MCSE, MCDBA 1

[jgoodman00]

I have almost two years experience of administering a small-medium netowork, & 6months experience of working with & developing SQL server databases.

I am looking to increase my knowledge by doing the MCSE, MCDBA certifications. However, the training course prices seem extremely high. Is it possible to learn the material from books & pass the exams?

At the end of the day, I am completely happy with my job, but I want to get these certifications to improve my knowledge... James Goodman

http://www.james-goodman.co.uk

 

[CharlieJax]

With experence, good books, and some practice tests (you can find these free) you should be able to past the tests. But it is going to depend on your grasp of Windows 2000, Active Directory, WINS, DNS, DHCP, troublshooting, and SQL Server.

The tests, like any other test you have ever taken, are not hard if you know the material and study.

I have over six years of support background and I have found some of the tests (70-216) hard, but I passed it by studying books, building some AD networks from the ground up, and probably more than anything, just pure dumb luck. CJ
- Paper MCSE in training

 

[setnaffa]

I've seen folks pass the tests without practical experience... definately recommend getting a couple of low-end PCs (emachines?) and doing the whole thing at home... Setnaffa is an MCSE-4.0 (working on W2K) with a few other certs, too...

 

[believer]

If you are doing the whole thing at home where are you getting the materials. Good book recommendation?
Thanks,
Laura

 

[CharlieJax]

Check out the Exam Cram books if you can still find them... you should be able to get them cheap, but they layout a lot of details on the tests.

Also any book by Minasi or part of the W2K Resourse Kit that he wrote... His books are detail after detail on Pro, Server, and AD. I didn't read the regsitry book, but only to keep my sanity. CJ
- Jr. Rocket Man