70-680 vs 70-410

I am a desktop engineer looking to get into server work, so I'm thinking of taking the (or at least some of) the MCSA 2012. I am unsure as I have very little experience in server work and am wondering about the difficulty of the exams, or the server experience required (I know MS recommends a year). I am nearly finished the 70-680 , so I'm wondering if someone could give me a better idea by comparing the difficulty of the 70-410 or even the 411 to the 70-680 , that has taken me about 2 months constant study. Is it possible to pass without much server experience.

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Zandokan

I have taken the same path although I took 70-685 as well since when I checked it was a requirement (I don't think it is anymore) and as far as your question it all depend on ur knowledge I think, I have passed 410 and 411 and I didnt know anything about servers I have a very strong base on win 7 and cisco so a lot of stuff was easy for me but a lot was not, so for me 680/685 was really easy and 410/411 was im going to say 65% of the content was unknown to me, hope that helps.

Theegg911

I used the Exam Ref book for the 70-410: Rakuten.com - Exam Ref 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 Zacker, Craig : ISBN 46838.

I also built my own 2012 virtual server so seeing some of the stuff helped.

As for the 70-680, I passed watching Professor Messer videos and reading MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-680): Configuring Windows 7 [With DVD ROM], Thomas, Orin: Computing & Internet : Walmart.com

I did not find either exam that difficult and passed both with the first attempt. Having help desk experience really helped also.

Theegg911

I did try the 70-411 exam and failed terribly. I used MeasureUp practice tests and read the Training Ref: New Administering Windows Server 2012 Thomas Orin 0735674132 | eBay

Pretty rough exam. Would really help if I had some extended experience managing stuff like Group Policy and other things.

Zandokan

Theegg911 wrote: »

I did try the 70-411 exam and failed terribly. I used MeasureUp practice tests and read the Training Ref: New Administering Windows Server 2012 Thomas Orin 0735674132 | eBay

Pretty rough exam. Would really help if I had some extended experience managing stuff like Group Policy and other things.

Yeah see like I said before it all depends on what you know because to me 410 was harder than 411 for some reason.