MCDBA - Exam 70-229 1

[ABerkowicz]

Hi - I am starting my journey into becoming certified. I am excited but a little nervous since I am not certain what to expect yet. I decided to start with exam 70-229 & have a target date to take the test by 10/15/04.

Any information & links about the exam/tests that you could share would be appreciated. - Especially any books that you can recommend would be great. There are so many books out there - not certain which would be best for exam 70-229. Probably a little from all!

Thanks everyone!

Angela

 

[aftertaf]

Transcender.....

if you want MCDBA you need 228, 216 and 215 too...

get the transcender tests (try the electric donkey, cheaper fun 2b had if budget tight like me...)

215 in not too hard, 228 quite a bit harder...
216 not yet tried for (chicken )
good luck
(mcp 210-215-218-228)
mcsa 2000
mcse to be

 

[jtb]

electric donkey?

JTB
Have Certs, Will Travel
"A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."

 

[UKHicks]

sounds like an 80's group

 

[mrdenny]

You can also do 290 and 293 (in addition to 228 and 229). 290 was a piece of cake. I'm reading the book on 293 now. Doesn't seam that it will be all that hard.

290 is the Windows 2003 version of 215.
293 is Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure.

I guess it all depends on which OS you plan on running your DBs on more, as well as which other certs you are going to get.

Denny

--Anything is possible. All it takes is a little research. (Me)

 

[aftertaf]

lol

dirty pirate types

you guys taking the mickey??
lol again

 

[jtb]

clean types =

http://www.corsairs.com

don't want dirty software touching our PCs, servers, routers... don't know where they've been... don't want to know... ;-)

you can often find the books you need at local "bring and buys" ("flea markets" to you folks in America) and used bookstores for a lot less than retail... here in Texas, we have a chain of sub-$5 bookstores that specialize in overruns and sometimes even get really new ones for very, very cheap...


"older" books like those for mcse 2000 are often $0.99...

JTB
Have Certs, Will Travel
"A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."

 

[mrdenny]

OK, I was wrong. The test for 293 was way off from the book. The book covered mabey 10-15% of what was on the test.

I passed, but I'm not sure how.

(5 down, 3 to go)

Denny

--Anything is possible. All it takes is a little research. (Me)

 

[jtb]

so 293 is the 216 equivalent? 216 was tough, not like transcender, not close to expectations set by the books I had...

Thank God for the 292/296 upgrade path!!

JTB
Have Certs, Will Travel
"A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."

 

[Dukester0122]

Any update on 70-019 since it was discontinued, was it change at all.

 

[aftertaf]

jtb...

i am counting on the upgrade path.....

but im (only) mcsa 2000, so ill still have to tackle 293 / 294 / 297.....

still no news for my 292