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I am planning on studying for my MCSA (Windows 2003). I believe I can
quickly study and pass the 70-270 XP professional exam. However, I have
heard that the 70-270 exam deals with a lot more than XP. It gets into
Windows server and networking questions.

Is this the case?

Would I be better served, studying and practicing for the 70-290 and 70-291
exams first?

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> I am planning on studying for my MCSA (Windows 2003). I believe I can
> quickly study and pass the 70-270 XP professional exam. However, I have
> heard that the 70-270 exam deals with a lot more than XP. It gets into
> Windows server and networking questions.
>
> Is this the case?
>
> Would I be better served, studying and practicing for the 70-290 and 70-291
> exams first?

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-270.mspx#EIE
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-290.mspx#EHF
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-291.mspx#EZE

Review the links above and determine, by evaluating your own experience
with the technology, which exam you should take first.

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Michael D. Alligood,
MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, MCDST
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70-270 is a good start if you are confident in using all the features of
windows xp + some networking.
i was not very good at networking when i did my 70-270 but still i had
enough knowledge to pass the exam as it doesnt go into too much detail. it
does however over lap the 70-290 just a little bit.

i would say do the 70-290 first as then you will have a good foundation to
get a high pass score on the 70-270.
as for the 70-291, definately not as your first exam. it really does test
networking concepts to the next level and i think that it does require a lot
more study and understanding of networking.
good luck


"Newsgroups" <> wrote in message
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> I am planning on studying for my MCSA (Windows 2003). I believe I can
> quickly study and pass the 70-270 XP professional exam. However, I have
> heard that the 70-270 exam deals with a lot more than XP. It gets into
> Windows server and networking questions.
>
> Is this the case?
>
> Would I be better served, studying and practicing for the 70-290 and
> 70-291 exams first?
>
>

Thanks, I found this very useful.
I had tried to do the exam for windows 2000 Professional, but questions and
concepts not related directly to 2000 kept coming up. I gave up on getting
Certified for 2000. I was curious to knot it this was the case for XP.


"Syed Shah" <> wrote in message
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> 70-270 is a good start if you are confident in using all the features of
> windows xp + some networking.
> i was not very good at networking when i did my 70-270 but still i had
> enough knowledge to pass the exam as it doesnt go into too much detail. it
> does however over lap the 70-290 just a little bit.
>
> i would say do the 70-290 first as then you will have a good foundation to
> get a high pass score on the 70-270.
> as for the 70-291, definately not as your first exam. it really does test
> networking concepts to the next level and i think that it does require a
> lot more study and understanding of networking.
> good luck
>
>
> "Newsgroups" <> wrote in message
> news:Svswi.217698$...
>>
>> I am planning on studying for my MCSA (Windows 2003). I believe I can
>> quickly study and pass the 70-270 XP professional exam. However, I have
>> heard that the 70-270 exam deals with a lot more than XP. It gets into
>> Windows server and networking questions.
>>
>> Is this the case?
>>
>> Would I be better served, studying and practicing for the 70-290 and
>> 70-291 exams first?
>>
>>
>

"Newsgroups" <> prattled ceaselessly in
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> Thanks, I found this very useful.
> I had tried to do the exam for windows 2000 Professional, but
> questions and concepts not related directly to 2000 kept coming up. I
> gave up on getting Certified for 2000. I was curious to knot it this
> was the case for XP.
>
>


Yes. Computing does not happen in a vaccum. Stuff has to work together.
You will get questions regarding how XP interacts with other stuff.

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Catwalker
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