70-290 - Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment

[deSade]

70-290- Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment question

Does anyone know how hard the exam is for this?

I took the (online) course this week, after only 2 months experience as a system administrator. Is it an achievable exam for someone with only a little experience?

Thanks

 

[oddjob62]

Does anyone know how hard the exam is for this?

I took the (online) course this week, after only 2 months experience as a system administrator. Is it an achievable exam for someone with only a little experience?

Thanks

Well i've been supporting windows 2003 for 3 years now, did a weekend revision and easliy passed, but i don't see why someone with less experince couldn't pass it. Recently passed the ISA 2004 with very little experience, but i found the best thing to do is go through a decent text book (or in my case i used the CBT nuggets) and actually DO everything they do, reading alone is pretty useless. Get VMWare or Virtual Server 2004 (or a spare PC), install Server 2003 and acutally do all the things the book tells you.

 

[VeNT]

MS virtual PC is free now. so may be worth a download (its tiny)
works well on core duo etc PCs as that have that whole virtulisation stuff going on

 

[deSade]

I've got a laptop with Server 2003 on it, but didn't have it during the course. Would you suggest going back through it with the laptop?

 

[pellet]

It's definitely achievable, as long as you understood the technology you were being taught?
Do you get any sort of content available to study with, post-online course? I'd definitely revisit key areas: share/ntfs permissions, and which takes precedence;backup/restore;groups and permissions (user into global into domain local etc).

Also go here:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-290.asp
It has some practice exam questions, and some other useful info.

Good luck!