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anyone register for the beta 71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Techn

gandalphgandalph Member Posts: 33 ■■□□□□□□□□
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has anyone registered for the beta 71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician

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    littlehoopslittlehoops Member Posts: 46 ■■■□□□□□□□
    yes i have
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    mrmcmintmrmcmint Member Posts: 492 ■■■□□□□□□□
    yup - booked on both on same day.
    Problem is i have 291 booked 2 weeks before that... hmmmmmmmm icon_study.gif
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    aaronchristensonaaronchristenson Member Posts: 261 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I have scheduled to take it as well. For now it is on Oct 3. I hope to move it to Oct 12 in a week or so. Prometric would not let me schedule out that far yet.
    Aaron
    MCSE Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, MCSA Windows Server 2012, MCSA SQL Server 2012/2014, MCSA Windows 10, MCITP Server Admin, Security+, Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center Specialist
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    PiersPiers Member Posts: 454 ■■■□□□□□□□
    after prometric problems Tuesday, and maximum vouchers reached yesterday, I plugged in today for some reason and now I'm booked for the 14th :)
    :study: Office 365 70-347 / 698 later
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    jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    im scheduled. have to rush my 647 studing now
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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    Megadeth4168Megadeth4168 Member Posts: 2,157
    I have registered to take both exams next week.
    www.lukeacha.com
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    mrmcmintmrmcmint Member Posts: 492 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Megadeth4168 wrote: »
    I have registered to take both exams next week.

    Next week? Best of luck to you! icon_cool.gif

    Let us know how you get on!
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    tdeantdean Member Posts: 520
    gandalph wrote: »
    has anyone registered for the beta 71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician

    Beta Exam Announcements
    is it free?

    i never took a beta test....
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    t3ch_gurut3ch_guru Member Posts: 166
    Tried to register on the phone, but it has exceeded. icon_cry.gif
    Knowledge is Power.
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    Hyper-MeHyper-Me Banned Posts: 2,059
    686 here. See my other thread for some study materials.
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    qwertyiopqwertyiop Member Posts: 725 ■■■□□□□□□□
    gandalph wrote: »
    has anyone registered for the beta 71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician

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    You might want to change the title since 71-686 is actually the exam for the windows 7 desktop administrator, 71-685 is the windows 7 desktop support tech
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    t3ch_gurut3ch_guru Member Posts: 166
    Piers wrote: »
    after prometric problems Tuesday, and maximum vouchers reached yesterday, I plugged in today for some reason and now I'm booked for the 14th :)

    You think it is a possibility it might be available again?
    Knowledge is Power.
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    NinjaBoyNinjaBoy Member Posts: 968
    Yep, I'm registered :)

    -Ken
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    t3ch_gurut3ch_guru Member Posts: 166
    You just now registered?
    Knowledge is Power.
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    tbgree00tbgree00 Member Posts: 553 ■■■■□□□□□□
    I registered for it and it's scheduled for the 9th. I hope to give myself a little more time. I just started studying for the 621 so I have the All in One book for that. It seems semi relevant. I started creating a study guide and plan to make a deployment image with the new WAIK. Otherwise I am a little lost for what to study. There is a ton of stuff in the awesome resources thread though!
    I finally started that blog - www.thomgreene.com
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    tomkentomken Member Posts: 63 ■■□□□□□□□□
    I signed up Tuesday and have it scheduled for Oct 15th!!!! Thanks for the study material links Hyper-Me!!!!!!
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    gandalphgandalph Member Posts: 33 ■■□□□□□□□□
    qwertyiop wrote: »
    You might want to change the title since 71-686 is actually the exam for the windows 7 desktop administrator, 71-685 is the windows 7 desktop support tech

    I just cut and psted from the beta website blog

    71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician counts as credit towards the following certification(s).

    · MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator, Windows 7
    obesa cantavit

    certs: MCITP (7 and Vista),MCTS,MCSE,MCSA,MCDST,CCAI,A+,Network+,Server+
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    gandalphgandalph Member Posts: 33 ■■□□□□□□□□
    tdean wrote: »
    is it free?

    i never took a beta test....

    yes they are free however you dont get your result straight away. If you have a look at the link in the first post that blog lets you know about any that are available but you need to be quick as the slots are filled pretty quickly.
    obesa cantavit

    certs: MCITP (7 and Vista),MCTS,MCSE,MCSA,MCDST,CCAI,A+,Network+,Server+
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    jamesp1983jamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□
    have any of you checked out the windows 7 unleashed textbook?
    "Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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    BrandonMillsBrandonMills Member Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□
    gandalph wrote: »
    has anyone registered for the beta 71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician

    Beta Exam Announcements

    Ugh. I tried to register today. I only found out about the beta exams yesterday while doing some research on Windows 7 exams.

