{"id":75,"date":"2014-03-21T15:05:52","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T14:05:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vosseburcht.com\/?p=75"},"modified":"2014-03-21T15:05:52","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T14:05:52","slug":"preparing-for-70-496-administering-visual-studio-team-foundation-server-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vosseburchttechblog.azurewebsites.net\/index.php\/2014\/03\/21\/preparing-for-70-496-administering-visual-studio-team-foundation-server-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing for 70-496: Administering Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am finally trying to make some time to study for and pass this exam. I thought I’d write down my progress and study plan in case other people find it interesting. First of all you should head to the Microsoft site for this exam:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/learning\/en-us\/exam-70-496.aspx<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Since I am a self-paced training kinda guy I’ll start with the Jump Start course (which is free). I already know quiet a lot about TFS so this probably won’t be much of a challenge. I also don’t think it will be enough to pass the exam.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com\/training-courses\/administering-visual-studio-tfs-2012-exam-496-jump-start<\/a><\/p>\n

After this I am going to go through the measures skills categories one at\u00a0a time. I could download Brian Keller’s excellent TFS VM’s (http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/briankel\/archive\/2013\/08\/02\/visual-studio-2013-application-lifecycle-management-virtual-machine-and-hands-on-labs-demo-scripts.aspx<\/a>), but since the first category of measures skills is “Installation and Configuration” I think I’ll create a VM myself.<\/p>\n

More on that later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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