cookie_monster Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 I'm thinking about updating my 2003 MCSA to 2008 TS, has anyone here taken this exam if so what books did you use? There doesn't seem to be much training material out there other than the MS books and they're expensive. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Exam.aspx?ID=70-648&Locale=en-us Cheers.
Kitkatninja Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 The 70-648 is actually both 70-640 (83-640) and the 70-642 in one exam. So if you get the study materials for both those exams, it'll cover the material for the 70-648. I did the 71-649/70-649 which is the 70-640 (83-640), the 70-642 & the 70-643. You can read what I used here (I took the 649 exam 3 times). -Ken 1
cookie_monster Posted December 6, 2009 Author Posted December 6, 2009 The 70-648 is actually both 70-640 (83-640) and the 70-642 in one exam. So if you get the study materials for both those exams, it'll cover the material for the 70-648. I did the 71-649/70-649 which is the 70-640 (83-640), the 70-642 & the 70-643. You can read what I used here (I took the 649 exam 3 times). -Ken Three times ouch I bet that cost a bit. I take it it's not straight forward then? I had to take 70-292 twice it was supposed to be a difficult one though, apparently it's the most failed MCP exam lucky I had a second shot
ChrisH Posted December 6, 2009 Posted December 6, 2009 When I looked at updating my windows 2000 to 2003 I got the upgrade book but I soon got bored of it as it seemed to focus on higlighting the difference between the two versions as in in what can one do that the other can't rather than just concentrating on the new OS. This seemed to be the focus of all the questions. No doubt 2003-8 is the same. I think I would rather just do the server exam again than answer all that rubbish. I am out of date now so I would just do the exams again. Rather than an upgrade path.
cookie_monster Posted December 6, 2009 Author Posted December 6, 2009 When I looked at updating my windows 2000 to 2003 I got the upgrade book but I soon got bored of it as it seemed to focus on higlighting the difference between the two versions as in in what can one do that the other can't rather than just concentrating on the new OS. This seemed to be the focus of all the questions. No doubt 2003-8 is the same. I think I would rather just do the server exam again than answer all that rubbish. I am out of date now so I would just do the exams again. Rather than an upgrade path. The 70-292 exam? Well isn't that the point of the update exam there's no point covering what you should know you just cover what's new in the updated OS. I seem to remember the exam covering loads of the new content to an in depth level. It was a while since though so I might be confusing it with other exams. If I take the other exams then I'll have to take 2 + which will be twice the price the update is one exam.
Kitkatninja Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 Three times ouch I bet that cost a bit. I take it it's not straight forward then? I had to take 70-292 twice it was supposed to be a difficult one though, apparently it's the most failed MCP exam lucky I had a second shot It didn't cost me that much. I took the beta (which was free), then I did the free second shot. So for those 3 exams I really only paid for 1. The 2008 upgrade exams as well as standard exams are easier to understand than the 2000/2003, but more technical - so swings and roundabouts really. Without breaking the NDA: The upgrade exams are really literally 2 or 3 exams in one. The exam(s) are graded individually and the overall score of the upgrade exam is the lowest score of the individual exam, eg in exam 70-649 because it's 3 exams in one, my overall score was the lowest score of 3. Once you finish one part, you can't go back. The 70-296, the MCSE upgrade, was alot harder than the 70-292... -Ken
cookie_monster Posted December 7, 2009 Author Posted December 7, 2009 The 70-296, the MCSE upgrade, was alot harder than the 70-292... Was it. I rememer reading loads of threads on the internet at the time that it was the other way around, people saying they passed 296 no probs then wanted to get the MCSA as well (paper collectors) and failed 292. I saw one post where someone failed it 7 times in the end they took all 4 MCSA exams and passed 290 and 291 were suppose to be more straight forward than 292. I suppose it depends on the questions that you get from the pool or maybe I was just very well prepared for the exam.
Kitkatninja Posted December 7, 2009 Posted December 7, 2009 Was it. I rememer reading loads of threads on the internet at the time that it was the other way around, people saying they passed 296 no probs then wanted to get the MCSA as well (paper collectors) and failed 292. I saw one post where someone failed it 7 times in the end they took all 4 MCSA exams and passed 290 and 291 were suppose to be more straight forward than 292. I suppose it depends on the questions that you get from the pool or maybe I was just very well prepared for the exam. Strange, I found the 292 exam easier than the 296, but yes it does depend on how prepared you are, plus the questions from the pool. The people who just passed the upgrade exam 70-296 still had to do the 292 in order to get the MCSE 2003. And that in turn gave them the MCSA 2003 upgrade. Yeah, to be honest, doing the exams individually (for the most part) was always going to be easier... -ken
mb2k01 Posted December 30, 2009 Posted December 30, 2009 Cookie_monster, Did you end up taking the exam? How did you find it? I was about to create a new thread asking a very similar question to your original post. Throughout your research do you know what (if anything) this exam is comparible to? Is it litterally just covering upgrade topics, or does it re-visit some of the earlier exams to make sure you still know?! Cheers
cookie_monster Posted December 30, 2009 Author Posted December 30, 2009 Cookie_monster, Did you end up taking the exam? How did you find it? I was about to create a new thread asking a very similar question to your original post. Throughout your research do you know what (if anything) this exam is comparible to? Is it litterally just covering upgrade topics, or does it re-visit some of the earlier exams to make sure you still know?! Cheers I haven't taken it yet we've had a busy period recently. In my experience the upgrade exams that I've taken 70-292 and 70-621 did not cover content covered in the previous exams they just seem to cover new features in the updated version. Take a look here for what the exam covers. TS: Upgrading from Windows Server 2003 MCSA to, Windows Server 2008, Technology Specializations
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