70-647

magwitch

Hi Guys,

Longtime lurker, first time poster. I'm working my way toward MCITP EA+SA and have had a lot of good advice from this forum so thanks to everyone who contributes. I used the MS training kits and have racked up decent if not spectacular 800+ scores on 640,642,643 and 680.

Then came 647, I faced off against this bad boy this morning. I've worked on multi-site/domain/forest projects so I felt like I knew my way around this stuff but 15 minutes into the test I felt like self harming! I thought there is no f*****g way I'm going to pass this and almost quit. But I forced calm on the situation and came away battered and bruised with a 718.

Moral of the story:

1. Just keep going, stay cool and you never know what can happen.

2. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE 647! The depth and width of knowledge tested is quite awesome.

Essendon

Welcome to the forum, this is where all the cool folks hang out!

The 647 sure is a beast, the sheer width of topics can be quite overwhelming. What's next?

magwitch

Essendon wrote: »

What's next?

I have 70-646 booked for the end of January. I think I'll do more labbing to prepare for this one than I did for 647.

drew2000

I failed 647 with a 617 today. I would gladly take even a 700.

What study materials did you use for your passing score?

Andrew

magwitch

drew2000 wrote: »

I failed 647 with a 617 today. I would gladly take even a 700.

What study materials did you use for your passing score?

Andrew

Sorry for the late reply. I used the MS Self Paced Training Book and read it from cover to cover 4 times. I was bleeding from the eyes.

I passed 646 with a 947 this morning. While I'm pleased with that I felt like 1000 was at least a possibility when I finished. I had prepared pretty well and had "home court advantage" on the subject.

I'm strangely drawn to doing MCPD now. I think I may be addicted to preparing for and taking MS exams.