Passed! 842

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A lower score than I think I could have gotten, but I didn't study too hard for this one. Just used the one Transcender I had, which was about 35% helpful.

It was harder than I expected it to be. Although oddly, I expected it to be harder than I expected to be, but it still threw me for a loop in the first 10 questions. Half of that is probably jitters though. By question 20 I am usually pretty focused. Thank god for the ability to go back and the review screen. The questions were pretty even tho, I didn't receive more of one type than another which is MUCH unlike when I took 70-290, which was 33% on backups.

There were some moderately difficult questions about Web site administration, troubleshooting ICS that uses a VPN and hands-on use of Security Config and Analysis/Templates. Stuff that certainly wasn't on my prep software. LOL, sometimes I forget you can do so much with XP. There were a few questions that were very similar to the ones I saw when testing for my MCDST. The two exams probably share a few questions.

I think one difficult aspect of taking the 70-270 is the balance of questions that require a "domain" focused answer or a "local" focused answer. Sometimes you are presented with two completely valid answers. If you are taking 70-290 or above the answer is ALWAYS a domain-focused answer. However the 270 has some questions that require a local answer and others that require a domain answer.


70-291 left to go for my MCSA then I can finally relax a little before MCSE preparation. At least I got the design exam out of the way already!

NetAdmin2436

Congrats!

Yeah, i was pretty amazed how much I didn't know about windows XP when studying for it. The test can definitely catch people off guard who take it lightly. Good luck with you 291. It's a lot tougher and deals a lot with DNS, DHCP, WSUS, RRAS and Subnetting.