    Said both codes reached their maximum use. :{ Bummer, I really wanted to take both exams for free :/
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    BrandonMillsBrandonMills Member Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□
    What is the 'best' way to get notified of beta microsoft exams? I'm a busy person, so checking forums constantly isn't really an option. Is there a mailing list I can get onto somehow?
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    PiersPiers Member Posts: 454 ■■■□□□□□□□
    BrandonMills wrote: »
    What is the 'best' way to get notified of beta microsoft exams? I'm a busy person, so checking forums constantly isn't really an option. Is there a mailing list I can get onto somehow?

    One word, rhymes with sneeze—Sign me up! | born to learn
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    Megadeth4168Megadeth4168 Member Posts: 2,157
    BrandonMills wrote: »
    What is the 'best' way to get notified of beta microsoft exams? I'm a busy person, so checking forums constantly isn't really an option. Is there a mailing list I can get onto somehow?

    Subscribe to the following site.
    Beta Exam Announcements


    OK, so I took the 71-685 today. I did so under pretty limited study. I watched a few videos, and read up on some of the technology, all of which I located through the following thread.

    71-686 Resources

    I have to say that I found a good half of the exam to be pretty much "common sense". That is of course according to my opinion and experience.

    Really, just go over the objectives. Know about Portable workstations, WWANS, WLANS, VPN's, Subnets. Read up on BitLocker and APPLocker. Read up on IE8 and new group policy options. Know your Event and Performance Monitors/Logs. Know how to troubleshoot problems with applications, boot up, deployment and hardware issues. icon_study.gif

    If you can (and I wish I did), play around with a Windows server 2008 environment that has Windows 7 clients connected as members of a domain. I think that would be a great help.

    I never feel like I can give a good detailed description of what to study because I don't want to go over the line and violate the NDA. So, I apologize for the lackluster description.

    Best of Luck to you all!
    www.lukeacha.com
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    RobertKaucherRobertKaucher Member Posts: 4,299 ■■■■■■■■■■
    No, that was good information. Unfortunately I don't think the Desktop Admin test is going to be so easy... Seem pretty heavy on deploy tools. Has any one taken it yet?
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    Megadeth4168Megadeth4168 Member Posts: 2,157
    RobertKaucher wrote: »
    No, that was good information. Unfortunately I don't think the Desktop Admin test is going to be so easy... Seem pretty heavy on deploy tools. Has any one taken it yet?

    I friend of mine took just before I took the 71-685. He said it was quite a bit more difficult than he expected.

    For that exam, he recommends focusing a lot on new group policies, Image creation and deployment and Branch cache. Basically, again, if you have the time to go through the resources that Hyper-Me listed in 71-686 Resources thread, it sounds like you stand a decent chance of passing the exam.
    www.lukeacha.com
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    mrmcmintmrmcmint Member Posts: 492 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Thanks for the advice!
    Good luck to all! icon_study.gif
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    mrmcmintmrmcmint Member Posts: 492 ■■■□□□□□□□
    How long roughly do you have to wait after sitting the exam to find out if you have passed anyway?
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    gomcse2002gomcse2002 Member Posts: 126 ■■■□□□□□□□
    mrmcmint wrote: »
    How long roughly do you have to wait after sitting the exam to find out if you have passed anyway?

    Around 6-8 weeks after the end of the beta exam period.
    eBay Addict and IT Geek from Canada

    Working on : 70-686 (Windows 7 Exam)
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    mrmcmintmrmcmint Member Posts: 492 ■■■□□□□□□□
    ok thanks for that! longer wait than i thought :D
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    breakerbreaker Member Posts: 21 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Megadeth4168 wrote: »
    For that exam, he recommends focusing a lot on new group policies, Image creation and deployment and Branch cache. Basically, again, if you have the time to go through the resources that Hyper-Me listed in 71-686 Resources thread, it sounds like you stand a decent chance of passing the exam.


    Much appreciated
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