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Transcender better than MeasureUp practice exams?
Dec 17th
When you prepare your Microsoft exams such as 70-290,70-640,70-536,70-649 and so on ,what software or practice tests do you think is better ,Transcender or MeasureUp practice exams ?Although MeasureUp exams are on the Microsoft official pages ,in fact ,are they best for our Microsoft exam preparation ?
Firstly, let me have a look at the advice from those experiencing 70-290 exams.
Best way to Upgrade from MCSA 2003 to MCITP SA
Oct 14th
If you want to upgrade your MCSA 2003 or MCSE 2003 to MCITP, which upgrade path would you like to choose? Take the upgrade exams, or take MCTS server 2008 exams?
Maybe some candidates for MCITP SA don’t know how to upgrade their MCSA 2003 or MCSE 2003 to MCITP SA.So, we’ll list the upgrade paths to MCITP, if you have known these, and you can skip this.
If you want to upgrade MCSA 2003 to MCITP SA, you have two choices.
1. Upgrade exams for MCITP SA .You know ,if you pass exam 70-648 ,your MCSA on windows Server 2003 can be upgraded to MCTS credentials(MCTS :Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration and Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure configuration).That is to say, upgrade exam 70-648 is combination of MCTS 70-640 and 70-642 .So ,generally speaking ,70-648 is harder .After your passing 70-648 or getting both of MCTS credentials ,only if you pass 70-646 ,you will get your MCITP :SA (Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008).
2. Take MCTS sever 2008 exams instead of the upgrade paths. That is to say, you can take any order of 70-640 and 70-642 exams to get the above two MCTS credentials. In my opinion, this way is easier.
Which way would you prefer?
Personally, the easier route would be to just do 70- 640 and 70-642 exams individually. Upgrade exams are always harder! The upgrade exam 70-648 is combination of 2 exams and far harder than the individual exams. Unless you have enough experience on the technology Windows Server 2008, you‘d better not take 70-648 instead of 70-640 and 70-642.So for me it wouldn’t have made a difference if I did the exams separately from a number of exams point of view.
There are several reasons below:
1. When you study the 70-648 upgrade exams, you can found most of materials including MS Press books for 70-640 objectives or topic area very vague and a bit lost.
2. To pass 70-648, you have to pass each section of 70-640 and 70-642,As each section is basically an exam on it own right ,otherwise you’ll fail the whole exam. Generally speaking, if you want to pass 70-648, you should have the ability to pass 640 and 642 exams. If you have trouble studying for basically those exams at the same time, you’d better give up the upgrade exam and study for the individual exams, which will help you concentrate on one set of objectives rather splitting you between the two.
3. To get MCITP :SA ,We can get to know it is unwise to take 70-648 ,from those who had experiencing on upgrade exams.Generally speaking ,Many of candidates with MCSA 2003 would try the upgrade exams three or more times to pass 70-648.
So, in my opinion, the easiest route to get MCITP is to take the exams separately for those with MCSE 2003 or MCSA 2003
9 questions about 70-640 preparation
Sep 9th
1.To be sucessful in Exam 70-640 ,we must know what is the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.So ,the second question is What is the guideline for 70-640 ?or what technical tasks we should accomplish in the exams ?
(the percentages indicate the relative weight)
a. Configuring Domain Name System (DNS) for Active Directory (16 percent)
b.Configuring the Active Directory infrastructure (25 percent)
c.Configuring additional Active Directory server roles (9 percent)
d.Creating and maintaining Active Directory objects (24 percent)
e.Maintaining the Active Directory environment (13 percent)
f.Configuring Active Directory Certificate Services (13 percent)
2.when we prepare 70-640, we should know what is the pre-requisite for taking the test 70-640? The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows Server 2008 is appropriate for you if you are working or want to work in a typically complex computing environment of medium-to-large organizations. Read the rest of this entry »
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Problem with Chapter 2 exercise for 70-640 Self Paced Training Kit Microsoft book
Dec 5th
Problem:
I am trying to finish the Suggested Practices at the end of Chapter 2 of the 70-640 Microsoft book. But I seem to be stuck..any help?
The exercise wants me to log in Barbara Mayer and try to reset passwords for people inside the people OU. I have delegated the Help Desk group…the Reset User Passwords and Force Password change at Next Logon permission for the People OU. Also Barbara Mayer is a member of the HelpDesk group. But when she logs on, she cannot change the passwords of other users.
I don’t understand what I am doing wrong…can anyone help please?
Answer:
Well by what you’ve told us it sounds fine. Have you looked at the Effective Permission tab and plugged her user name in to make sure the delegation is properly flowing down to her account?
Properties of the OU | Security Tab | Advanced | Effective Permissions (If you do not see the Security Tab – From ADUC Click “View” from the File Menu and choose the “Advance Features” option.
If this tab shows the check for the “Reset Password” then it should work, if it doesn’t something else may be wrong. Also try with another member of this Help Desk Security Group you’ve created. How did you delegate? Did you use the Delegation Wizard or did you simply change the DACL of the Organizational Unit [Secutiy Tab].