Passed today...

...with an 860. It was tough, no doubt, but I thought it was a fair exam overall. I felt like I was well prepared going into it this morning, but I was getting nervous about a third of the way through it because I got several questions in a row with vague wording that, in my opinion, left too much open to interpretation and I kept having the urge to second guess myself. After that though I started to settle down a bit and by the end, I was pretty confident that I'd passed it.

I have to give credit to these forums, you guys are great...I think alot of the good advice I've taken away from here made a big difference. For those about to take this exam, PLEASE (and I can't stress this enough) know your DNS inside and out! Lots of DNS...then RRAS, DHCP, & WSUS...in that order. I had 46 questions w/ 4 sims. In preparing for this exam I took the MOC and then used MeasureUp (mostly) and a little Transcender for the practice.

Think I'll take this week off and then I'll have my sights set on the 299 and the Sec+ to get the security specialization.

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doom969

Congratulations !

Congrats!

Good job!

Congrats!

congrats

Congrats - Nice Score!

Do you have a lot of real world experience with the topics? I've heard that the MOC courses alone are not sufficient for the info on this exam (and other MS exams)

Either way, good work!

elover_jm

Congrats

royal

Congrats!

taktsoi

congratulations.

You deserver it.

what is your next stop?

MCSE?

tweakingit

congrats Great score

dojo

Nice Score,

mrjawbones

JdotQ wrote:

Congrats - Nice Score!

Do you have a lot of real world experience with the topics? I've heard that the MOC courses alone are not sufficient for the info on this exam (and other MS exams)

Either way, good work!

I do have a good deal of experience with most of the topics...RRAS not so much, but DNS, DHCP, & WSUS quite a bit. I think you heard correctly about the MOC not being sufficient by itself to prepare you for the exam. In fact, the instructor I had for the MOC actually made that point on the first day. I'm sure it's not impossible to pass this exam without real world experience, but it is extremely helpful.