Hey Mike - Recent changes as of August came through. Does not appear to be BIG changes but some related to terms and reporting like Power BI. The last video in the first of 4 core topics....does that cover enough regarding the Power BI exam requirements?

I feel like Microsoft is updating their content so frequently (even a few slight changes) it's making it hard to get an exam done in a 2 month span for some casual learners. I've pushed a few exams back due to updated content on their end and it makes it hard for providers like you guys (ITProTV) to keep up. MS Exam Ref Book content becomes outdated within 6 months so we're scrambling on docs.microsoft.com and ITProTV to stay up to speed. Maybe one cool thing ITProTV can include in their video learning is a tag reflecting what is new and recently added to an existing course for the course content addition/latest release. This way we're potentially spending less time re-skimming through course content finding the right material related to those changes?

@Jeremy-Mignolet ,

Microsoft is focusing the exam objectives on the latest technologies. With the move to desktop as a service, there are different solutions for managing user data (FSLogix for example). Also, as you pointed out, many organizations take advantage of OneDrive and Microsoft 365, and rely less and less on locally stored data.

That doesn't mean things like USMT are unimportant, it just depends on the environment you are in.

I autorespond to me!

I see in the first video of both course and the date in the right corner was 2021 in the "Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)".

Thanks a lot

Davide

In the Course: Hands-on with Windows Server 2019 course, have a look at the video Installing Domain Services under the Identity Services Section.

If you need a longer video, check the Course: MCSA Windows Server 2016 - 70-740, there is a long video there.

@Ronnie-Wong Thanks, I think it may have been a CDN issue. After waiting a few days, everything played without any issues.

@Stacy-Hollins ,

You're welcome!

You can add the Get-Unique cmdlet to your script to filter out duplicates. It would look something like this:

Get-PrintJob -PrinterName "HP940571 (HP ENVY Photo 7100 series)" | Sort-Object | Select DocumentName | Get-Unique -AsString > UniquePrintJobs.txt

For this cmdlet to work, the results must be sorted first.

There is also a -unique parameter you can use with Sort-Object. It would look like this:

Get-PrintJob -PrinterName "HP940571 (HP ENVY Photo 7100 series)" | Sort-Object -Property DocumentName -Unique | select DocumentName > UniquePrintJobs2.txt

Results are the same, as far as I can tell. There might be a performance difference if you were working with very large data sets.

As for adding a dialog box, that would be tricky. You would need to somehow run your script every time the user clicked print in an application, or maybe anytime a new job was added to the print queue. This would mean somehow creating a listener on the print queue, or modifying the applications. Not sure, I'd have to think about that one some more.

Hope this helps,

@Nolan-Johnson ,

Sorry I missed your question!

Did you get the sign-in issue resolved?

@Andrew-James,

Try Course: MCSA Windows Server 2016 - 70-742

I moved the topic for better visibility and categorization.

@Miguel-Saillart ,

Congrats on passing the AZ-900 exam!! Great job!!

Hope to get to MD-100 soon. The reason it has been pushed back it the changes weren't as significant as the other courses. Even the changes coming in August aren't major. They added a topic in the security domain. The rest seem to be minor, several are just clarifying what the objective is, or a name change.

Enjoy your summer!

@Ali-Manzoor,

try this one https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/module/exchange/get-mailboxstatistics?view=exchange-ps

I just used the MS-900 Course from ITPro.TV and bought some practice exams on Udemy as I don't like the questions that ITPro's test partner provides.

@Nelson-Charette

Congrats on passing the AZ-900!!

Make sure to request AZ-900 using the ITProTV bot! The more votes, the more likely we can get it on the production list!

Ok, will do.
Many thanks Ronnie

@Daniel-Loyer,

So Microsoft will not be selling any more of these exam vouchers after the posted date of 30 June 2021. They are good for a year -- 30 June 2022.

It is not a waste of money for anyone if you're planning on taking the MTA exams before their expiration date.

Microsoft, I believe is wanting to retire these exams and announcing that desire but at the same time still wanting to gain capital from that. So they post a cutoff date on purchasing exam vouchers for it (creating an urgency). Then, they tell you there is a grace period of one year to take the exam. This candidates the impression that the cutoff date is the same as the last date the exams are valid.

What you see here is the forum is a recognition, that the MTA itself is going away. For many, a valid question is "Why is this a certification that I would spend time and effort in completing?" So here is my take...

The validity here is understanding that purpose of an MTA is to help you prepare for a job interview in a specific field. It is not necessarily validating any one skillset. For example, the Networking Fundamentals show, doesn't show you how to configure anything, it is an introduction to what these networking concepts are and what these devices do and where you find them. To help you learn terminology. All of these I just mentioned are great when preparing for a job interview is an entry level Networking Technician. It is also valuable in preparation for an associate level certification too in the fact that the concepts will not be completely foreign to you.

Others may choose to chime in here as well.

Hi Brian.

The first rumblings I've heard is that the hardware requirements may not allow older machines to upgrade. In 2007 I paid $300 for a desktop that is currently running Windows 10 and runs it fine. I like the idea of not having to buy a new machine.

@Mike-Rodrick Do you know if I can test this powershell command to change the failover cluster domain in any of the virtual labs available?

Azure MFA works fine for O365 and Azure-based MFA validation, Azure MFA does work for VPN's if you deploy a NPS Server with a Azure NPS Extension deployed.

As for internal MFA, a cheap solution, especially if you have less than 10 administrators, is to use Duo. Duo Free allows for 10 user, and can be install on on-premise servers. The 1st Tier of Duo is only $3 a user, and allows for grouping, and a Application gateway to be used for more advanced MFA solutions.

As of right now Azure MFA doesn't support on-premise internal MFA validation, I know it sucks and was shocked by this too, hopefully someday!

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/authentication/tutorial-enable-azure-mfa