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3. What is the time limit of 70-290 exam?
You get 175 minutes to complete the exam and you will find about 45 questions ranging in format form multiple choice, drag-and-drop and simulated。
4.The description of the exam experience for 70-290 ?
My parting advice would be to follow the generic advice you get everywhere.  Get there in plenty of time, make sure you have your ID, when you get in don’t hurry, read the blurb (as much as you need to slowly).  When you start the exam proper read and re-read the questions.   Do make a note to review those you you’re unsure about and move on.  Come back to them at the end.  Don’t get too freaked if it takes a long time loading questions or scoring your exam.
5.What topics are very important for the exam 70-290?
All – I had questions that covered every topic and no topic was covered in more depth than any other .The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.
1.Managing and Maintaining Physical and Logical Devices
2.Managing Users, Computers, and Groups
3.Managing and Maintaining Access to Resources
4.Managing and Maintaining a Server Environment
5.Managing and Implementing Disaster Recovery
the detail information can be found in http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-290&locale=en-us#tab2.
6.The book or best training Material for 70-290：
 what materials do  you need to prepare 70-290 ?And Is microsoft press books sufficient for pass the 70-290 exam, how long will you prepare 70-290 ???
MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-290): Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 Environment, Second Edition
MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-290, 70-291, 70-293, 70-294): Microsoft® Windows Server 2003 Core Requirements, Second Edition
Generally speaking ，the Self paced training kits are (in my humble opinion) sufficient for studying the theory.It all depends on your experience. If you have worked with Server 2003 for a while, you should be fine. If you have never used Server 2003, it will be a lot harder.If you have never used Server 2003, I would recommend the Press Books, and also Windows Server 2003 Inside & Out. Take your time, read the books, do any exercise in the books. Set up a few virtual machines and just play around. Don’t rush your self otherwise you will be in for a rude awakening come test time.
Besides ,some materials I could recommend:
1.some books and  or online training resources or  ebooks or pdf free downloaded for 70-290：
MCSE Windows Server 2003 Core Training Guide (Exams 70-290, 70-291, 70-293, & 70-294) (Paperback)。This book has 2 editions.And the second edition would be more inline with the current version of the exam, however for the most part ,the first one would most likely be sufficient to cover the objectives thoroughly.So, you can give your choice .
2. MCSE practice exams for 70-290:
You may  purchase or download some practice exams from a some place like selftestsoftware.com ,measureup.com as well to see where you stand, then spend your time on the areas where you are weak,which will help you better prepare 70-290 or get the best materials for the next preparation to 70-290。
3..free download ebooks or pdf for  70-290.when I prepared 70-640,I found two useful sites to provide free ebooks or pdf :1.microsoftebook 2.microsoftpdf.Of course ,the materials for us are for  reference only.We couldn’t just own the materials from those sites to prepare the exams.
4.Online trainning resources for 70-290:The  MS Classroom Training are enough for us
7.There are some changes in MCSE/MCSA 70-290 .
There are several changes between operations in Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, some subtler than others. Microsoft expects you to know about these changes. Among those to be aware of:You must activate the operating system to use it.
The default share permissions for Everyone are now Read versus Full Control.
There are (or will be) four versions of the product available: Web edition, Standard edition, Enterprise edition, and Datacenter edition. Check Microsoft’s site for a comparison of the versions.
Some Terminal Services terminology has changed. For an overview of Terminal Services, including the wording now employed, check out the Microsoft Web site. In addition, be sure to read the top ten improvements list posted on Microsoft’s site!!