Fade's Quest for MCSE

vCole

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.

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Hyper-Me

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

vCole

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.

ssampier

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.

vCole

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.

dynamik

I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.

vCole

dynamik wrote: »

I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.

My MCSE or 70-293?

Pash

Good Luck Fade.

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

vCole

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!

Pash

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

earweed

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

vCole

earweed wrote: »

Take it fade. It's a sure thing...lol

If he means 70-293 - I'll totally take it.

erpadmin

dynamik wrote: »

I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.

Easy money! Take it, Fade.

leefdaddy

I need the same 3 tests and plan on starting my study sometime between now and the weekend...

Wanna race?

veritas_libertas

dynamik wrote: »

I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.

Harsh...

Good luck with your journey Fade! I'm looking forward to starting on the MCITP:EA path VERY soon

Bl8ckr0uter

I put $100 on Fade. Good luck!

vCole

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!

erpadmin

knwminus wrote: »

I put $100 on Fade. Good luck!

Wow...seriously?!

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.

dynamik

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.

earweed

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.

erpadmin

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.

vCole

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.

Here's a hint

erpadmin

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.

Here's a hint :
+

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.....

vCole

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.

erpadmin

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.

Good deal. Good luck at work and good luck with the MCSE. I'll definitely be watching.

leefdaddy

FadeToBright wrote: »

You're on!

OK, it's on

I needed some motivation since I passed 70-270 in like 2003...

bertieb

Good luck with the studies F2B, you'll have that MCSE in no time

Psoasman

Good luck! Looking forward to hearing about your next success!

varelg

dynamik wrote: »

I'll give you $100 if you do this before Knwminus finishes his Security+.

This is getting interesting

citinerd

I am pretty sure knwminus/Bl8ckrouter got Security+... How are ypu doing Fade?

krispp3mar

Guys can u help me out

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
nmanojprabhakar1989@gmail.com