Re: Solaris Skills ==> Exchange, MS Server 2003 & Active Directory



"Richard B. Gilbert" <rgilbert88@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
Microsoft's support is not free. Patches are freely available but lots
of luck finding the right patch to fix your problem; if there IS a patch
to fix your problem. Microsoft's "Knowledge Base" is freely available
but lots of luck figuring out how construct a query that will match your
problem; if you don't know the proper terminology you're screwed.

Some patches are not free. You have to open a case to get the hotfix.
Either using your prepaid support contracts, or open a paid support incident.

Usually by the time I get that far, its easier just to wipe it and
reinstall from scratch to fix the problem.

MS's search engine sucks, but there's so many other good ones that
have indexed it, its not too much of an issue.

Back to the OP, admin'ing the two worlds are different, the
things you'd carry over are the fundementals. Ie. troubleshooting
skills and methodology. Searching the docs/KB for problems. Not how to
do a task a certain way, because there won't be much carry over that way.
Although people think it funny that I can navigate (and actually type)
in a command window and get lots of things done on windows servers
until they see how much faster it is to complete a task.

Definately do setup a complete lab setup to familurize yourself with
new changes rather than do it on production. VMWare/MS Virtual Server is
a great way to get this done.
.



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