WOOOOO HOOOOO....One to go

wylie24

Well Just the other day, I sat in the little room and stared at the computer screen.. 1 hour later, I had emerged victorious from 70-215...... Now just to write 70-218 and I will have my MCSA..... I feel pumped....

Webmaster

Congrats!

janmike

Congratulations!

Best of luck on 70-218.

alexander_r

Best of luck to you on your future exams! what did you study?

wylie24

For study material, I used the Mike Myers 70-215 Passport book and I also used the Microsoft MCSE self pased books, Server ON SITE and 70-215 Exam Crams. For tesing, I used the test engine from Exam Cram and the test engines on both this site and mcmcse.com. I really crammed for it and it paid off. I found the test to be easy because I was prepaired and ready for the material.

Of all the books that I did read, I found that the Mike Myers one was one of the best becasue it is no nonsence writing and not overly dry. The humor that is put in the book is just enough to keep you from falling asleep. As well the quizes in it help you with the Microsoft exams becasue we all know that they like to try and confuse you with their questions and available answers.

Hope this helped you out if you are looking at writing. Just keep this in mind, most people say that it is a killer but it is not all that hard.

dcyphr80

I'm confused wylie24. ON the left where you list your certifications it state that you have MCSA, yet you need 218 to get it?

mikiemov

Well done, i cant see 70-218 posing any significant problems for you.

wylie24

well as you can see from my certifications list, I have passed 218 to achieve my MCSA!!!!!! I found it to be pretty easy (compaired to the other ones). Now I am working on my Security+ course. I am hoping to have my MCSA:security within the year. Then on to MCSE:security and messaging. Not to mention MCDBA :P

dcyphr80

Forgive me I'm a newbie when it comes to mixing and matching microsoft certs to get certain results. So lemme see if i got this right - I'm assuming that you are using a+ and Net+ for the electives for the MCSA. After you take Security+ You can swap them out for MCSA: Security?

Ricka182

dcyphr80 wrote:

Forgive me I'm a newbie when it comes to mixing and matching microsoft certs to get certain results. So lemme see if i got this right - I'm assuming that you are using a+ and Net+ for the electives for the MCSA. After you take Security+ You can swap them out for MCSA: Security?

That's all he needs. Security+ counts as an elective for both MCSA, and MCSA:Security.

See this page for details, check footnote #5 at the bottom.

wylie24

Forgive me I'm a newbie when it comes to mixing and matching microsoft certs to get certain results. So lemme see if i got this right - I'm assuming that you are using a+ and Net+ for the electives for the MCSA. After you take Security+ You can swap them out for MCSA: Security?

In order to get the MCSA:security, you have to do either the microsoft exam 70-227 or Security+ along with 70-214. Then you have your security specialization. As for the MCSE:security, it is the same but you need to also add 70-220 as well. That is the good thing with the CompTIA certs, they count towards other certs. lots of reading....Lots of reading....

Ricka182

wylie24 wrote:

In order to get the MCSA:security, you have to do either the microsoft exam 70-227 or Security+ along with 70-214. Then you have your security specialization.

Ooops, forgot about 214.

wylie24

Wish me luck....in 5 days I take on Sec+.......

swifty

congratulations!