taking my 70-296 tomorrow 2

[UKHicks]

Feeling rather nervous about it today, but hey i passed the 70-292 exam with 850 points, how much harder can it be? *gulp* Anyone taken that exam and got any pointers or websites?

I'm thinking of buying a Self Test Software transcender as they are having a 40% sale today after 12am. Anyone used them before?

 

[jtb]

Transcenders are usually good... assuming you have at least some hands-on...

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

 

[UKHicks]

well i'm a network administrator for a 2000 network, but to be honest i have no real world experience of 2003 (yet). Thats why in my studies i have mainly been concentrating on the changes 2003 has made.

 

[jtb]

Do you have a MSDN sub? You can dowload everything you need there...

Alternately, can you get your boss to purchase Virtual PC for a test lab environment? You may be able to get the benefits in a virtual way, if you can't get a few 400MHz Pentium II/II or better PCs to practice with...

The eval software is free and easily available...

Good luck!!! I'm almost right behind you!!

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

 

[UKHicks]

which certs do you have so far JTB? i'm thinking of taking the two 2003 security exams after this (design and imp) just becuase i think security has become such an issue, and they would be a good bonus on my resume. After that its the end of Microsoft study for me and onto all the Cisco certs, CCIE here i come! heheh

 

[jtb]

MCP, MCP+Internet, MCSE NT4, MCSE 2000: These are directly in line with what I do at work... I'm currently studying towards the MCSE 2003.

CCNA, CCDA: Due to expire this summer... Since I'm no longer a router guy, I've decided to just let them go... kind of a bummer--but it's too expensive in time and money to try to be all things to all people....

i-Net+, Network+: Ok, ok, I caught the certification bug...

Master Certified Internet Webmaster Designer: ditto...

Gartner Certified TCO Expert: My employer needed a certain number of these... it helped my business skills a little... but the cert doesn't mean a lot without access to the extremely pricey software...



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

 

[keno44]

did you pass 70-296? how was it?

 

[jtb]

I'm still building my xp/2003 study lab; but UKHicks might have taken it by now? (I've heard it was pretty tough)

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

 

[UKHicks]

I took the exam alright, and it really kicked me in the rear. I only scored 550 and needed 700. The worst part of it was that i was SO convinced that i have passed just before i clicked the 'end exam' button.. urgh...

Never mind, i immidietly wrote down what i knew i needed to go over when i got home and will retake it next week. It's not going to beat me, and passing will just be even more satisfying when i do get it right.

Anyone want to loan me $125 ??

heheh

 

[UKHicks]

Here you go, this is what i wrote down immedietly after the exam. Make sure you know this stuff because you will be tested on it:

When to use RSOP in planning or logging mode

depending on the Scenario, when to use which version of windows i.e: Enterprise edition, Standard or web etc

where to position your Global Catalogue servers in a network, including how many

know the difference between DNS delegation and stub zones and which is appropriate in each scenario

understand Terminal concentrators

there were also a few questions about clustering and load balancing which i'm not great on, including whether to keep servers redundant

I hope this helps, good luck to you.

 

[jtb]

Good feedback!!

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

 

[MCSE2003]

I just took the 70-296 and just passed it, recieved a 700 and needed a 700 to pass.. I was VERY HARD! I have been in the business of networking for 17 years now.. I built my first network in 1987, it was a Lantsatic 2.0 network.

 

[UKHicks]

Nice one, did they press you on anything else that i didn't mention above? i'm retaking this week.

 

[MCSE2003]

no , just study.. I failed it back in March and STUDYED! what date are you taking it.

 

[UKHicks]

either tomorrow or next tuesday, i have to ask my boss today.

 

[MCSE2003]

I took it for the second time on June 11th and passed it.

 

[UKHicks]

today i'm starting of my study with Server clusters and NLB.. a real pain in the butt. Just can't get some of this stuff to stick. Luckily we actually have a SAN here

 

[MCSE2003]

Did you pass the 70-292 exam ?

 

[UKHicks]

with 850 points

 

[MCSE2003]

when are you taking the 70-296 exam ?