Passed 70-293 this AM


I am scheduled for the 2 Windows 7 beta exams for early Oct as a break. And I plan to take the CEH course at the end of Dec. I have 294 & 298 to finish my MCSE out by the end of the year. Any recommendations as to what may be the best route?
Working on: Doctor of Information Technology Information Assurance and Security @ Capella
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CIW Web Foundations Associatef(Knock out some certs before WGU)
ITIL Intermediate Service Operations
I like to stay in order as much as I can to build on from the last studying material. I'm going the security route (70-351) after a hopeful pass on the 299 and 298 so that's why im going with 298.
But yeah, IMO i would stay the course. Let's us know what you decide.
CIW Web Foundations Associatef(Knock out some certs before WGU)
ITIL Intermediate Service Operations
Keep the Son in your eyes!
Thanks
just use virtual. Pick up MS Virtual PC (its free), create a default install to work with and copy out as many .vmc's (the virtual machine files) as you need for additional machines.
Then, setup your network, setup a complete PKI infrastructure. You can go nuts and have a very complicated, multi-subnetted network as you like only limited by the power of your machine. You can access the internet with it for your DNS topics and and route back through to it for RRAS examples (though routing back into your virtual environment may require some additional work arounds).
Point is, you can simulate a complete test network for anything you may study.
Virtual PC is limited, so in cases where you would like to be more complex, you can always use VM-ware or other like products.
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Also note that in some cases, if you are careful you can even drop a virus on your virtual network and toy with how you would deal with it in the safety of its environment.