CChilderhose wrote: » Do the 646 as there is overlap in all the MCITP exams for SA & EA. I have done both and having the 646 helped on the 647. Good luck.
Sykk wrote: » Do it. It's just one exam among your lots! Any extra knowledge is a big +. It may be asked why you skipped it by an employer should they require such exams. Btw your schedule is insane
Sykk wrote: » <snip>It may be asked why you skipped it by an employer should they require such exams. Btw your schedule is insane
LAN_Guru wrote: » Maybe having earned the EA will help make 646 easier if I do it afterwards? You seem to be doing some of the same certs I am working towards and planning on doing next year: MCITP-EA, MCITP-Virtualization, and MCITP-EMA. How difficult did you find the Virtualization cert to be? I am actually using 2008 R2 Enterprise and Hyper-V for my lab so I am getting a lot of experience working with Microsoft virtualization technology while working on my other certs. How difficult does EMA seem to be so far? Do you think fairly extensive experience working with Exchange 2003 (and some 2007) via tons of Small Business Server implementations and support will help me any on that one? Thanks!
CChilderhose wrote: » I took a course on the 659 which was the R2 Hyper-V course and then took the exam at the end of the week and got 1000/1000. I then did the other 2 exams - Desktop and Pro. I got 1000/1000 on the Desktop one and the Pro exam I got 940 (I think). So I did not find it that hard as I too use 2K8 R2 Enterprise with Hyper-V at home. I have started reading a good book for the EMA - Amazon.com: Exchange Server 2010 Administration: Real World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond (Exams 70-662 and 70-663) (9780470624432): Joel Stidley, Erik Gustafson: Books Very good book as it is updated for SP1 and covers both 662 & 663 together. I am going to read the Pocket Consultant book or skim it and also Mastering Exchange 2010 probably. I am also going to set up Exchange 2010 in a VM to get practice and if possible have 2 servers so I can use DAG and other features. The SMB experience will definitely help. That is much of mine working as a Consultant and also I will be upgrading our SBS 2003 to SBS 2011 which has Exchange 2010 in it. So this will be good experience also. Many of our clients have been migrated or have Exchange 2010 installed now so I manage it every day. Good luck in your studies. If you find any study notes for the EMA let me know.
