Free Vouchers from Microsoft for 70-532 (beta), 70-533, 70-346 or 70-347

Itrimble

Microsoft is giving away 10,000 vouchers for the Office 365 program at Prometric Testing Centers Terms and Conditions for Microsoft Certification Vouchers:

• Offer good until December 31, 2014 for up to a total of 10,000 vouchers distributed worldwide.
• Eligible exams: A voucher may be redeemed to take one of the following MCP exams: 70-532 (beta), 70-533, 70-346 or 70-347. This offer does not include Microsoft Technology Associate exams.
• Offer ends on December 31, 2014 or while supplies last. Individuals must register for and take all exams prior to December 31, 2014.
• Vouchers may not be used for any other offering than the specified offer.
• Microsoft, Prometric and APTCs are not responsible for lost or stolen vouchers or voucher numbers.
• Vouchers may not be redeemed for cash, credit or refunds.
• Expired, stolen or lost vouchers will not be replaced.
• Vouchers may not be applied to exams that have already been taken.
• Vouchers are nontransferable and are void if altered or revised in any way.
• Any resale or distribution of vouchers is expressly prohibited.
• Taxes, if any, are the sole responsibility of the recipient.
• There is a rescheduling fee for individuals who reschedule or cancel their appointment to take an exam 15 or fewer days before the scheduled date.
• Individuals that cancel or reschedule their appointment to take an exam seventy-two hours or less from the scheduled time will forfeit their exam voucher (voucher cannot be used again).
• Individuals that fail to show up for their scheduled exam appointment will forfeit their exam voucher (voucher cannot be used again).
• Voucher expiration dates cannot be extended under any circumstances.
• To register for an exam, visit the Prometric website www.prometric.com. You must provide the Voucher code provided by Prometric when registering to take an exam.
• Exam 70-532 is a beta exam and all beta policies apply.
• Due to government gift and ethics laws, government employees (including military and employees of public education institutions) are not eligible to participate.

Piers

Thank you for your interest. This offer is now closed for further voucher requests. If you have already received a voucher, be sure to schedule and take your exam by December 31, 2014. Good luck!

This offer seems to be closed.

suitsonfire

Looks like this offer is back up and running for the moment. I was able to get 4 exam codes today. Grab them up.

https://vouchers.cloudapp.net/mcp/default.aspx

SweenMachine

It just worked for me. Hey Piers, if it doesn't work for you I have a code I can give you..

-scott

Justin-

Sweet, thanks for the share! I just got a couple of vouchers myself.

SweenMachine

Justin- wrote: »

Sweet, thanks for the share! I just got a couple of vouchers myself.

I've already taken the O365 70-346 this past week through work (before knowing about the freebies)

O365 is a good thing to learn up on; I am quite enjoying it!

-scott

suitsonfire

SweenMachine wrote: »

I've already taken the O365 70-346 this past week through work (before knowing about the freebies)

O365 is a good thing to learn up on; I am quite enjoying it!

-scott

Scott - I have been my company O365 admin for the past half year and am slated to take the 70-346 in a week. Any advice or resources you used to pass would be most helpful. Thanks!

thatguy67

Cool, I got some about a week ago (they "re-opened" the offer). Looks like they're doing it again...

Itrimble

For those taking the 70-346 and 70-347 exams, what study materials are you using?

Justin-

Yeah I can't find any books for those exams lol. Any tips?

thatguy67

Itrimble wrote: »

For those taking the 70-346 and 70-347 exams, what study materials are you using?

I am using MVA primarily (there are a bunch of courses with the category "Office 365") and PluralSight videos on Office 365. I am wondering what books are out right now. Currently for reading I am just reviewing TechNet.

tprice5

Awesome. How did you first hear about this? I generally keep my ear pretty close to the ground and this took me by surprise.

Appreciate the heads up. +1

OneEyeMike

This is awesome! Thanks for the heads up. It appears to have worked for me. Get them while you can!

Piers

I grabbed a couple, will see when I can fit them in

matai

Nabbed a couple of them, hoping to do 70-346 and 70-347 the same day since I'll have to drive almost 2 hours to take them.

Piers

I just realized, if it's prometric, then I'll have to drive a couple hours as well.. Think I'll pass.

SweenMachine

suitsonfire wrote: »

Scott - I have been my company O365 admin for the past half year and am slated to take the 70-346 in a week. Any advice or resources you used to pass would be most helpful. Thanks!

Howdy! -- I as well have been administering a fair amount of O 365 stuff over the past couple years.

I started first by doing the CBTNuggets Videos for the MOS 77-891 -- Just the second and third videos have any relevancy to this exam, and it isn't exact but it was a good start. I had working knowledge but I was just doing what I was trained at work, I didn't actually know really what I was doing. So those two videos are about 1 hour total. Easy.

I then did the MVA course for Managing Identities and Services: Office 365 Training Course | Microsoft Virtual Academy

This course is about 9 hours, and it has some fluff, but it covers most of the exam.

