Hey everyone,
After going back and forth for years in trying to decide what to go after, I finally said the heck with it last week, and settled on some MS certs before going after Cisco.. I scheduled my exam last week to take today, in thinking that would force me to hit the books.. It "slightly" happened, but I passed with an 849 and a test time of a little under one hour..
I would have to say that I completely agree with all that the poster said in this thread about the contents:
http://www.techexams.net/forums/mcdst/52536-just-passed-70-271-a.html
The test was almost 100% -identical- to the Transcender prep tests for 70-271. They even get the look down.. If you're getting ready to go test for 70-271, grab the Transcender test engine.. It is absolutely worth it.
I used The Sybex book (ISBN: 978-0-7821-4352-2), and the Transcender engine.. In my opinion, the Sybex book is absolute crap, misleading, and completely out of date. The book is from 2004, and doesn't touch any more recent items that might be in your test (connecting XP pro systems to server 2k3 AD, etc..) - After taking the actual test, (and seeing the huge difference in the topics covered in the book, vs the Transcender material) I would very highly recommend staying away from this book.
I wanted to share how much I appreciate the people on these forums that post their thoughts, experience, and advice. It certainly helps those of us getting into certs, or just simply trying to better ourselves for the not-so-great IT market out there at the moment..
Thanks all
Mike
