available in prior versions and the limitations they may or may not have. Don't just know how to do something. You need to know EVERY way to do it, as well as the pros and cons of each method. Microsoft is big on asking a question with more than one seemingly possible valid answer, but only one is going to be correct. So you need to read the questions very carefully. I wouldn't go so far as to say they have 'trick questions'. More that they are giving you precise instructions and want to make sure you choose the proper answer based on exactly what they asked. Be careful not to always pick the obvious one. You need to know how to do pretty much everything through the command line (especially PowerShell). All the possible commands/cmdlets, options, syntax, etc. You could very easily be an expert in the GUI, but fail the test if you don't have experience using PowerShell. If possible, your best bet would be to setup a Server Core install in a lab and do all of the objectives strictly from the CLI to reinforce this. Regarding the GUI, make sure you know where everything is. Not just which program to use to accomplish a particular task, but where every option is along the way. Which tabs handle which functions, etc. Know all the available fields/selections in each tab or window and what they do or don't do. I did not see any simple questions (e.g. true/false). Almost every one gave a detailed scenario (some of which may or may not be applicable to the question), followed by a scenario based question. They didn't ask questions like "What type of tool would you use to put a nail into a piece of wood?" The questions are more like "You have 17 pieces of wood of varying sizes and 32 nails. You need to construct a bird house. The bird house needs to be red with yellow trimming. The temperature is 74F. You have two hours to put everything together. What steps would you take to attach the pieces of wood together to build the frame in the quickest amount of time?".
Sorry I can't be too specific, but I have to keep kosher with the NDA :).
But if you watch all the videos and do a lot of lab work and/or practical work experience I'm sure you'll do fine.
Good luck!

I suppose I could edit the printer properties of "Microsoft XPS Document Writer" then run the commands for all things printer related. I should even be able to create printers without having any attached. Thanks again.

Thanks for clarifying Ronnie. I guess it makes sense that RDS would be focused on in the Enterprise Desktop Admin tests, since that is a good fit. I'm fairly new to the World of MS, coming mainly from a networking background before, and find their whole certification/testing program to be quite confusing compared to other vendors.

I had the same issue where my ISP doesn't support IPv6 so I couldn't make use of it.

James,
If you're just building a test bed. I wouldn't do the KMS activation at all. This is my opinion. I would configure back it up. when you put in the KMS client licenses, it will accept it but no need to activate it. Do regular backups..when the KMS keys try to check in...and it doesn't answer it will let you know. I would just reinstall and restore the backup. It takes a little longer but this way you not having to maintain a KMS server either.
The technet key may work but it has to be a KMS key and not an MAK key.
Cordially,
Ronnie Wong
Host, ITProTV

Mike,
I'm not sure this is the most elegant way to do this...actually, I'm sure it's not the elegant way to do it.
First, run the Get-WindowsFeature. Make sure you can find the name of the feature you're trying to install.
Second, you can use the -whatif flag to help...this will simulate the install but not actually do it, so it will tell you if you're ready to install or not. I'm not sure if it will give you everything you want but it's worth a try.
e.g. Install-WindowsFeature -Restart-Whatif (should simulate install and if a restart is necessary as well.)
check out this link for more details:
http://books.google.com/books?id=FSSKAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA340&lpg=PA340&dq=Install-WindowsFeature+Hyper-V+–Restart+–Whatif&source=bl&ots=ehY-Rv8ZzP&sig=nujGrZdDLvBWoj7wjqUS3L4KS1I&hl=en&sa=X&ei=8ukOVPq-G4vKgwSEt4HYAQ&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=Install-WindowsFeature Hyper-V –Restart –Whatif&f=false
Cordially,
Ronnie Wong
Host, ITProTV

Christopher,
Here's what I could find immediately from Microsoft's site that may offer much more indepth guidance immediately.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd637753(v=office.12).aspx
Cordially,
Ronnie Wong
Host, ITProTV

I am indeed and I discovered the same thing with incognito mode. So I had to clear Chrome's history since the dawn of time. I couldn't find a decent reference to just clear the site's information at first because your typical control + F5 wasn't fixing it.
However, if you hit CTRL + SHIFT + I and open the Chrome dev tools, then click (and HOLD) the reload button while they are open, a super-secret menu comes up that lets you force the cache clear and reload. This resolved it in my situation.
Gotta love quirks like that. Incidentally after Ronnie's post I tried IE (not sure why I didn't before posting) and saw it was working. Can only assume maybe something between chrome and Microsoft's federation setup/Live logins causing strange behavior.

Nevermind on answering question 2. after re watching the section Ronny answered the question. It is a complete backup of all thinks.