preparing for 70-640 exam

Hi everyone!

I'm preparing for the 70-640 exam. Below are the resources i have.

VIDEOS:
IT FreeTraining Videos ~done
CBT Nuggets 70-640 ~partially viewed

BOOKS:
MS-Press Configuring Windows Server 2008 R2 ~

now on chapter 3
Pearson-MCTS 70-640 Cert Guide

i'm planning to take it by Aug/Sept. Any tips/resources/advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

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Lunchbocks

If you have the capability to create a test lab, that would be extremely beneficial. I am studying for the 640 and hope to test in 4 weeks. I am following the same track as you except for the Pearson book; I'm not using that one. But I do have a lab set up currently with 2 2008 R2 servers and 4 2008 Server Core on 1 domain, and 2 2008 R2 servers on a second domain.

Good luck!

joehalford01

Lab lab lab. Finish all the coursework, then design your own domain from scratch, add domains to it, set up a CA system, the whole bit.

pumbaa_g

Agree on that, this is a killer if you are not comfortable with Group Policies. I will also pay a lot of attention to certificate services
Try and give a few sample exams/mock tests and then see your weak points and review from Windows 2008 R2 Unleashed. In my case, I had to go back to the CbT Nuggets and the Study Guide and then review R2 Unleashed to help me understand

DreadJunior

Lunchbocks wrote: »

If you have the capability to create a test lab, that would be extremely beneficial. I am studying for the 640 and hope to test in 4 weeks. I am following the same track as you except for the Pearson book; I'm not using that one. But I do have a lab set up currently with 2 2008 R2 servers and 4 2008 Server Core on 1 domain, and 2 2008 R2 servers on a second domain.

Good luck!

I do have a lab setup currently 1 win2k8r2 server and 1 win2k8server core for one domain. i'll add more as i go through this Windows 2008 R2 book. Good Luck on your exam too!

joehalford01 wrote: »

Lab lab lab. Finish all the coursework, then design your own domain from scratch, add domains to it, set up a CA system, the whole bit.

i'm planning on that one too. i still have long way to go regarding CA stuff and etc. but that's one of the things i'll focus on this exam.

pumbaa_g wrote: »

Agree on that, this is a killer if you are not comfortable with Group Policies. I will also pay a lot of attention to certificate services
Try and give a few sample exams/mock tests and then see your weak points and review from Windows 2008 R2 Unleashed. In my case, I had to go back to the CbT Nuggets and the Study Guide and then review R2 Unleashed to help me understand

Thanks for your advice, i'll add that one (Win 2008R2 unleashed) on my reference.

Everlife

Make sure you're familiar with the various cmdlets and command-line commands. Know the common options, don't stress too much over memorizing all of the options.