Passed 70-297, I'm now an MCSE!!!

[paulhthomas]

Hi guys, thought I'd do a quick post telling everyone I passed the 70-297 exam yesterday with 931.
It now makes me an MCSE. woohoo!!
It's taken me about a year. Passed the first exam on March 30th last year and the last on March 15th this year.
How happy am I )

Paul Thomas
N+, MCP, MCSA: Messaging, MCSE

Network+ - Passed
70-210 - Passed
70-290 - Passed
70-291 - Passed
70-293 - Passed
70-294 - Passed
70-284 - Passed
70-297 - Passed

 

[kokaina]

Congratulations , I hope that at the end of this year I will be also MCSE…
Today I have schedule 70-291, a lot of study….a lot of information.

Cheers and drink a beer..!!

 

[paulhthomas]

Yeah, 291 is the only one I failed. I passed it the next time. Just make sure you know DNS, RRAS and IPSEC inside out!

Paul Thomas
N+, MCP, MCSA: Messaging, MCSE

Network+ - Passed
70-210 - Passed
70-290 - Passed
70-291 - Passed
70-293 - Passed
70-294 - Passed
70-284 - Passed
70-297 - Passed

 

[pagy]

Congrats Paul.

Paul

MCSE 2003

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein

 

[pagy]

You taking a break now or moving on to study anything else??

Paul

MCSE 2003

"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe."
Albert Einstein

 

[paulhthomas]

Cheers Paul.
I want to a bit of a break but not too long.
My Employer wants me to get the Citrix CCa cause I've been on the course.
I'll do that to shut them up, but then I may get Vista )
We'll see

Paul Thomas
N+, MCP, MCSA: Messaging, MCSE 2003

Network+ - Passed
70-210 - Passed
70-290 - Passed
70-291 - Passed
70-293 - Passed
70-294 - Passed
70-284 - Passed
70-297 - Passed

 

[kokaina]

I just come back from exam, 760 points....

I will drink e beer for that!!!

 

[Wishdiak]

paulhthomas,

Congrats! (From one recent MCSE to another)

How difficult did you find the 70-297? I've heard that it's easier than the 70-298, which I did for my design exam.

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSE: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[paulhthomas]

Cheers Wishdiak,
I found it ok, a lot of questions, although they were supposed to be scenario based, were actually nothing to do with the scenario, and just questions that needed a general answer. For example, x office has 10 users, which of the following would you enable,.... global catlog, Universal group caching etc.
Know what I mean?

Congrats Kokaina, if you've got 291 out the way, you'll be fine with the rest.

Paul Thomas
N+, MCP, MCSA: Messaging, MCSE 2003

Network+ - Passed
70-210 - Passed
70-290 - Passed
70-291 - Passed
70-293 - Passed
70-294 - Passed
70-284 - Passed
70-297 - Passed

 

[Wishdiak]

paulhthomas,

It sounds like it was much simpler than 70-298, but since I'd already committed myself to MCSE: Security, I had to go with the more difficult exam, or take both.

For example, x office has 10 users, which of the following would you enable,.... global catlog, Universal group caching etc.

Wow. A straight repeat of a 70-294 question?

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSE: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[paulhthomas]

yeah, a lot of it was to be honest.
Obviously the main difference was that you had 4 scenarios with 10 questions or so on each.
The really horrible bit about about it was that answer's that you give in question 1, can trip you up say on question 5 or 6.
For example, if you decide after reading the scenario that you want to go with 1 domain in a single forest (whereas the real answer is 2 forests and 2 domains), come question 5 it asks you to name the domains, you'll only list domain.com instead or domain1.com and domain2.com
But there we are. I passed, yay!

Paul Thomas
N+, MCP, MCSA: Messaging, MCSE 2003

Network+ - Passed
70-210 - Passed
70-290 - Passed
70-291 - Passed
70-293 - Passed
70-294 - Passed
70-284 - Passed
70-297 - Passed

 

[paulhthomas]

A colleague told me months ago when I was about the sit the 294 exam, that I should do 297 the same day. I wish Ihad now!

Paul Thomas
N+, MCP, MCSA: Messaging, MCSE 2003

Network+ - Passed
70-210 - Passed
70-290 - Passed
70-291 - Passed
70-293 - Passed
70-294 - Passed
70-284 - Passed
70-297 - Passed

 

[Wishdiak]

paulhthomas,

That sounds like good advice. With so much in common between 70-299 and 70-298, I'd say that taking them within a month of each other would be beneficial.

It actually took me two years in between these exams, over a year of which was spent working 2 jobs. I had to relearn the finer points of Certificate Authorites, IPSEC, and VPN's all over again!

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSE: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[onoski]

Congratulations on the pass and becoming MCSE 2003 as am on the bandwagon starting 70-270 in next three weeks.

 

[paulhthomas]

good luck, hope it goes ok for you.
I'm just glad I came out the other end alive ;o)

Paul Thomas
N+, MCP, MCSA: Messaging, MCSE 2003

Network+ - Passed
70-210 - Passed
70-290 - Passed
70-291 - Passed
70-293 - Passed
70-294 - Passed
70-284 - Passed
70-297 - Passed

 

[mrdenny]

Congrats.

Denny
MCSA (2003) / MCDBA (SQL 2000)
MCTS (SQL 2005 / Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0: Configuration / Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Configuration)
MCITP Database Administrator (SQL 2005) / Database Developer (SQL 2005)

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

http://www.mrdenny.com

 

[Smooth23]

paulhthomas

Congratulations on becoming MCSE qualified. I actually failed the 297 last week i'm retaking in two weeks. I got 627 so was close. bit gutted but should hopefully pass next time.

 

[paulhthomas]

Got my fingers crossed for you!

good luck!

Paul Thomas
N+, MCP, MCSA: Messaging, MCSE 2003

Network+ - Passed
70-210 - Passed
70-290 - Passed
70-291 - Passed
70-293 - Passed
70-294 - Passed
70-284 - Passed
70-297 - Passed

 

[Wishdiak]

Smooth23,

For what it's worth, I found that Transcenders were a big help. The exam questions are not exact (obviously), but the format was. Long, rambling scenarios, followed by 10 questions or so. Just like on the exam, I had to keep switching back and forth between the question and the explanation of what the "company" wanted.

If you got 627 the last time, a little more studying should be enough to pass. Good luck!

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSE: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[Smooth23]

Cheers guys.

Good feedback, i'll check the transcenders out. I been using self test software up until now.

I've recently got hold of a cram session document (free download)for 297 whioch seems pretty usefull, just going back over all key topics.

Will let you know how i get on.

Smooth23