Fade's Quest for MCSE

vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
in MCSA / MCSE on Windows 2003 General
I currently hold my MCSA.

What exam will I be taking to complete my MCSE?:
  • 70-293
  • 70-294
  • 70-298
Materials:

For 70-293:
  • Sybex MCSE Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Planning and Maintenance
For 70-294


For 70-298





I will be updating this thread with my progress as well as materials and test dates. icon_thumright.gif
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  • Hyper-MeHyper-Me Banned Posts: 2,059
    Not trying to be rude but this is about the third thread you've made on this topic over nearly a 2 year period.

    Lets get'r done ;)
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  • vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Hyper-Me wrote: »
    Not trying to be rude but this is about the third thread you've made on this topic over nearly a 2 year period.

    Lets get'r done ;)


    Well seeing as I just passed my MCSA on the 7th, it's a little more realistic now.
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  • ssampierssampier Member Posts: 224
    Hi there. Congratulations on getting your MCSA.

    I'm on the path (after some kickin' and screamin') to MCSE, too. Many people on this forum would say that 70-299 and 70-298 are alike. I have also read the study materials of 70-298 are not good. I think one member used the study materials for 70-299 for both tests and sat for them on the same day.

    Pretty cool, if you ask me.

    Are you going to do any CBT for this test? I didn't use CBT for the 4 MCSA tests. I am thinking 70-293 looks like a good candiate for CBT. I really want to understand the material so I can wow in an interview and on the job.
    Future Plans:

    JNCIA Firewall
    CCNA:Security
    CCNP

    More security exams and then the world.
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  • vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    ssampier wrote: »
    Hi there. Congratulations on getting your MCSA.

    I'm on the path (after some kickin' and screamin') to MCSE, too. Many people on this forum would say that 70-299 and 70-298 are alike. I have also read the study materials of 70-298 are not good. I think one member used the study materials for 70-299 for both tests and sat for them on the same day.

    Pretty cool, if you ask me.

    Are you going to do any CBT for this test? I didn't use CBT for the 4 MCSA tests. I am thinking 70-293 looks like a good candiate for CBT. I really want to understand the material so I can wow in an interview and on the job.

    I think I'm going to get CBT Nuggets or Train Signal for 70-293. A lot of the information in this exam is applying to my current situation at work, so I want a very indepth understanding of it.
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  • dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.
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  • vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    dynamik wrote: »
    I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.

    My MCSE or 70-293?
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  • PashPash Member Posts: 1,600 ■■■■■□□□□□
    Good Luck Fade.

    Can I ask what made you decide to do your MCSE now rather than onto the MCITP:SA or EA?
    DevOps Engineer and Security Champion. https://blog.pash.by - I am trying to find my writing style, so please bear with me.
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  • vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    Pash wrote: »
    Good Luck Fade.

    Can I ask what made you decide to do your MCSE now rather than onto the MCITP:SA or EA?

    Domain environment is primarily 2003. Work is pushing me hard for my MCSE (then MCITP:EA)

    They're paying for the all the training materials so mind as well! :)
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  • PashPash Member Posts: 1,600 ■■■■■□□□□□
    FadeToBright wrote: »
    Domain environment is primarily 2003. Work is pushing me hard for my MCSE (then MCITP:EA)

    They're paying for the all the training materials so mind as well! :)

    Sounds like a good deal then.

    Cheers,

    Pash
    DevOps Engineer and Security Champion. https://blog.pash.by - I am trying to find my writing style, so please bear with me.
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  • earweedearweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□
    dynamik wrote: »
    I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.
    Take it fade. It's a sure thing...lol
    No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives.
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  • vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    earweed wrote: »
    Take it fade. It's a sure thing...lol

    If he means 70-293 - I'll totally take it. icon_twisted.gif
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  • erpadminerpadmin Member Posts: 4,165
    dynamik wrote: »
    I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.


    Easy money! Take it, Fade. icon_lol.gif
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  • leefdaddyleefdaddy Member Posts: 405
    I need the same 3 tests and plan on starting my study sometime between now and the weekend...

    Wanna race? :)
    Dustin Leefers
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  • veritas_libertasveritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■
    dynamik wrote: »
    I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.

    Harsh... icon_lol.gif


    Good luck with your journey Fade! I'm looking forward to starting on the MCITP:EA path VERY soon :)
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  • Bl8ckr0uterBl8ckr0uter Inactive Imported Users Posts: 5,031 ■■■■■■■■□□
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    I put $100 on Fade. Good luck!
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  • vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    leefdaddy wrote: »
    I need the same 3 tests and plan on starting my study sometime between now and the weekend...

    Wanna race? :)

    You're on! icon_twisted.gif
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  • erpadminerpadmin Member Posts: 4,165
    knwminus wrote: »
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    I put $100 on Fade. Good luck!

    Wow...seriously?! icon_scratch.gif

    Well, whatever.

    @Fade, I will watch a real trek thread such as yours with great interest. It will inspire me on my own MCITP:EA thread.

    knwminus' self-defeat in Security+ (which really is a "wtf" puzzle with me...) only pushes me that much more.
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  • dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    erpadmin wrote: »
    knwminus' self-defeat in Security+ (which really is a "wtf" puzzle with me...) only pushes me that much more.

