70-351 ISA 2006 difficulty
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How hard is this exam?
I have a slightly more than basic understanding of firewalls, but I've never actually touched ISA before.
We are having to deploy several ISA 2006 boxes at work, mainly for the web cacheing, but we will be doing a couple of othe things with it as well so i'd like to get some knowledge of the product.
I have a slightly more than basic understanding of firewalls, but I've never actually touched ISA before.
We are having to deploy several ISA 2006 boxes at work, mainly for the web cacheing, but we will be doing a couple of othe things with it as well so i'd like to get some knowledge of the product.
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I also sourced the 70-350 CBT nuggets so ill probably review those after the class, and lab a test box and then take this exam in a few weeks.
Get the Tom Shinder book. Best way to learn ISA IMO by far.
Amazon.com: Dr. Tom Shinder's ISA Server 2006 Migration Guide (9781597491990): Thomas W Shinder, Debra Littlejohn Shinder, Adrian F. Dimcev, James Eaton-Lee, Jason Jones, Steve Moffat: Books
On a totally off topic question (TE is famous for this right?) has anyone heard anything about Microsoft doing any new security certifications for the MCTS/MCITP?
[Edit] Just answered my own question: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-351&locale=en-us
That's the one.
I think ISA looks more intimidating than it really is.
We are using the ISA Server 2006 Unleashed book for the class.
Haven't looked at that book, but Shinder knows more about ISA than most Microsofters. He's forced them to correct their own documentation.
Unleashed is alright but i prefer to read books like someone is actually teaching it to me, not ones that feel like a service manual.
The intructor is better than the last one I had. This one has done all sorts of contracts for the DoD in setting up various security related stuff, including ISA proxies for lots of bases and soem middle-east theater incident tracking databases.
Since second shot is back i will probably take a shot at this in the next week or so, and see what happens.
MCTS: Windows WS08 Active Directory, Configuration
LOL. you really love Shinders book dont you Hero? After bashing it against my head a few times in sharepoint questions i started to read the 70-350 ISA ms-press book, and ill be honest its a great book.
I would move on to this fabled one you speak of but TMG will be my exam mark in the near future, so ill probably miss it.
I do know how to use ISA now though
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If you want to pass the ISA exam, you can use the Microsoft book. If you want to pass the exam and really know ISA and get good practical knowledge of the product and know what's good about it compared to other firewalls, how to configure the NICs the right way, how to properly design a more complex ISA solution, etc., use the Shinder book.
I read both of them. About the only downside to the Shinder book is no practice questions for the exam, but it's not like the ones in the MS book are even close to the difficulty of exams you'll get in the actual exam anyway. If you want something like that, get Transcenders for the exam.
The Shinder book is honestly one of the best product specific tech books I've read. It is exceptionally thorough and gives far better practical advice than most other tech books I've read. Shinder is an ISA evangelist with a lot of passion for the product, and it shows in his books. The Mastering vSphere book is also quite a good one along the same lines.