MCSA: Server 2016 Difficulty
jpanda206
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Hey All,
New to the board.
Cert History: MCSA 2003, MCTS: Exchange 2010, A+, Security+
I passed the 70-740 a couple months ago, and it was pretty difficult, i got like a 720 where 700 was the threshold for passing. I am prepping for the 70-741 and just wondering for the guys who passed them all, which of the three exams are the most difficult ranked?
New to the board.
Cert History: MCSA 2003, MCTS: Exchange 2010, A+, Security+
I passed the 70-740 a couple months ago, and it was pretty difficult, i got like a 720 where 700 was the threshold for passing. I am prepping for the 70-741 and just wondering for the guys who passed them all, which of the three exams are the most difficult ranked?
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741
742
740
740 is at the bottom ranked being the easiest.
My suggestions for 741, know your subnetting for the "easy" points. Know how to do things in different ways (Via powershell, Hyper-V Manager, GUI).
So onto 70-742 next?
Forgot to ask, what was the complexity of the subnetting questions? Im going through them at the moment and having problems working out something like finding the subnet of an given IP address.
Being able to do it manually instead of memorizing the table was actually easier for me.
https://medium.com/tech-jobs-academy/subnetting-without-a-calculator-735d4c88c2a8
Back to the books, retake hopefully in a month.
Hope this helps!
I don't expect to pass the first time but I wanted to give myself a deadline and try to stick to it.
So first attempt will be the beginning of June and the second attempt will be the end of June. I'll try to post an update after my first test.
MCSE | MCSA X3 | Security + | Network +
I wish I found edx when I started my server 2016 cert.
Hey guys I currently have the A+ and recently just got the CCENT. I wanted to get a Microsoft cert and I was wondering what the difficulty was like on the Windows Server exams. Also are the tests mostly multiple choice or are they simulations and stuff?
I just failed the 740 exam with a 620...
I've got 1,200 the Sybex MCSA study guide, and I've gone through it cover to cover three times (plus a fourth just for the first third, where it's specifically about 70-740). I was making 90% on the practice exams. The problem was that half of what was on the exam wasn't in the book. I'm pretty sure that the exam has changed since it was published. The book hardly mentioned Azure, and there were at least 10 questions on it. It also pretty much glossed over Docker, and that was another big portion. Over the last two weeks, I also took a lot of time building a full test lab and running through a 20 hour course on Udemy (not counting the labs/demos), and it covered a lot less than Sybex.
I'm thinking about re-taking tomorrow, since I was so close, but what's the point? I'm not going to learn all of the Docker or Azure commands in the next 24 hours. And to top it all off, they don't even send a transcript or report or anything so that I know what I missed and what I need to specifically touch up on.
Now that I've had my chance to vent... lol... I do have two serious questions:
1.) Does anyone know what the pass-rate is for first time test takers? (Google seems to know everything but that.)
2.) With Microsoft doing away with the MCSA, what are you all eyeing as your next cert?
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/mcsa-windows-server-2016-certification
The MSCA 2016 is being retired. Maybe give it until last day if you still want to take to cram all the extras.
What practice test did you use?
Also, 8570 has been replaced by 8140. You can get 8140 compliance via certifications, college education or other education/job evaluation.
I had a lot more faith in Sybex than I should have, but ultimately, I just wish I had a better understanding of what to expect. The book didn't cover Azure at all, and gave virtually no Docker commands. My company didn't use them, so I was, more or less, TOTALLY lost on those. I know that thats where things are going (and, really, are now), but that's why I was testing for 2016 instead of the new certs.
The last cert I got was a CNA, back in 2003 or so... This one was just as important to get me back into the 'testing game' as anything else, so it's still money and time well spent... But I've got to figure out a better way to know what I'm expecting.
I gave up on MCSA 2012 exactly for the same types of reason. I had experience going back to Server 2003 and I thought the exam was kinda crap. I got smashed by PowerShell commands and switches. Granted I should have been more prepared and I never really had access to practice tests and test building resources. I just had a book and my lab but came to the conclusion you really needed to be a "guru" and I was not.
Maybe work on some cloud certs or with tech your company uses. Depends where you want to go.