earweed wrote: » 70-680 "easiest" out of what set of exams?? From what I've heard it's a fairly difficult exam. How long have you been studying it so far and with what resources? You can get adequate experience on the deployment areas just by having a virtual lab set up and practicing different things.
TheShadow wrote: » Four days eh? Well I did it in six with only what was on Microsoft's site so I won't say you can't do it. However in the last two months in this forum I count six "I passed" threads and four "I failed" threads so that might give you reason for pause.
LTParis wrote: » So I wanted to start to get my certs out of the way, so I decided on the easiest one, the 70-680.
veritas_libertas wrote: » Uh, I am not so sure about that. I also reallllllllly doubt you can pass the 70-680 in four days.
LTParis wrote: » What would you consider the easiest in the MCITP:EA track? While my 4-day hope might be a bit fleeting, I can't see the W7 exam being harder than a 2K8 exam unless MS has changed things up.
LTParis wrote: » So far just taking the Measure Up tests I am scoring 70%. I have some various weakness with a couple command line items, but so far my self testing seems to be pretty even so far.
LTParis wrote: » So is it feasible to study up for 4 days and take a test? ..
LTParis wrote: » Working for the fed.gov has not given me any pro experience with deployments..
kiki1579 wrote: » Seriosuly, if you are working for the fed's, get the Sec+ out of the way first. The 2K8 certs were fairly easy IMO, but I had the VM environment setup and did the labs in the book.
kiki1579 wrote: » Doing just Measureup tests won't cut it, you need a 70-680 book (either Sybex or MS Press) along with a VM setup on your PC at home. The more hands on, the better. I seem to have a good run with PrepLogic.
kiki1579 wrote: » Only....if you like braindumps in 4 days. It's more reasonable in a month or two. BTW please read up on Microsoft retake policies, that should give you your answers on retaking the exams, and spending $125 everytime to retake it. Thus, studying for longer than 4 days would be recommended.
Claymoore wrote: » This is a Windows client exam not the bar exam - 2 months is overkill. It is more certainly more challenging than the Vista exam, but that's not saying much. I passed the beta exam less than a week after I passed an Exchange 2007 exam, and I didn't bother to install Windows 7 until 2 months after that. With some Windows 7 experience and targeted studying, you could pass this rather quickly. Previous Windows client exam experience would really help, both with the exam format and the material. 700 is the passing score, but that does not equal 70% correct on the exam, so 70% on a practice test may not be as good as you think. Besides, once you start taking practice exams multiple times they become less effective as an assessment tool. Rather than focus on how long you have studied or what score you are getting on a practice exam, look over the objectives and ask if you could deliver them today. Could you build an image or deploy Branch Cache? If not, what would it take to be ready? Depending on where or when you take the exam, you might have to take the 83-680 which is mostly based around live VM simulations.
Claymoore wrote: » This is a Windows client exam not the bar exam - 2 months is overkill. .
impelse wrote: » I don't know but I almost got 3 month and I bealive if I sit tomorrow this exam I would fail. I am reviewing everything, trying to understand, flash cards, some practice exams and tyr by my self some configurations, and still I do not bealived that I would sit next saturday. Definetly THIS IS NOT AN EASY EXAM
LTParis wrote: » My schedule just got messed up with starting up a new contract so now I will only be able to take a test on the weekends. Oh well I am about 1/3 through the MS Press book and I'll just take my time reading up on it.
Micernest wrote: » So guys i wanted to take this exams as an elective for my MCSE certification cos i thought it will be easier but after reading through the forum i think i should go with Exchange Server 07. What do you think? Win7 or Exchange?
veritas_libertas wrote: » I highly doubt that Exchange is easier than Windows 7.