Went along to my Test Centre (40 miles drive) this morning to sit test at 8.15am, so got there at 7.45am as recommended by Prometric.
No sign of any staff until 8.15, one staff member arrived but did not have a key.
Waited until 10.30am in the hope that keyholder would turn up - no luck so went home.
Had phonecall from the centre at 12.30 but I was at home then. Apologetic key-holder(who had over-slept his alarm clock) offered me the chance to try again in the afternoon or evening.
Took up the offer and drove the 40 miles again and sat the exam at around 4.30pm
RESULT - PASS with 775 YIPPEE
This is an important milestone for me to achieve the MCITP:SA on my 4th attempt.
(previously got 550,550,650), especially as I'm an old timer (51).
No immediate plans on any further exams (EA?) but I may look at Hyper-V in more detail
as we are using it now at work.
The following book got me over the finish line: the Sybex book Amazon.com: MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator Study Guide: (Exam 70-646) (9780470293157): Darril Gibson
I also made notes of where I thought I went wrong in previous attempts and reviewed the weak areas. Several transcender tests and Sybex book practice test done recently too.
Also thanks to whoever recently provided the following link:
InformIT: Test-Taking Skills Clinic Exam 70-640: Window Server 2008 AD Config (Video) (Test-Taking Skills Clinic Exam 70-640: Window Server 2008 AD Config Video) - this helped me narrow down some difficult choices.
Big thanks to those on here that have provided encouragement and some exam tips.
I'm now celebrating with a GUINNESS
