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About Vera Noest


My name is Vera Noest, I am a Dutch women of 55 years old, who lives in Sweden.
I am a physical geographer, nearly turned into an ecologist, turned into a computer system manager.

Presently, I work as system manager at the County Counsil of Uppland. In my spare time, I'm an enthusiastic bird watcher.

I am a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (on Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003), a Citrix Certified Enterprise Administrator and an IBM Certified Storage Administrator.
I have received the Microsoft MVP on Terminal Services award each year from 2003 - 2009.

Exams and courses

October 2011 Microsoft Workshop PLUS: System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2: Advanced
December 2009 Course: Updating your skils from Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
October 2009 Exam 000-431: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager V5.5 Administration
November 2007 Exam 70-296: Implementing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSE Certified on Windows 2000
October 2007 Course TM52ASE: Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4 Implementation and Administration Part Two
September 2007 Course TM50AS: Tivoli Storage Manager Implementation
August 2007 Exam 70-292: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000
November 2006 Microsoft Workshop PLUS: Windows Server 2003: Clustering Essentials
November 2005 Course 2288: Using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005
June 2005 Course 2208: Updating Support Skills from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Windows Server 2003
May 2005 Course 2830: Designing Security for Microsoft Networks
March 2005 Course 2279: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
February 2005 Course 2433: Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition and Microsoft Windows Script Host Essentials
December 2004 Exam 70-228: Installing, Configuring and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
April 2004 Course 2087: Implementing Microsoft Windows 2003 Clustering
October 2003 Course: Implementing Dell Enterprise Storage Solutions
March 2003 Course 2072: Database Administration for Microsoft SQL Server 2000
December 2002 Exam 1Y0-910: Citrix Resource Management Services
September 2002 Exam 1Y0-930: Citrix Security and SecureICA
August 2002 Exam 1Y0-920: Citrix Installation Management Services
August 2002 Exam 1Y0-940: Citrix Load Balancing and Program Neighborhood
December 2001 Exam 70-240: Microsoft Windows 2000 Accelerated Exam
July 2001 Exam 70-222: Migrating from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000
July 2001 Exam 1Y0-218: Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 Administration
June 2001 Course: Citrix MetaFrame 1.8 Administration
April 2001 Exam 70-244 (beta): Supporting and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Network
February 2001 Course: DICOM 3.0 (Digital Imaging and Communications in Medicine)
November 2000 Exam 70-219: Designing Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure
January 2000 Exam 70-88: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0
December 1999 Exam 70-59: Internetworking with Microsoft TCP/IP on Windows NT 4.0
April 1999 Exam 70-73: Windows NT 4.0 Workstation
December 1998 Exam 70-68: Windows NT 4.0 Server in the Enterprise
February 1998 Exam 70-58: Networking Essentials
October 1997 Exam 70-67: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server
December 1996 Filosofie Licentiat Examen (M. Sc.) in Ecological Botany. Uppsala University.
Subject: Prediction of phreatic level and plant species occurrence in dune slacks
December 1995 Course: Silicon Graphics - Unix System Administration
April 1991 Exam: Swedish for immigrants (Högskolans rikstest i svenska)
January 1988 B. Sc. (Fil. kand.) in Physical Geography (cum laude). Amsterdam University.

Curriculum vitae

June 1955 Born i Haarlem, the Netherlands
1973 - 1978 School for Physiotherapy
1978 - 1982 Fulltime job as physiotherapist in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
1982 - 1988 studied Physical Geography at Amsterdam University
Summer 1988 moved to Uppsala, Sweden
1988 - 1995 Ph. D. studies at the Dept. of Ecological Botany, Uppsala University
1990 - 1995 Parttime job as system manager at the Dept. of Ecological Botany, Uppsala University
1994 - 1995 Managing Editor for the Journal of Coastal Vegetation
Oct. 1995 - Jan. 1999 Fulltime job as system manager at Biology Education Center, Uppsala University
Jan. 1999 - today Fulltime job as system manager at the County Counsil of Uppland, Sweden

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