Passed my 685 at long last, after a few attempts
Having taken a break from the 685 for about 6 months and had a couple of goes at the 647 in the meantime, this exam was a bit easier to cope with. Knowing more of the server-side stuff helped.
Used Transcenders, Darril Gibson 70-685/686 book and 70-685 MS Press.
This time, having had a break from this exam, took a more practical approach relating to my daily hands-on experience. I have been using Windows 7 quite a lot recently with a lot of new builds of Windows 7 on Pc's that had XP previously. We use WDS to deploy images.
I also think that Microsoft have revised the exam format to make it not necessarily easier but certainly more user-friendly. Maybe those comments you add with the dreaded surveys on microsoft exams are heeded after all. Progess indeed