    It's a time/money thing; it's got nothing to do with his knowledge/abilities. We're just having fun.
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  • earweedearweed Member Posts: 5,192 ■■■■■■■■■□
    dynamik wrote: »
    It's a time/money thing; it's got nothing to do with his knowledge/abilities. We're just having fun.
    I think it's a little ADD thing too as he's been studying it like it's the CISSP or something..lol
    It's not that big a deal
    I studied for mine (overstudied actually) in about 3-1/2 weeks. Kevins had a lot of new things going on in his life at the same time too.
    No longer work in IT. Play around with stuff sometimes still and fix stuff for friends and relatives.
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  • erpadminerpadmin Member Posts: 4,165
    dynamik wrote: »
    It's a time/money thing; it's got nothing to do with his knowledge/abilities. We're just having fun.

    Oh, I know it has nothing to do with his knowledge/abilities and have said that much.

    Not for nothing though, but it's not exactly difficult to schedule for an exam. I know the exam isn't cheap....even with a voucher, but it's not that hard to set money aside. You'd be amazed at how much money you have putting $10 here, $20, there, $5 here and there.....so I don't buy the whole "time/money" thing. My issue is, if you are going to set out to do something, at least make the attempt and not hide behind excuses, and I say this with all due respect to him. If he just said, hey, I changed my mind, I'd be cool with that too....but leaving it open ended like he's been doing has stopped being cute.

    Someone like knwminus would be in and out in 30-50 minutes...tops. The CCNA alone will ensure that...he justs needs to do the other stuff like cryptography, etc., etc..

    Hopefully, fadetobright will not run into similar types of issues.
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  • vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    erpadmin wrote: »
    Hopefully, fadetobright will not run into similar types of issues.

    Luckily, work is allowing me to study while working. As week as finishing up my first term at WGU this month. So I'm going to do a marathon session this weekend to complete all my tasks for WGU. This should give me a solid 2-3 weeks to focus on 70-293. I plan on banging this out quickly, since my company was just officially a part of a Fortune 100 company as of yesterday. icon_eek.gif


    Here's a hint icon_lol.gif:
    Pooh1.jpg+ well.jpg
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  • erpadminerpadmin Member Posts: 4,165
    FadeToBright wrote: »
    Luckily, work is allowing me to study while working. As week as finishing up my first term at WGU this month. So I'm going to do a marathon session this weekend to complete all my tasks for WGU. This should give me a solid 2-3 weeks to focus on 70-293. I plan on banging this out quickly, since my company was just officially a part of a Fortune 100 company as of yesterday. icon_eek.gif


    Here's a hint icon_lol.gif:
    Pooh1.jpg+ well.jpg


    LMAO!!! "Pooh-Hole" (HW...I get it....clever!) is doing environmental cleanup for my job's parking lot. Yeah you don't have anything to worry about. How long have you been at "Pooh-Hole"? LOL...that must a sweet company to work at since they're so huge.....
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  • vColevCole Member Posts: 1,573 ■■■■■■■□□□
    erpadmin wrote: »
    LMAO!!! "Pooh-Hole" (HW...I get it....clever!) is doing environmental cleanup for my job's parking lot. Yeah you don't have anything to worry about. How long have you been at "Pooh-Hole"? LOL...that must a sweet company to work at since they're so huge.....

    I've been at Pooh-Hole, well the company before it was Pooh-Hole for 3 months. So this is very new for all of us. icon_cool.gif
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  • erpadminerpadmin Member Posts: 4,165
    FadeToBright wrote: »
    I've been at Pooh-Hole, well the company before it was Pooh-Hole for 3 months. So this is very new for all of us. icon_cool.gif


    Good deal. Good luck at work and good luck with the MCSE. I'll definitely be watching. :)icon_cool.gif
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  • leefdaddyleefdaddy Member Posts: 405
    FadeToBright wrote: »
    You're on! icon_twisted.gif

    OK, it's on :)

    I needed some motivation since I passed 70-270 in like 2003...
    Dustin Leefers
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  • bertiebbertieb Member Posts: 1,031 ■■■■■■□□□□
    Good luck with the studies F2B, you'll have that MCSE in no time icon_thumright.gif
    The trouble with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they are genuine - Abraham Lincoln
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  • PsoasmanPsoasman Member Posts: 2,687 ■■■■■■■■■□
    Good luck! Looking forward to hearing about your next success!
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  • varelgvarelg Banned Posts: 790
    dynamik wrote: »
    I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.
    This is getting interesting :D
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  • citinerdcitinerd Member Posts: 266
    I am pretty sure knwminus/Bl8ckrouter got Security+... How are ypu doing Fade?
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  • krispp3markrispp3mar Registered Users Posts: 1 ■□□□□□□□□□
    Guys can u help me out icon_sad.gif i joined this site very recently i dont even now how to start a new thread
    i am planning to do some certification my question is whether to do mcse or mcitp

    guys can u please help me out in order to do mcitp should we need to complete mcse?

    i dont have any training or knowledge so what can i start with mcse or mcitp ?
    can u please send ur comments to my mailid
    [email protected]
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