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Preparing for Microsoft exam 83-640, Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring

January 3, 2010 by Leave a Comment

Since I finished up my exam 70-642 right at the end of 2009, for one of my resolutions going into 2010 would be to finish up my MCITP this year.  In that regards, I am giving myself 45 days to prepare and pass the 83-640 exam.  I am going from today (Jan 3rd 2010), so I am going to set my exam for Feb 17th which will work well for my schedule as luck would have it.

This exam replaces the 70-640 exam in the US because a part of the exam uses the performance based testing that I did the pilot for.

I am going to use the following resources to study:

I will start by going through Train Signal’s video courses first, then using the self paced study guide and virtual machines to get more of a hands on feel to deal with more of the performance based testing.

I feel this schedule will be tough, but I just got done designing and implementing a Server 2008 Active Directory network for a small business not to mention I have been working on Active Directory since 2000.  I am going to document regularly here as I go through the study material.

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Passed 70-642 Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring

December 29, 2009 by Leave a Comment

mcts[1] I have been so busy at the office that I have been putting off taking some of the exams I need to get done, when I noticed that one of my vouchers was going to expire I quickly registered to make the expiration date.

With the holidays and family commitments it was tough to get studying in but I managed to squeeze some on.  Today even though I was knee deep in drama at the the office (another post on that in the future), I managed to squeak at a 850 to pass.  This adds another line to my MCTS.

The next exam on my list is the 70-640, hopefully it wont take 6 months for me to get around to taking that one!

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Windows 7, Configuration Certified! Passed Beta Exam 71-680

June 26, 2009 by Leave a Comment

So I got the email this morning that proudly states:

Congratulations on earning your Windows 7, Configuration certification!

If you remember from a previous post I took the 71-680 beta exam back in early June. I was glad to get confirmation, and it didn’t even take that long really. Im just happy to have it out of the way, and I was glad to be able to give feedback on the exam and hopefully help refine the process.

Exam 71-680 Windows 7, Configuration Passed!

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Windows 7 Beta Exam 71-680

May 6, 2009 by 2 Comments

Well it has been quite a while since I started playing with Windows 7 by installing it on my main production machine, and recently I have reinstalled it to put RC on.  I have to say that I am very much liking Windows 7 on almost all fronts.  When I heard about the beta exam for 71-680 from the MS Learning blog Born To Learn, I called in to secure one of the limited spots available.  I was lucky to grab one and quickly scheduled for today May 6th.
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Exam 70-113 Vouchers Arrived Today!

December 9, 2008 by Leave a Comment

I have been holding up doing my next Microsoft cert because I wanted to use the free vouchers I got for taking the pilot 70-113 and today is the golden day I got the email with my 3 codes so I am going to sift through my schedule and set a hard date for the 70-642 exam.  I guess I was one of the first 3000 people, but I don’t believe they hit the full quota yet since they keep extending the pilot phase.  You can still sign up till the 17th:

 

You must register at least 7 days prior to taking the exam. Register before December 17th to take the exam before December 31st.
Please use the following promotional code when registering for the exam: H640 (promo code is active till December 31st)
Receiving this invitation does not guarantee you a seat in the pilot; we recommend that you register immediately.

· Go to the Prometric Website: http://www.prometric.com/microsoft

· Find Microsoft exam 70-113: TS: Windows® Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring

· Use Promo Code H640 (promo code is active till December 31st)

Send your opinion about exam experience to: http://blogs.technet.com/betaexams/ and to: pbexam@microsoft.com

 

It actually is a great preview of what I hope all the exams become.

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Last call for 70-113 the new Virtual lab based exam

October 9, 2008 by Leave a Comment

There is a post on Born to Learn today about them extending the registration for the pilot program.  I wrote about my testing experience taking 70-113 back in August and how positive I thought the experience was.

As an added incentive if you are one of the first 3000 to take the exam you will now receive 3 exam vouchers for future use on any other Microsoft exam at Prometric.

Here is the registration info from the post:

You must register at least 7 days prior to taking the exam. Register before October 25th to take the exam before October 31st. Please use the following promotional code when registering for the exam: H640 (promo code is active till October 31st)
Receiving this invitation does not guarantee you a seat in the pilot; we recommend that you register immediately.

I highly recommend you go and signup and get experience with this new format before it is rolled out to the regular exams.

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Are You An MCP?

September 17, 2008 by Leave a Comment

There has been a lot of confusion out there when it comes to the new certifications from Microsoft. This is partly because the old certifications are still in play, and the new ones don’t conform to the same framework of named designations as they have in the past.
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