Second shot on monday..

docspawn

Hi All 293er's
Taking second shot after the first try dam near broke my brain, this time i've worked a bit more on the Cluster/NLB as caught me out the last time. Also this time i'm NOT going to go into exam with match sticks holding open eyes, must of study'd near a 100 hrs in the final week and NOT recommended. Bring it on..... (Eeeek !)
D.S.

nielpeel

Good luck for the exam, I'll bet that you will nail it this time - my 293 exam is in three weeks time and from the Transcenders I've been doing it seems that you need to know your stuff on PKI and clustering. Most of the other questions seem relatively straight forward if you've done 291; would you agree with this from your previous 293 experience?

Big Jizay

Good luck with the 293 on Monday. I started studying for this test 2 weeks ago, and PKI has been kicking my butt. I'm starting to wonder if this test is harder than 291. Doc, I think you'll pass this time. Study hard but not too hard

docspawn

Thanks for support guys, I found this harder than the 291 but there
is not as much to cover as the 291. PKI is hard to get your head around at first but when it 'clicks' it anit to bad. You need to know a fair bit about GPO's and DONT forget about clustering/NLB (like i havent already said !).Oh and I thought the Sim's were tricky but mainly in working out what the question wants.
I'll let you guys know how it goes on Monday but for now i better get finger out.
Cheers
D.S.
ps. I wasnt to happy with the Transcenders tests for 293 but maybe this is a bit unfair as such hard topic to test for.

docspawn

Hi All
Well i got a pass this morning to give me MCSA, what a struggle to study nites and weekends get this far. Anyway i'm sure you want to know about the exam and not personal life....
I didnt find it to hard the second time, it was more or less the same exam i sat a few weeks ago. I did take notes after the last 'fail' and
worked on what i remembered, which seemed to pay off. Also went for a walk before the exam and didnt study till last second !
Group policys, Certs, NLB, DNS, clustering and of course security. Got 50 questions and 5 sims that werent to hard when you understand what they want. Over all difficulty possibly on a par with beast (291) but know your stuff and it aint to bad (you can tell who just passed !!).
Good luck to people going to try, get in there.
Doc

Big Jizay - have you seen Nuggets video ? What you need for PKI is there.

Nielpeel - dont forget NLB, yes 291 will help BIG time.

Big Jizay

Hey Doc Congratulations!!!

I wish that I could use Nuggets right now, but unfortunately right now I can't afford it. After reading the MS Press again, again, and again , I've received a better understanding about PKI. If you have any more advice but PKI, I'd appreciate it

NetAdmin2436

Hey Congrats!

nielpeel

Well done, Doc, really pleased for you.

Now you can catch up on your sleep!