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I've spent the last few months studying for 70-
290...studying and messing about with a small network in
my home. I passed 70-270 no problem and hate to fail
tests. I looked at the Microsoft outline for what is
included in the test but the practice tests that I took
that were included with the materials I bought from
Microsoft included a bunch of stuff that wasn't on the
list. I hear that this particular test is a beast...any
input would be be greatly appreciated

Hey bretski,

Go for it. It's hard, but not that hard, and definitely not as hard as
70-291. I spent less than three weeks working with Sybex, MS Press and my
lab (supplemented with VMWare). If you've been working on it for "a few
months" you should be ready. Set a date (say a week from now), cram and you
will pass. The questions are long and often they will try to trip you up,
but you can do it..

"bretski" <> wrote in message
news:b9e201c3ecc0$6fcabf20$...
> I've spent the last few months studying for 70-
> 290...studying and messing about with a small network in
> my home. I passed 70-270 no problem and hate to fail
> tests. I looked at the Microsoft outline for what is
> included in the test but the practice tests that I took
> that were included with the materials I bought from
> Microsoft included a bunch of stuff that wasn't on the
> list. I hear that this particular test is a beast...any
> input would be be greatly appreciated

Yep i dunno i think you have to try ya best. Lets say im just doing it,
because my engineering qualification is worth nowt in IT, even if it wasnt
for engineering computers would not work or be invented.

Im doing mine on monday, not confident, but lets say i havent been confident
with M$ exams at all, with the way the questions are constructed.

oh and also there is apparently a VB type question heres a link to look at.
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=230750 at least you are aware and not
looking at the screen at the exam wondering what the F&*k it is.

Good Luck, I think us supporty people have to keep it togther

KP.

"James Martin" <martin 426 At yahoo> wrote in message
news:...
> Hey bretski,
>
> Go for it. It's hard, but not that hard, and definitely not as hard as
> 70-291. I spent less than three weeks working with Sybex, MS Press and my
> lab (supplemented with VMWare). If you've been working on it for "a few
> months" you should be ready. Set a date (say a week from now), cram and
you
> will pass. The questions are long and often they will try to trip you up,
> but you can do it..
>
> "bretski" <> wrote in message
> news:b9e201c3ecc0$6fcabf20$...
> > I've spent the last few months studying for 70-
> > 290...studying and messing about with a small network in
> > my home. I passed 70-270 no problem and hate to fail
> > tests. I looked at the Microsoft outline for what is
> > included in the test but the practice tests that I took
> > that were included with the materials I bought from
> > Microsoft included a bunch of stuff that wasn't on the
> > list. I hear that this particular test is a beast...any
> > input would be be greatly appreciated
>
>

Thanks for all the encouragement and for the link. It
seems like there is a lot of scripting stuff w/ 2003 which
has been fun to mess with. Awesome to write something, run
it and see if blow a bunch of accounts into AD!! Good luck
to all of you...it's the tests that bug me. It seems like
there are always like a few questions that you're just not
quite sure what they're getting at and 2 answers that
could be correct and a ton of stuff to sift
through...Maybe speedreading would help!!! LOL!

>-----Original Message-----
>Yep i dunno i think you have to try ya best. Lets say im
just doing it,
>because my engineering qualification is worth nowt in IT,
even if it wasnt
>for engineering computers would not work or be invented.
>
>Im doing mine on monday, not confident, but lets say i
havent been confident
>with M$ exams at all, with the way the questions are
constructed.
>
>oh and also there is apparently a VB type question heres
a link to look at.
>http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=230750 at least you
are aware and not
>looking at the screen at the exam wondering what the F&*k
it is.
>
>Good Luck, I think us supporty people have to keep it
togther
>
>KP.
>
>"James Martin" <martin 426 At yahoo> wrote in message
>news:...
>> Hey bretski,
>>
>> Go for it. It's hard, but not that hard, and
definitely not as hard as
>> 70-291. I spent less than three weeks working with
Sybex, MS Press and my
>> lab (supplemented with VMWare). If you've been working
on it for "a few
>> months" you should be ready. Set a date (say a week
from now), cram and
>you
>> will pass. The questions are long and often they will
try to trip you up,
>> but you can do it..
>>
>> "bretski" <> wrote
in message
>> news:b9e201c3ecc0$6fcabf20$...
>> > I've spent the last few months studying for 70-
>> > 290...studying and messing about with a small network
in
>> > my home. I passed 70-270 no problem and hate to fail
>> > tests. I looked at the Microsoft outline for what is
>> > included in the test but the practice tests that I
took
>> > that were included with the materials I bought from
>> > Microsoft included a bunch of stuff that wasn't on the
>> > list. I hear that this particular test is a
beast...any
>> > input would be be greatly appreciated
>>
>>
>
>
>.
>

Yep passed mine today, all i can say is that you dont have much time 45
questions in 1hr 36 mins. I had seconds left to answer the last question.
Much different to 215 where it was 2hr 30 mins.


"Bretski" <> wrote in message
news:ca7001c3ef06$4c798360$...
> Thanks for all the encouragement and for the link. It
> seems like there is a lot of scripting stuff w/ 2003 which
> has been fun to mess with. Awesome to write something, run
> it and see if blow a bunch of accounts into AD!! Good luck
> to all of you...it's the tests that bug me. It seems like
> there are always like a few questions that you're just not
> quite sure what they're getting at and 2 answers that
> could be correct and a ton of stuff to sift
> through...Maybe speedreading would help!!! LOL!
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Yep i dunno i think you have to try ya best. Lets say im
> just doing it,
> >because my engineering qualification is worth nowt in IT,
> even if it wasnt
> >for engineering computers would not work or be invented.
> >
> >Im doing mine on monday, not confident, but lets say i
> havent been confident
> >with M$ exams at all, with the way the questions are
> constructed.
> >
> >oh and also there is apparently a VB type question heres
> a link to look at.
> >http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=230750 at least you
> are aware and not
> >looking at the screen at the exam wondering what the F&*k
> it is.
> >
> >Good Luck, I think us supporty people have to keep it
> togther
> >
> >KP.
> >
> >"James Martin" <martin 426 At yahoo> wrote in message
> >news:...
> >> Hey bretski,
> >>
> >> Go for it. It's hard, but not that hard, and
> definitely not as hard as
> >> 70-291. I spent less than three weeks working with
> Sybex, MS Press and my
> >> lab (supplemented with VMWare). If you've been working
> on it for "a few
> >> months" you should be ready. Set a date (say a week
> from now), cram and
> >you
> >> will pass. The questions are long and often they will
> try to trip you up,
> >> but you can do it..
> >>
> >> "bretski" <> wrote
> in message
> >> news:b9e201c3ecc0$6fcabf20$...
> >> > I've spent the last few months studying for 70-
> >> > 290...studying and messing about with a small network
> in
> >> > my home. I passed 70-270 no problem and hate to fail
> >> > tests. I looked at the Microsoft outline for what is
> >> > included in the test but the practice tests that I
> took
> >> > that were included with the materials I bought from
> >> > Microsoft included a bunch of stuff that wasn't on the
> >> > list. I hear that this particular test is a
> beast...any
> >> > input would be be greatly appreciated
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >