R
Revett
Has anybody else taken the certification exam? I did and I was a little
surprised that it is directed almost entirely at deploying and managing
Groove in a large enterprise environment. Of 65 questions, only about 15
were about the Groove client; the rest were all to do with Server Manager,
Relay, and Data Bridge, and their integration into and communication with
existing infrastructure. Nothing wrong with that, but Microsoft really ought
to make sure that it is clear that the certification is not for one's
knowledge of Groove per se, but rather for one's ability to roll it out and
manage it if you work for Exxon. Nothing in the exam at all about Enterprise
Services, which most small and mid-size organizations will use if they don't
run completely unmanaged, and virtually nothing about Groove Forms, which I
think is the most powerful part of the product. I hope Microsoft sees fit to
develop two exams, one for big-IT-department network gurus (which is what
most of the current exam is) and another for "Groove experts" who can make
the client product hum. I suspect that many of the people who are currently
regarded as true Groove experts on this and other forums would actually fail
the current exam. I'm sure I did, although I won't find out for a few weeks.
If you are planning on taking the exam, make sure you study up on all the
material at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb267352.aspx, the
Groove Server homepage.
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surprised that it is directed almost entirely at deploying and managing
Groove in a large enterprise environment. Of 65 questions, only about 15
were about the Groove client; the rest were all to do with Server Manager,
Relay, and Data Bridge, and their integration into and communication with
existing infrastructure. Nothing wrong with that, but Microsoft really ought
to make sure that it is clear that the certification is not for one's
knowledge of Groove per se, but rather for one's ability to roll it out and
manage it if you work for Exxon. Nothing in the exam at all about Enterprise
Services, which most small and mid-size organizations will use if they don't
run completely unmanaged, and virtually nothing about Groove Forms, which I
think is the most powerful part of the product. I hope Microsoft sees fit to
develop two exams, one for big-IT-department network gurus (which is what
most of the current exam is) and another for "Groove experts" who can make
the client product hum. I suspect that many of the people who are currently
regarded as true Groove experts on this and other forums would actually fail
the current exam. I'm sure I did, although I won't find out for a few weeks.
If you are planning on taking the exam, make sure you study up on all the
material at http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb267352.aspx, the
Groove Server homepage.
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