Scheduled 70-410 May 25th

cruwl

Scheduled the 70-410 exam for Monday May 25th. I picked up an exam voucher off ebay for $110. If I don't pass I should still be able to take advantage of the 2nd shot and take my 2nd attempt by June 25th.

I feel a lot like this exam is just a refresher from the 2008 R2 exam. I'm hoping it wont be to difficult.

Resources I am using:

Videos:
Cybrary.it MCSA 70-410 R2
CBT Nuggets 70-410 R2

Books:
MS Press Training Guide (I really like the step by step lab practice)
Cert Guide MCSA 70-410 R2
Mastering Server 2012 R2

Books I highly discourage anyone from using: MS Press Exam Ref 70-410 R2


Labs: I essentially run 2 labs. the first is following along with the training guide. the 2nd lab is my own designed lab from memory.

c0mptia

Good luck.

bohack

Best of luck and let us know how you do

pjd007

Good luck but I wouldn't call 410 a refresher of Win 2008, the exam is no joke.

Louie1277

you're telling me. This will be my third time trying to pass this dammm exam. I get so nervous when taking the exam i start to blank out.. ugh...

Feels like i'm not learning even tho i study... Well good luck on the exam.

by the way what book is that you have a url for it?

MS Press Training Guide (I really like the step by step lab practice)

cruwl

Amazon.com: Training Guide Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 (MCSA) (Microsoft Press Training Guide) (9780735684331): Mitch Tulloch: Books


One thing i have noticed is it doesnt not go into detail, and really only covers the newer features. So if you are new to say DNS and DHCP you will probably want a different book to make sure you get all the basic stuff down.

cruwl

Because Monday is the holiday, I rescheduled my exam for today.

scored a 662.

I'm happy with my score. I know I could have/should have passed Had I really hit the book the last week or so. I was week in the areas I really didn't study much in which included Print/Document services, and File and Share servers and IPv6. all of my addressing questions were IPv6 and I have always been week in this area. I just don't like IPv6 and just can't get a good hold on it.

I've already rescheduled my free 2nd shot for June 19th, and will be studying the above info pretty hard as well and Hyper-v, I did well in the hyper-v section but still feel week in it.