[Casper] Certification Course

[Jeff Johnson]

I think Tom's recommendations are good. The CCA course might be a tad
overwhelming if you take it before you have some time to play with the
Casper apps.

Jeff



"Thomas Larkin" <tlarki at kckps.org> on June 9, 2009 at 11:54 AM -0500 wrote:
> 
>
>JAMF 
>
>Send me to England I will train them!  Seriously, I will! 
>
>I had to laugh at Master Wudi, sounds like a Jedi or something... 
>
>Anyway, yes, it is very beneficial.  In fact, my 2 cents on the subject
>is try out Casper for at least 6 months if you can and get a feel for it.
> Then go to the CCA course knowing the basics and they will help you
>shape your advanced skills.  It is also good for the basics too, don't
>get me wrong.  I just think you would benefit from the CCA course more if
>you had about at least 6 months with the Casper Suite first.  That way
>they can polish your basics and then really help you out where you are
>lost, frustrated or confused on.   
>
>I took it after using it for a year because I work for a school system
>and getting out during the school year is tough, those of you that work
>in schools know that.  I can say that it most benefited me by taking what
>I already knew about the Casper suite and then taking it to the next
>level and then of course fixing my bad habits.  Which I did have a few
>bad habits. 
>
>-Tom
>
>>>> Criss Myers <cmyers at uclan.ac.uk> 06/09/09 11:10 AM >>>
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>If only I could take the course in England  
>
>Criss 
>
>On 9 Jun 2009, at 17:02, "Ernst, Craig S." <[ mailto:ERNSTCS at uwec.edu
>]ERNSTCS at uwec.edu> wrote:
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>I haven’t taken the CCA recently, I took it way back when with Nathaniel
>Lindley and John Wetter, but even then it was very helpful in
>establishing your understanding of enterprise based management for the
>Macs even if you had experience with the system. Making sure you
>understand scheduled tasks and policies. Making sure you understand the
>core concepts. I found it to be very helpful. It’s probably even more
>important now as the feature set grows within the suite so you have a
>focused opportunity to get your questions answered when you’re there.
>
>Craig Ernst
>Systems Management & Configuration
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>On 6/8/09 4:08 PM, "DuCharme, Cynthia (ESC)" <[
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>]DuCharmeC at District279.org[ mailto:DuCharmeC at District279.org
>]DuCharmeC at District279.org> wrote:
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>Has anyone taken the Certification Course for Casper?  What did you think
>of the Course?   Did you find it helpful your environment?
> 
>Thanks
> 
>Cynthia R. DuCharme
>Technical Support Specialist\Helpdesk Support
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