I took the exam last Thursday. That was my third try. I'm just glad it's now over.
I'm posting back to also clarify some confusion about the electives. I passed the exams in this order:
- 70-410 (March 2016)
- 74-409 (April 2016)
- 70-411 (July 2017)
So as of today, they are still honoring the exlectives. But you need to manually contact them. If you have not taken the last exam, whether the 74-409 or the 70-411, send them an inquiry about your situation:
https://goo.gl/wbEBQi (credits to
@crumbs11)
They would probably give you two or three months to pass the exam for them to give you the cert as others previously posted here.
Once you pass the exam, you also need to contact them using the same form, tell them that you passed all three exams and it's not automtically showing up on your certification planner. The change should reflect in 3-5 business days.
Other thoughts:
- 70-411 is a very challenging exam as it covers A LOT of topics
- Learn the material two or three levels deeper. Example: Learn how to accomplish the exam objectives via GUI, Powershell, and legacy command lines
- NPS, NAP, VPN
- Playing around now with Server 2016, I'm glad I started with Server 2012 as there are a lot of concepts that I would have a hard time with Server 2016 if I started with that. Especially with the addition of Docker containers, Nano server, etc.
Do you guys have suggestions on what certification should I pursue next? I was on Helpdesk for three years, one year as a Jr. Sysadmin, one year as a Software/DevOps Engineer.
Thank you!
