70-649 Pass

Passed yesterday. Definitely found this to be the easiest MS exam so far.

70-642 : 962
70-640 : 1000
70-643 : 970

Now onto 70-646

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stupidboy

danc_101 wrote: »

Passed yesterday. Definitely found this to be the easiest MS exam so far.

70-642 : 962
70-640 : 1000
70-643 : 970

Now onto 70-646

WOW thems some high scores

congratulations. With those scores 646 will be a breeze, good luck.

dynamik

stupidboy wrote: »

WOW thems some high scores

Wow, no kidding. You must have only missed a few total. Congrats!

skrpune

awesome, congrats!

Claymoore

Nice Job!

Why 646 for the SA and not 647 for the EA?

dfosbenner

Congrats on another pass and some impressive scores. Do you mind sharing your prep/study regimen? Help a brother out!

danclarke

Congratulations! Brilliant scores!

jamesp1983

congrats! great scores!

danc_101

Sure, my prep/study regimen was as follows :

1. MS MSTSC 70-649 Training Kit

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit Exams 70-648 & 70-649 : Transitioning Your MCSA/MCSE to Windows Server® 2008: Transitioning Your MCSA/MCSE to Windows Server 2008: Amazon.co.uk: Orin Thomas and Ian McLean: Books

2. The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-649 Prep Kit (Syngress)

The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-649 Prep Kit: Independent and Complete Self-Paced Solutions: Amazon.co.uk: Piltzecker: Books

3. CBT Nuggets 70-649 - I found this very disappointing as many core subjects were not covered in enough depth.

4. Lab setup following all the MS Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides.

Download details: Windows Server 2008 Step-by-Step Guides

5. Technet

Spend about 4 months on this one as I really wanted to know it inside out.

70-646 next for the SA then onto the EA.

ipconfig.all

Well done !!!

danclarke

So - out of the 2 books:

danc_101 wrote: »

1. MS MSTSC 70-649 Training Kit

MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit Exams 70-648 & 70-649 : Transitioning Your MCSA/MCSE to Windows Server® 2008: Transitioning Your MCSA/MCSE to Windows Server 2008: Amazon.co.uk: Orin Thomas and Ian McLean: Books

2. The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-649 Prep Kit (Syngress)

The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-649 Prep Kit: Independent and Complete Self-Paced Solutions: Amazon.co.uk: Piltzecker: Books

How would you compare them?

My own experience is that the MS Press book is much better. It is coherent, well written and seems to have few mistakes.

The Syngress book, however, strikes me as being very poorly edited. The language is occasionally incomprehensible - not through jargon, but through appalling English. Sometimes entire chapters lack any coherent lab examples. Others have lab examples which just do not work.

danc_101

Hi Dan,

I found the Syngress book very useful (as a door stop..)

I agree with you the MS book is far better.

stupidboy

danc_101 wrote: »

Hi Dan, I found the Syngress book very useful (as a door stop..)

Shame, I've read some good Syngress books in the past but recent one seem to have gone down hill (rushed maybe).