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anyone register for the beta 71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Techn
gandalph
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has anyone registered for the beta 71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician
Beta Exam Announcements
Beta Exam Announcements
obesa cantavit
certs: MCITP (7 and Vista),MCTS,MCSE,MCSA,MCDST,CCAI,A+,Network+,Server+
certs: MCITP (7 and Vista),MCTS,MCSE,MCSA,MCDST,CCAI,A+,Network+,Server+
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Optionsmrmcmint Member Posts: 492 ■■■□□□□□□□yup - booked on both on same day.
Problem is i have 291 booked 2 weeks before that... hmmmmmmmm -
Optionsaaronchristenson Member Posts: 261 ■■■■□□□□□□I have scheduled to take it as well. For now it is on Oct 3. I hope to move it to Oct 12 in a week or so. Prometric would not let me schedule out that far yet.Aaron
MCSE Cloud Platform and Infrastructure, MCSA Windows Server 2012, MCSA SQL Server 2012/2014, MCSA Windows 10, MCITP Server Admin, Security+, Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center Specialist -
OptionsPiers Member Posts: 454 ■■■□□□□□□□after prometric problems Tuesday, and maximum vouchers reached yesterday, I plugged in today for some reason and now I'm booked for the 14th:study: Office 365 70-347 / 698 later
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Optionsjamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□im scheduled. have to rush my 647 studing now"Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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Optionsmrmcmint Member Posts: 492 ■■■□□□□□□□Megadeth4168 wrote: »I have registered to take both exams next week.
Next week? Best of luck to you!
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Optionstdean Member Posts: 520has anyone registered for the beta 71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician
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i never took a beta test.... -
Optionst3ch_guru Member Posts: 166Tried to register on the phone, but it has exceeded.Knowledge is Power.
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Optionsqwertyiop Member Posts: 725 ■■■□□□□□□□has anyone registered for the beta 71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician
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You might want to change the title since 71-686 is actually the exam for the windows 7 desktop administrator, 71-685 is the windows 7 desktop support tech -
Optionst3ch_guru Member Posts: 166after prometric problems Tuesday, and maximum vouchers reached yesterday, I plugged in today for some reason and now I'm booked for the 14th
You think it is a possibility it might be available again?Knowledge is Power. -
Optionstbgree00 Member Posts: 553 ■■■■□□□□□□I registered for it and it's scheduled for the 9th. I hope to give myself a little more time. I just started studying for the 621 so I have the All in One book for that. It seems semi relevant. I started creating a study guide and plan to make a deployment image with the new WAIK. Otherwise I am a little lost for what to study. There is a ton of stuff in the awesome resources thread though!I finally started that blog - www.thomgreene.com
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Optionstomken Member Posts: 63 ■■□□□□□□□□I signed up Tuesday and have it scheduled for Oct 15th!!!! Thanks for the study material links Hyper-Me!!!!!!
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Optionsgandalph Member Posts: 33 ■■□□□□□□□□You might want to change the title since 71-686 is actually the exam for the windows 7 desktop administrator, 71-685 is the windows 7 desktop support tech
I just cut and psted from the beta website blog
71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician counts as credit towards the following certification(s).
· MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator, Windows 7obesa cantavit
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Optionsgandalph Member Posts: 33 ■■□□□□□□□□is it free?
i never took a beta test....
yes they are free however you dont get your result straight away. If you have a look at the link in the first post that blog lets you know about any that are available but you need to be quick as the slots are filled pretty quickly.obesa cantavit
certs: MCITP (7 and Vista),MCTS,MCSE,MCSA,MCDST,CCAI,A+,Network+,Server+ -
Optionsjamesp1983 Member Posts: 2,475 ■■■■□□□□□□have any of you checked out the windows 7 unleashed textbook?"Check both the destination and return path when a route fails." "Switches create a network. Routers connect networks."
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OptionsBrandonMills Member Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□has anyone registered for the beta 71-686: PRO: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician
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Ugh. I tried to register today. I only found out about the beta exams yesterday while doing some research on Windows 7 exams.
Said both codes reached their maximum use. :{ Bummer, I really wanted to take both exams for free -
OptionsBrandonMills Member Posts: 2 ■□□□□□□□□□What is the 'best' way to get notified of beta microsoft exams? I'm a busy person, so checking forums constantly isn't really an option. Is there a mailing list I can get onto somehow?
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OptionsPiers Member Posts: 454 ■■■□□□□□□□BrandonMills wrote: »What is the 'best' way to get notified of beta microsoft exams? I'm a busy person, so checking forums constantly isn't really an option. Is there a mailing list I can get onto somehow?
One word, rhymes with sneeze—Sign me up! | born to learn:study: Office 365 70-347 / 698 later -
OptionsMegadeth4168 Member Posts: 2,157BrandonMills wrote: »What is the 'best' way to get notified of beta microsoft exams? I'm a busy person, so checking forums constantly isn't really an option. Is there a mailing list I can get onto somehow?
Subscribe to the following site.
Beta Exam Announcements
OK, so I took the 71-685 today. I did so under pretty limited study. I watched a few videos, and read up on some of the technology, all of which I located through the following thread.
71-686 Resources
I have to say that I found a good half of the exam to be pretty much "common sense". That is of course according to my opinion and experience.
Really, just go over the objectives. Know about Portable workstations, WWANS, WLANS, VPN's, Subnets. Read up on BitLocker and APPLocker. Read up on IE8 and new group policy options. Know your Event and Performance Monitors/Logs. Know how to troubleshoot problems with applications, boot up, deployment and hardware issues.
If you can (and I wish I did), play around with a Windows server 2008 environment that has Windows 7 clients connected as members of a domain. I think that would be a great help.
I never feel like I can give a good detailed description of what to study because I don't want to go over the line and violate the NDA. So, I apologize for the lackluster description.
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OptionsRobertKaucher Member Posts: 4,299 ■■■■■■■■■■No, that was good information. Unfortunately I don't think the Desktop Admin test is going to be so easy... Seem pretty heavy on deploy tools. Has any one taken it yet?
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OptionsMegadeth4168 Member Posts: 2,157RobertKaucher wrote: »No, that was good information. Unfortunately I don't think the Desktop Admin test is going to be so easy... Seem pretty heavy on deploy tools. Has any one taken it yet?
I friend of mine took just before I took the 71-685. He said it was quite a bit more difficult than he expected.
For that exam, he recommends focusing a lot on new group policies, Image creation and deployment and Branch cache. Basically, again, if you have the time to go through the resources that Hyper-Me listed in 71-686 Resources thread, it sounds like you stand a decent chance of passing the exam. -
Optionsmrmcmint Member Posts: 492 ■■■□□□□□□□How long roughly do you have to wait after sitting the exam to find out if you have passed anyway?
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Optionsgomcse2002 Member Posts: 126 ■■■□□□□□□□How long roughly do you have to wait after sitting the exam to find out if you have passed anyway?
Around 6-8 weeks after the end of the beta exam period.eBay Addict and IT Geek from Canada
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Optionsbreaker Member Posts: 21 ■□□□□□□□□□Megadeth4168 wrote: »For that exam, he recommends focusing a lot on new group policies, Image creation and deployment and Branch cache. Basically, again, if you have the time to go through the resources that Hyper-Me listed in 71-686 Resources thread, it sounds like you stand a decent chance of passing the exam.
Much appreciated