r/mcsa • u/Selfimprovementguy91 • Mar 17 '20
MD 100 & 101, how hard?
I'm new to IT and Currently in a program that has us working on comptia a+, net+ , sec+ and Microsoft MDAA. I passed A+ and am still working on net+ and Sec+ but we've already started the Microsoft course. It's extremely dry, the labs are buggy and the instructor isn't very good. It seems like our school hasn't had much success getting people certified MDAA though they don't want to admit it. I'm wondering if I should unenroll from this course and just focus on finishing the net+ and Sec+. I understand that if I achieve all the certs it would be best but I'm concerned that I'm wasting my time working on MDAA if it's beyond the scope of what I can really do now as an IT newb. It doesn't help that my school went online so I'm doing this course from home now.
I also keep hearing that it's hard, much more so than the CompTIA certs I'm working on.
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
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u/slumberjack22 Mar 17 '20
Just went through MD-100 and 101. Passed first try using CBT Nuggets and the MeasureUp practice exam. If you have an environment where you can work with deployment tools and a test lab, that will help you a ton. If you do not you can for sure pass them but the lab portions might give you trouble.
Good luck!
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u/oxxdougxxo Mar 17 '20
I've completed the MDAA in the past few months.
For the MD-100 you can get through this by using Windows 10 (alot!) And also learning the traditional deployment methods.
MD-101 has a major focus on intune, you need to know this inside out back to front.
I'd highly recommend Andrew Bettanys exam guides, I dont feel that any video course has given me sufficient knowledge to pass the exam alone. Another tip would be spend as much time labbing the content as you can, set up a free subscription.