is this for real?

tndfr

guys,

i have reading the MS Books for this exam, the first 6 chapters are just repetition from previous exams i took, mainly 70-291. when will this monster start biting already?

what should i lookout for?

bwcarty

There is a lot of carryover from 291 (DNS and RRAS, in particular), but NLB, Clustering, and PKI will be new material.

Zartanasaurus

tndfr wrote: »

guys,

i have reading the MS Books for this exam, the first 6 chapters are just repetition from previous exams i took, mainly 70-291. when will this monster start biting already?

what should i lookout for?

Yeah I snoozed through the first couple chapters. Wait til you get to clustering though. I swear the first 15 questions on my exam were all about clustering.

Psoasman

Definitely pay attention to clustering. Why and how to set it up. Study up on NLB as well. I found the 293 to be boring until about chapter 6 or 7.

bwcarty

I've also heard bad things about the MS Press book for 293. The Syngress book was highly recommended by several people on here back when I was preparing for it.

I ended up using CBT Nuggets and my home lab a lot more than the book, but it's something to keep in mind.

NetAdmin2436

I believe there is also some IPsec stuff in there if I recall correctly. I thought this exam was much tougher than the 291, so don't be fooled by the amount of carry over material.

I would not bother with the MS Press book for the 293, it's pretty bad. The Syngress book was way better. Unfortunately I failed pretty bad by trying to rely on the MS Press book. I then switched to the Syngress book and passed.

The other and probably most important thing you can do is lab it up as much as possible. I can't stress this enough.

Good luck!

motogpman

Yes, there is a lot of overlap from 291. I took it last summer and failed and my second shot ran out. I did use the MS Press book and it was horrible. Usually their books are long but informative.

I will be using the material from here, Syngress, Testout, CBTnuggets, and Transcender. I have used all of those before and they have helped in passing the other exams. You may want to try some of those resources.