70-640 studding path.

A little back ground: I'm currently in a NOC Server monitoring & response position. I will eventually be moving into a Jr win2k/2k8 and/or an Exchange Admin role some time in the near future. In preparation I've started studding the 70-640 exam. I have very little exp in server administration.

I started studding the MS press 70-640 R2 edition book, and found it a little over whelming, as i really didn't even have a back ground on the info. So i started backing up my reading with CBTnuggets videos. I found the videos a less in depth.

So here is my plan to finish up studding.

1 - watch all the CBTNuggets - for an overview of all the topics.
2 - read the MS press book and follow all the labs, including the chapters i have already completed.
3 - Review all the topics via the Transignal videos.
4 - Practice exams via messure up from book, and possibly transender if i feel i need another test engine.
5 - use tech net to review missed items from practice tests, and read up on areas i feel i may be weak in as well as more labs.

I guess I'm just looking for thoughts or advice if this sounds like a plan that will end up in passing the exam.

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SunnySahota

Hi cruwl,
I've been making progress through the 70-640 module/exam/call it what you will
I am following a similar approach to yourself, with the exception of CBT Nuggets. I'm using the Trainsignal videos backed up with the MS Press book for the 70-640 module and the Exam Cram 70-640 book also.
For practice questions and tests I'm using both disks that came with the MS Press and the Exam Cram books

The key thing I think everyone will agree with is that you need to keep labbing everything you learn, so lab lab and LAB!

Sunny

sherrill

If you are using the MS Press book - you should try the suggested practices that are at the end of most chapters. I found them helpful after doing the regular exercises, it acted as sort of a guideline for additional lab study.

I also veered from the standard setup the book recommended and created my own forest and domains from scratch. Then destroyed them, and created them. Over and over...

SunnySahota

This is what I'm currently going through, setting up a network and then tearing it down and starting from scratch

sherrill wrote: »

If you are using the MS Press book - you should try the suggested practices that are at the end of most chapters. I found them helpful after doing the regular exercises, it acted as sort of a guideline for additional lab study.

I also veered from the standard setup the book recommended and created my own forest and domains from scratch. Then destroyed them, and created them. Over and over...

method115

sherrill wrote: »

If you are using the MS Press book - you should try the suggested practices that are at the end of most chapters. I found them helpful after doing the regular exercises, it acted as sort of a guideline for additional lab study.

I also veered from the standard setup the book recommended and created my own forest and domains from scratch. Then destroyed them, and created them. Over and over...

This is what I plan to do after I'm done reading the book. Right now I've been following the book and skipping the "extra" exercises until after I'm done reading. Which is pretty much I like to approach my exams. Just read the book and get a broad overview of everything and then come back and start concentrating on subjects. Then I'll use the practice test to find any holes.