{"id":1666,"date":"2011-05-23T13:34:12","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T21:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bhargavs.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/23\/how-are-y%e2%80%99all\/"},"modified":"2011-05-23T13:34:12","modified_gmt":"2011-05-23T21:34:12","slug":"how-are-yall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bhargavs.com\/index.php\/2011\/05\/23\/how-are-yall\/","title":{"rendered":"How are y\u2019all?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yes it has been few very interestingly busy weeks. Unusual for amount of travel I have been doing. Being dedicated PFE, I am not required to travel this much. But since it\u2019s all for a good cause, I can\u2019t complain.<\/p>\n<p>It was an interesting trip because besides my customer, I went to train my fellow PFEs for a week. Delivering world class training, making them Rockstars in Exchange 2010. Now as you can imagine, every PFE hired is already well versed in Exchange 2010 and you&#160; may be wondering, what is this training going to do for them. 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If you haven\u2019t had a chance to look at it, go ahead and read the details as well as FAQ section. It is fairly detailed.<\/p>\n<p>Like that wasn\u2019t enough fun, I also presented a best practices drive-thru session on&#160; Exchange 2010 Autodiscover. It was well received. I\u2019m not saying that, the surveys are. I got 99% responses 8 or 9 out of 9 point scale. Now that\u2019s something to be very happy about. If you are interested, since it wasn\u2019t recorded, I am planning to create a recorded version of it sans the interactive fun and giveaways in coming days. I will publish it here so you can enjoy some autodiscover goodness and hopefully benefit from it. Stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>And to top off my trip, I finished my 70-665 exam satisfying the requirement for MCITP: Lync Server Administrator for Lync 2010. I am now one of those few who are part of elite charter club! If you don\u2019t know what a Charter Member is, read more here: <a title=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/learning\/en\/us\/certification\/cert-program-membership.aspx\" href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/learning\/en\/us\/certification\/cert-program-membership.aspx\">http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/learning\/en\/us\/certification\/cert-program-membership.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh and this one thing I can\u2019t forget\u2026 I learned the difference between \u201cY\u2019all\u201d and \u201cAll A\u2019all\u201d. If you don\u2019t know the difference either, read <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Y%27all\">this wiki article<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Were you looking for some technical stuff on my blog? Now you have a reason to look forward to tomorrow\u2019s post. 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