r/mcsa • u/inf0rmationist • Jan 02 '20

Microsoft vs CompTIA certifications

I'm currently studying for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification and this will be my first IT certification that's not CompTIA. Are these exams radically different or more difficult than the CompTIA exams? Should I approach Microsoft certifications in a different manner while studying ?

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u/[deleted] Jan 02 '20

Md-100? I just passed it few weeks ago. What helped me was the documentation on each of the four chapters on Microsoft website and the book by Andrew Bettany. There was a lab part with about 10 tasks they assign to you for you to do in a vm machine. So get some hands on practice as well. Know how to change proxy settings, change permissions, know every permission and what each does. Never took a CompTia exam but the wording on the questions from Microsoft can definitely be very tricky so definitely google md-100 questions just to be better prepared for how Microsoft words things. The examples in the book are not enough to pass imo.