Passed 70-659

Passed today with a 950.
Used the recommended sybex book and the training from the Microsoft offer. I also do a lot of testing with ESX and Hyper V. Also did a lot of labbing and researching technet.

I wish there was an official MS Press book.

Not an easy exam, but definitely doable.

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cyberguypr

Congrats on the pass!

thall860

congrats on the pass!!

Anything you can recommend studying to someone who will be sitting for it in a month?

CChilderhose

Congrats on the pass.

CChilderhose

thall860 wrote: »

congrats on the pass!!

Anything you can recommend studying to someone who will be sitting for it in a month?

For studying you should have Hyper-V to play with. You can also use these 2 books -

Mastering Hyper-V Deployment
Mastering Microsoft Virtualization

I used those plus took a course offered to MS Partners to pass the exams for the VA.

cyberguypr

I'm taking this test in a couple of weeks. A couple of more resources I'm using:

- Microsoft Virtual Academy - Free Microsoft Cloud Technologies Training
- For those registered as Microsoft Partners there's a lot of Hyper-V video training for free. Check courses 10936 through 10940
- Amazon.com: Mastering Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2
- Check Aidan Finn's blog. There's really good stuff about Hyper-V and SCVMM

Dakinggamer87

Congrats on pass!!

MrBreton

I've been practicing with Hyper-V Manager and VMM 2008 and soon VMM2012 (as soon as I can get it working).

Do I need experience with Citrix XenDesktop for the test?

cyberguypr

MrBreton wrote: »

I've been practicing with Hyper-V Manager and VMM 2008 and soon VMM2012 (as soon as I can get it working).

Do I need experience with Citrix XenDesktop for the test?

Where do you get the idea you may need Citrix? The objectives only mention VMware, and just from a management perspective.

MrBreton

cyberguypr wrote: »

Where do you get the idea you may need Citrix? The objectives only mention VMware, and just from a management perspective.

The VDI videos on the Microsoft Virtual Academy site keep mentioning it.
Edit: Plus all the time they spend on the V-Alliance.

sveigas

Hello All,

I would really appreciate if someone can give me the best suggestion.

I'm planning to encounter 70-659 and deadly confused to begin with the study material.I was actually planning for 70-652 but my bad luck , the exam was already retired.

Well now i got three books in my hand and help me to proceed.. PLease..

1.Mastering MS virtualization.
2.Windows Server 2008 Hyper-v Resource kit.
3.70-652, Configuring Windows server virtualization.

Pleas help me to select the right book for 70-659.