70-290 passed today

Don 79 TA

I can't believe i passed it today
there were two simm question for the life of me i could not figure out
i was freaking out

at least i made it
i have:
290, 70-620, 70-622, A+, Security+, CWSP, CCNA behind me now

i think i only have 291 left to complete MCSA status

i can't wait

Sie

Congratulations!

Dont under-estimate the 291, I remember after completing the 290 I opened the 291 book and thought, what the?

Its not really difficult in my opinion its just ALOT to take in, make sure you put the time aside to study!

Best of luck

Nishesh.Prasad

congratulations m8 !

7255carl

congrats, good luck with 291

Don 79 TA

yeah... i started reading the 291..... OMG
i know... one page at a time and keep at it

good thing i have subnetting behind me that i understand, and some work in the past of setting up DHCP
hope it helps (although been a real long time since i did that work)

snadam

Don 79 TA wrote:

I can't believe i passed it today
there were two simm question for the life of me i could not figure out
i was freaking out

at least i made it
i have:
290, 70-620, 70-622, A+, Security+, CWSP, CCNA behind me now

i think i only have 291 left to complete MCSA status

i can't wait

congrats! find any particular material helpful?

and yes, look out for 291. As long as you study well and understand the concepts, you should be fine. Necessary knowledge, but not even all of it:

-DHCP
-DNS
-RRAS
-IPSEC (General)
-WSUS
-Subnetting

Don 79 TA

i'm ok with dns
very confident with wsus and subnetting
ok knowledge on VPN related stuff
i can pick up the DHCP stuff quickly too
i am using the exam cram books for MCSA
i still can't believe i have one exam left
why i waited so long for MS stuff, i have no idea

for wireless material i used tom carpenters books
for everything else, i prefer Sybex, Google, and Wikipedia
i have skimmed through some MS books, but don't care for them, i just can't follow them to well
also have 10+ years of experience and first hand use of alot of this stuff has made it somewhat easier for me to comprehend

snadam

Don 79 TA wrote:

i'm ok with dns
very confident with wsus and subnetting
ok knowledge on VPN related stuff
i can pick up the DHCP stuff quickly too
i am using the exam cram books for MCSA
i still can't believe i have one exam left
why i waited so long for MS stuff, i have no idea

for wireless material i used tom carpenters books
for everything else, i prefer Sybex, Google, and Wikipedia
i have skimmed through some MS books, but don't care for them, i just can't follow them to well
also have 10+ years of experience and first hand use of alot of this stuff has made it somewhat easier for me to comprehend

I think it goes without saying that having an extremely good understanding of DNS is required for passing this guy. DHCP wasnt too bad, I found that labbing it up was the best thing to do. RRAS will throw you for a loop if you dont understand it either (and there is ALOT to understand). Mostly because nobody really implements this MS technology in the real world.

I also hated the MS Press books at first, but then I got used to them, and they are very helpful.

leefdaddy

congrats on the pass.