The exam itself wasn't entirely difficult. Fair amount of drag and droppers and powershell stuff. The powershell stuff is pretty easy to figure out as long as you have experience with syntax and whatnot. No lab stuff. Some of wrong answers are pretty easy to eliminate right off the bat.

Make sure you know:
The differences between all the plans of Office 365, the benefits of each ect.
The technology as it pertains to how which part runs on what ect ect
Understand how each administrator role is utilized.
Understand DirSync
Understand the differences between E1, E2, E3 and E4 plans
Understand how it works with Active Directory (either through Azure or On-Premesis)

I will say that I had a little leg up because I took the 74-325 a month ago and there was quite a bit of overlap between that exam and this one.

During the videos on MVA, search technet for the topics. There is literally an article about every single thing they talk about.

-scott

SweenMachine

I'd also like to add that Technet Virtual Labs has 16 workable labs that helps you train on Office 365 - They aren't exactly tied in with the exams but they are pretty solid, I forgot I did all those several times as well..

-scott

Itrimble

Thanks for the Info Scott. I plan to take the exams on Saturday.

RomBUS

Got an email from my monthly MCP newsletter about this the other day. I wasn't even remotely studying for these but I booked the 70-346 exam (since it's the only one I am kind of interested in) for the 27th. I will take a free exam any day!

Right now reading a lot of TechNet articles on O365 and the MVA O365 Identities and Services module (good info on these) for this exam.

SweenMachine

RomBUS wrote: »

Got an email from my monthly MCP newsletter about this the other day. I wasn't even remotely studying for these but I booked the 70-346 exam (since it's the only one I am kind of interested in) for the 27th. I will take a free exam any day!

Right now reading a lot of TechNet articles on O365 and the MVA O365 Identities and Services module (good info on these) for this exam.

That is exactly what I did -- It really wasn't an especially difficult exam, however the 347 appears to have less material...

As mentioned before, work made me take the 74-325 O365 compentency exam and that had a lot of bleed with the 346

-scott

-scott

thatguy67

Itrimble wrote: »

Thanks for the Info Scott. I plan to take the exams on Saturday.

Hey, I am curious to how you did Please update when possible

Itrimble

I passed both the 70-346 and the 70-347 this afternoon. The 70-347 was more difficult than the 70-346. At work we are a Microsoft Partner and we have lots of clients on Office 365, so this seemed like a no-brainer since it was free. I've got the 70-533 scheduled for next month.

I used the material from Scott in the forum. I also watched the MVA videos as well as did the virtual labs related to provisioning Office 365

SweenMachine

Since you work for a partner you should consider getting the 74-325 done. It is essentially an easier version of the 346, and you get a Microsoft Specialist for passing -- and it helps your works competencies

-scott

Blazepu

thatguy67 wrote: »

Hey, I am curious to how you did Please update when possible

Congratulations,How long you have been studying for the cert?We are also MS Partner and my boss is demanding that I pass both cert by the end of the month.

tprice5

Blazepu wrote: »

my boss is demanding that I pass both cert by the end of the month.

Why would a supervisor care one way or the other? Does it affect your company's Microsoft partner level?

Blazepu

tprice5 wrote: »

Why would a supervisor care one way or the other? Does it affect your company's Microsoft partner level?

I seriously don't (maybe show me off to prospect clients??). I'm coming from a Linux/Dev, OS X background moved to a different state, found a job in a MS/Linux Shop. My boss vision wants me to be the jack of all trades. I have been studying for 3 days, a minimum of 8 hours non stop. I watched all the MVA, PluralSight videos, I read most of the objectives in Technet and then converted them to a PDF. Used my droid tablet with a Text to Speech engine to read the book while I'm lounging. I created random notes in a Mind Mapping software and Anki. I feel I'm ready to A's the 70-346. I haven't take a look at 70-347 which I'm planning to take in 21st.

SweenMachine

tprice5 wrote: »

Why would a supervisor care one way or the other? Does it affect your company's Microsoft partner level?

I agree with Tprice - this O 365 isn't even included in any partner requirements... only the 74-325 is, and that is only for the small business partner requirement...

-scott

RomBUS

Itrimble wrote: »

I passed both the 70-346 and the 70-347 this afternoon. The 70-347 was more difficult than the 70-346. At work we are a Microsoft Partner and we have lots of clients on Office 365, so this seemed like a no-brainer since it was free. I've got the 70-533 scheduled for next month.

I used the material from Scott in the forum. I also watched the MVA videos as well as did the virtual labs related to provisioning Office 365

Wow awesome passed both tests on the same day! You must have a knack for Microsoft exams...they are never straightforward to me

mmcreavy

Anyone have any vouchers they will not be using that I can snag up?
Not sure if the vouchers are transferable or not... perhaps they are?

Thanks in advance!

Matt

Piers

Don't think they are transferable.. there are no more available? I fell bad, I grabbed a couple then couldn't get a prometric center within 200 km to test with so scrapped the idea