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Passed Friday 17th April

nielpeelnielpeel Member Posts: 77 ■■□□□□□□□□
in Planning Network Infra 70-293
I passed this exam today, it was tough but easier than I thought it would be!

I got 50 questions (bummer), which included 5 sims that were all pretty simple. There were about five or six drag and drop questions too, and a couple of property-sheet type questions.

NLB/Server clusters didn't seem to feature as highly as I was expecting, but PKI was in there, especially on the SIMs.

My advice for those soon to take this exam: alongside the obvious NLB/clustering/PKI material, make sure you are familiar with the Group Policy Management Console, revise hard on IPSec/security templates.

Also, RRAS and DNS featured more highly than I was expecting, so make sure you brush up on those subjects too.
"It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice".

WIP: 70-284

Then: no more 2003 stuff, Win7 here we come!
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    nielpeelnielpeel Member Posts: 77 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I forgot to say, I used the MS-Press book (not very good), Syngress (much better), CBT Nuggets, but probably most of all Technet articles, to prepare for this exam.

    And to celebrate I'm having a few Steall Artois and Carlsberg lagers to celebrate.

    70-294 next - see you there!
    "It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice".

    WIP: 70-284

    Then: no more 2003 stuff, Win7 here we come!
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    dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Nice job icon_thumright.gif

    Good luck with 294!
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    SlowhandSlowhand Mod Posts: 5,161 Mod
    Very cool, congratulations on the pass! :D
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    genXrcistgenXrcist Member Posts: 531
    Congrats on the PASS!!!
    1) CCNP Goal: by August 2012
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    msnelgrovemsnelgrove Member Posts: 167
    Congrats on the pass!
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    NetAdmin2436NetAdmin2436 Member Posts: 1,076
    Congrats!
    WIP: CCENT/CCNA (.....probably)
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    motogpmanmotogpman Member Posts: 412
    Congrats on the pass! On to 294 then?
    -WIP- (70-294 and 297)

    Once MCSE 2k3 completed:

    WGU: BS in IT, Design/Management

    Finish MCITP:EA, CCNA, PMP by end of 2012

    After that, take a much needed vacation!!!!!
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    nielpeelnielpeel Member Posts: 77 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Yes, 294 is next for me; I managed to get the MSPress book off of Ebay for £13, and although I was temporarily distracted by the lure of other vendor certs like Cisco, I really want to keep up the momentum with the Microsoft certs, through to MCSE hopefully icon_smile.gif
    "It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice".

    WIP: 70-284

    Then: no more 2003 stuff, Win7 here we come!
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    manny355manny355 Member Posts: 134
    congrats on the pass, I hope to be taking this one very shortly.
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    motogpmanmotogpman Member Posts: 412
    How did you feel towards the MS book. I have it on disc, but in particular, how do you think the labs helped? I am using the testout, CBT nuggets, and internet info as well. I want to learn it, apply it, and not just pass it, if that makes sense.
    -WIP- (70-294 and 297)

    Once MCSE 2k3 completed:

    WGU: BS in IT, Design/Management

    Finish MCITP:EA, CCNA, PMP by end of 2012

    After that, take a much needed vacation!!!!!
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    nielpeelnielpeel Member Posts: 77 ■■□□□□□□□□
    To motogpman :-

    Honestly I felt that I had wasted my time going through the 70-293 MS Press book - although I had heard that it was poor for this particular exam, I went ahead and read through it, but realised when preparing for the exam with practice questions, labs etc. that it had left some gaping holes in the knowledge required to pass this exam.

    Therefore I would advise using the Syngress book for this exam, particularly the chapters on PKI and Clustering. If you have already taken and passed 70-291, then your knowledge of DNS, DHCP, security templates and IPSec should be enough to see you through in those areas.

    I also found Microsoft Technet to be an invaluable resource for 70-293.

    The MS Press book labs were OK, but again you would need to put in a lot of practice of your own exploring the depths of PKI and Clustering before you are ready for the exam. From my experience, the exam sims (I had 5) focus on PKI and GPOs/IPSec more than anything else. Make sure you are familiar with the Group Policy management Console (gpmc.msc - download it from Microsoft)!

    Best of luck for your exam.
    "It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice".

    WIP: 70-284

    Then: no more 2003 stuff, Win7 here we come!
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    whatthehellwhatthehell Member Posts: 920
    Congratz! icon_cheers.gif

    Wow technet was a good resource too? Cool! Glad I have a subscription --- any links to particular site sections that were good knowledge?
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