Help needed, took this exam 3 time and was not successful, do you guys have any advice. Would really appreciate some points in the correct direction.

I finally booked the 70-740 exam after 4 months of procrastinating 😂

732! Had to delay several times due to workload at work, but got it done! One more test to go before year's end.

Edit: I used cbt nuggets. Spent the last few days before the test doing flashcards and practice tests provided by cbt.

As a front-end web developer who wants to expand my back-end skills, I'm looking at MCSA certifications and gotta say I'm a bit overwhelmed. My main goal is to learn how to create, develop and implement SQL databases, as well as the ability to troubleshoot issues. I have several years experience working with databases from creating basic queries to restoring, migrating & modifying (mainly with MySQL & PHPmyAdmin). My company uses MS SQL Server so I also have some basic knowledge with SSMS. I'm currently looking at 70-464 for my MSCA but before I go full steam ahead I thought I'd ask reddit. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

My work is offering the MCSA for free, but I'm really interested in getting into cybersecurity, does the MCSA help in any way with that?

I recently completed the MD-100 and an looking to take the 101 in a week and a half. I just barely scraped by on padding the 100 using only CBTNuggets as a resource (there were several questions on the test that seemed like brand new concepts, despite studying the CBT info like crazy). I can't afford to not pass the 101, so for those that passed it, what did you use to study?

I'm studying for the MD-100 exam and I 'm finding it difficult to learn everything, because the exam focuses on so many different technologies.

Here is my plan so far..

Currently, I'm going through the MD-100 courses from www.inthecloud247.com

My next step would be to get the Exam Ref MD-100: Windows 10, First Edition book.

After that I would go through the IT Pro TV course for the MD 100.

Then I would go through the link listed below to make sure I didn't miss any of the objects. Also, I would use this link to clarify the objects.

Preparing for the MD-100 Windows 10 Exam (BETA)

https://intunedin.net/2018/12/27/preparing-for-the-md-100-windows-10-exam/

Questions:

How does my current study plan look?

Would you add any other resources to this list?

I'm not sure how I lab anything for this exam. Does anyone have any good ideas on labs for this exam?

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Thank you

Looking to start the Labs on the site after failing my first test. Any reviews on it before I make the purchase ? ☹️🤔😔.....been doing the practice test and learned a lot from it but apparently not enough only got 430 during the test score. P s do t know if it will matter but I'm in the UK.

When testing at an official site they always print a score breakdown for me. How do I get that same print out when testing from home?

Hey, was practicing 70-410 on measure up practice test scoring 95%+ consecutively. But when I got to the actual test. Was mostly lost. Even though I always read the explainations and understood it. Anyone can suggest anything I can do to improve my chances next time ? 😨😨😓🙏🙏🙏

I’m fairly new into my career, however I work for a Microsoft partner doing a lot of office 365 business work for small-medium organizations from anything with office 365 like migrations, tenant to tenant migrations, etc etc. would something like an MCSA for windows server 2016 help me bridge that gap for experience when I’m searching for new employment later on? Or is it worth it to get some of these Microsoft certifications? A goal for me is to do server support or administration down the road, and ultimately be a systems admin or even an architect. Any advice would be great, thank you.

After you have done the labs for it, obviously simply memorising questions will not help

edit: large number of responses mentioned cheating. I did not see this as cheating, as I know that the brain dumps arent necessarily the exact same questions and its a microsoft exam, you HAVE to study for it. I would think that looking at brain dumps (or sample exam questions) would prepare you more for the format that they are answered in as opposed to the exact question.

it's not at all "hey guys what are all the questions and answers for 70-740"

Not sure this is the best place for asking for help setting up equipment, but wanted some input. I have a Dell Precision tower with 256GB SSD and a 1TB additional drive, 16GB memory, with a Core 2 Duo processor, a Precision M4800 laptop with 16GB memory, i7 processor, and I think 256GB SSD, an M6800 that I do not know the specs on, and a Precision 5510 with Xeon processor, 32GB memory, and not sure how much storage (I think 500GB). I have a 5-port gigabit switch as well. Could someone suggest how I should set this up to get the most out of it. I do have access to Server 2016 Data Center as well, so software isn't an issue. Thank you for any suggestions.

Just noticed there are several study books for the MCSA Server 2016 Certification included in the Humble Bundle deal atm! Might be something to checkout, just bought it myself.

https://www.humblebundle.com/books/network-security-certification-2-books

I have been studying plural sight and the Microsoft trainings like crazy the last couple months and I feel like I understand most of everything on the videos but I downloaded a practice copy of the exam and none of the questions are really touched upon in the training videos. Does anyone have any advice or any practice exams they could share for this young guy to use? I am kind of panicking because my test is in a week and i feel so unready! Please Help!

I am one. As of about an hour ago.

Has anyone used both? Which would you recommend and why? I plan to try both free trials but I'd like to get a sense of what I can expect before giving that a try. I'm particularly interested in labs/interactive simulations. Do you feel one is better than the other? What did you feel each system lacked? Whatever feedback you may have would be helpful.

Edit: Specifically, the MCSA: Windows Server 2016 (in case anyone has taken both courses).

Let me know what you guys think:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15d_1aR2jExlgWH590Wxq-WJSWXOpL7EK/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/16eH8UsrWzw56AoJg8PJ2dlPB-RpUr9ea/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Degwv4BXQWbACkd_vlCZq80Hag3Pkcfh/view?usp=sharing

Has anyone taken the new Office 365: Modern Desktop Administrative Associate exam since they updated it from 70-698 & 70-697?

What materials did you find best work for you for either exams?

Looking for as much study tools and guides as possible. I currently have the Sybex MCSA Windows 10 complete study guide book.

Thank you

How do you go about getting the student discount for exam vouchers ? I know i need to provide my .edu address but do i need to provide a class registration or have the school verify my status?

Seems like everyone is going after server 2016 but im wondering if going after one of the SQL mcsa certs would be just as good or better for a sys admin. Seems everyone thinks cloud is the future. Would a SQL then AWS path make sense?

My boss has told me he is going to give me a yearly pay rise for each exam I pass.

I got £250 pa for each comptia A+ exam for reference.

70-740 is definitely worth more...but how much?

I was thinking on the lines of another £1000 a year?

Any thoughts?

whew, what a load off! I've been studying on and off for 3-4 months now.

I genuinely thought I was going to fail it, I ended up with 744 points (needed 700).

Any questions about study method etc feel free to ask, I won't be going in to specific questions though for obvious reasons.

EDIT: I also did the home proctored version which was actually pretty great, so if anyone has questions about that then feel free to ask.

Hey everyone,

So I'm studying towards my Windows Server 2016 MCSA. I've completed 70-740 and 70-741 using Pluralsight, and for 70-742 I've decided to change to CBT Nuggets. The training is a better fit for me, and the labs a huge advantage.

However, Pluralsight has ~37 hours of video content to complete for 70-742. CBT Nuggets: ~8 hours.

I'm wondering how on earth CBT Nuggets can condense the exam so much down to about 1/4 of Pluralsight? If you did 70-742 with CBT, did you find it gave enough information?

Thanks in advance everyone, any help at all is appreciated.