I definetly got it.

I'm proud to say that i passed exam 70.621 and so now i'm mcp-mcsa 2003,
after 2 years od studing.
I'm happy about the work i did.
70-272, 930 score
70-271, 812 score
70-290, 715 score
70-291, 676 score- failed... 932 second shot, I had the same questions
70-621, 800 score; MCSA.
What's now? Win server 2008(never seen) or Win 7?
Any suggestions?
TNX

 

Firstly congratulations on getting your MCSA.

What's next? Simple... if you have never seen Windows Server 2008 then START
LOOKING! It's been out for nearly two years and oh yeah... there's a 2008
R2 out too.

You have three choices:
- Continue with Windows Server 2003 exams and get your MCSE
- Learn Windows Server 2008 and in a couple of years start taking THOSE
exams
- Look at the plethora of new cert options that are more granular, including
desktop, virtualization, and so on.

Good luck!

M

 

Thanks Mitch, helpful as always,
I meant i newer used 2008 server , but i think i can get it, but maybe it's
better 293 and 294 before this exams.
For what is virtualization, i use VMWare and i want to use xen in the near
future.
what about comptia Complete? is this good? i have the 2007 kit but it ttalks
a lot of win 2k... incredible nobody uses it any more !!!!
in myself i feel 293 and 294 for next year. mixed with some Debian-or linux.
then win 7 in 2011.
thanx a lot.
Fausto-news.tin.it

 

Could you please give an update about the 291 exam? what sort of material
you used or training? Many thanks

 

microsoft training kit, transcender, microsoft press exam training kit, 5
months study 2 years experience, but failing the first time i think was the
key. the second time you find something familiar.
Are you on FB?

 

I just took the -291.

I allowed myself to be challenged by it for several months.

It wasn't as hard as I expected, but whereas I normally rely on the MSPress
Training Kits, I think that the -291 book did not prepare me as well for
this exam as other MSPress books have done.

In addition, the -291 has been rewritten since Win2003 SP2 was released
(much to my surprise). (I suppose a fair amount of due diligence on my part
could have determined that fact ahead of time.)

I don't have a good reference for training for the -291, but I'm looking at
alternative sources to see if I can find any that are better sources than
the MSPress book.

In all fairness, also, a significant portion of the objectives for the -291
cover RRAS (which I consider an all but useless technology) and Performance
Monitoring (with PerfMon/NetMon, etc.) -- which I've never actually used in
a real-world situation in over ten years! Looking at my score sheet I see
that the majority of my deficiency was in those two areas.

To that point, however, I would recommend the Windows Server 2003 Deployment
Kit
[http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/techinfo/reskit/deploykit.mspx]

specifically the "Deploying Network Services" volume
[http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc775745(WS.10).aspx]

which are *FREE* resources available in the online TechNet Library

and the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit
(not just the tools, but the thousands of pages of documentation that goes
with it)
[http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Windows-Server-2003-Resource/dp/0735614717]
which are not free resources, but well worth the $80 (or less) that a
used/softback set will cost you.

--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCITP:EA, MCDBA, MCSA
Principal/CTO, Onsite Technology Solutions, Houston, Texas
Microsoft MVP - Software Distribution (2005-2009)

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