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M4verickM4verick Member Posts: 86 ■■□□□□□□□□
in MCSA / MCSE on Windows 2003 General
So far the 70-290 seems quite a bit more straightforward and easier than the 70-270. Does anybody else here think so? Or am I just missing something?
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    SlowhandSlowhand Mod Posts: 5,161 Mod
    The 70-290 is pretty straightforward, whereas the 70-270 exam covers Windows XP Pro and how it interacts with Windows Server 2003. I think that may be part of why 70-290 seems "easier", since it covers essentially one operating system.
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    M4verickM4verick Member Posts: 86 ■■□□□□□□□□
    Yeah, I'm feeling pretty confident with it so far. So I've scheduled my test for 9/26/08. That should give me enough time to finish up my studying and then some. Depending on how I feel for the Server+ I want to take that the same day...But at the moment, I'm not that comfortable with that material.
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    TechnowizTechnowiz Member Posts: 211
    I found the 270 to be much harder than the 290.
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    dynamikdynamik Banned Posts: 12,312 ■■■■■■■■■□
    It makes sense if you think about it. There's only one XP exam (excluding other tracks like MCDST), and there's multiple server exams. That's a lot of content to cram into one exam.
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    MetaldaveMetaldave Member Posts: 102 ■■■□□□□□□□
    Have to agree, 270 was far harder than 290. When you look at the other 2003 exams, 291 for example, it takes the hardness biscuit right back for 270 icon_confused.gif
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    undomielundomiel Member Posts: 2,818
    270 was arguably the most difficult Microsoft exam I took. 294 may rival it but for different reasons. The 270 is also the only Microsoft exam that made me feel hopeless a few questions in just like the Security+ did. The 290 is the easiest exam I took though, hands down.
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    haftap00phaftap00p Member Posts: 7 ■□□□□□□□□□
    undomiel wrote:
    The 270 is also the only Microsoft exam that made me feel hopeless a few questions in just like the Security+ did.

    That sums it up pretty well. After about 10 questions of the 270, it felt like a black cloud was coming in over top of me. icon_sad.gif And of course I failed it the first trip around.
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