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AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam – How I passed!

AWS Solutions Architect Associate Exam – How I passed!

mwpreston January 9, 2020

I know, I know, somewhat of a click-baity title but honestly there are a lot of –...

Working with custom TypeNames in PowerShell

Working with custom TypeNames in PowerShell

mwpreston January 6, 2020

For the last few months or so I’ve been doing more and more work in regards to...

New Year – New Release – Rubrik Andes 5.1

New Year – New Release – Rubrik Andes 5.1

mwpreston January 3, 2020

For those that don’t know, recently Rubrik GA’d their 5.1 release of the core product Cloud Data...

Signed GitHub commits and VSCode

Signed GitHub commits and VSCode

mwpreston September 18, 2019

In today’s world, there is no doubt that software is key – and most a lot of...

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 6 – Loading the example HR Schema

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 6 – Loading the example HR Schema

mwpreston December 10, 2018

During Part 4 of this series when we created our first Oracle database we opted to load...

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 5 – Connecting to Oracle Databases with SQL Developer

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 5 – Connecting to Oracle Databases with SQL Developer

mwpreston December 7, 2018

Alright – we have Oracle set up and all configured, we blasted a container and a pluggable...

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 4 – Creating Databases

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 4 – Creating Databases

mwpreston December 6, 2018

Finally – we are getting to the home stretch here with this series. So far we’ve installed...

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 3 – Installing Oracle Database 12C Software

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 3 – Installing Oracle Database 12C Software

mwpreston December 5, 2018

Alright – by now we have installed Oracle Linux in Part 1 and prepped our installation with...

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 2 – Oracle Database Prerequisites

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 2 – Oracle Database Prerequisites

mwpreston December 4, 2018

Hopefully, by now you have a fully functional running VM with Oracle Linux on it – if...

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 1 – Oracle Linux Install

Setting up an Oracle 12c R2 Lab for the Administration Certified Associate Certification – Part 1 – Oracle Linux Install

mwpreston December 3, 2018

Wait what? Oracle? Yeah, I’m shifting focus over the next couple of months to try and learn...