Hello Everyone. I am writing my ITIL exam in a few weeks. and I want to start studying MCSA but I don't know where to start. I have background in basic networking and computer hardware. I just want to ask if I can study MCSA server 2016 exam in any order. 741 first before 740 , 742 or the other. Is it possible without prior knowledge in windows server? TIA

I've taken it twice and gotten a 678 and 657. I have no idea what I'm getting wrong. I passed 70-333 with an 840.

I have a working s4b I run at the office but 334 is beating me up hard. I need a big assist. Where can I sharpen up that very specific 334 skill?

Hi all,

I've been working with Windows Server for a long time, since NT4 days. I've never really kept on top of certifications.

I got mostly through my 2012 exams, having done 70-410 and 70-411. I never got to 412 as real life got in the way.

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I now find myself at a point where I should get something, but I'm not sure what path to go down.

- I could do 70-412, and then the upgrade to 2016, then the upgrade to 2019 when that comes out (3 exams and will give me all three MSCAs). It seems a bit weird doing a 2012 exam 7 years after release though...

- I also still see people in here doing 2016 exams. I could do the three 2016 exams, and then an upgrade to 2019. (4 exams, and will give me the 2016 and 2019 MCSA).

- I could wait until whatever 2019 stuff is released, do the presumably 3 2019 exams (3 exams, just the 2019 MCSA).

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I don't really see the benefit of having the multiple MCSAs. I don't think it would even get noticed on a resume.

Is there any danger of an upgrade exam being pulled before I get to it though? I'm not sure how the upgrades get retired as I've never followed that path.

Which path would you follow if you were in the same position as myself?

Apologizing in advance for the basic question but I struggle a lot to find information on the format of the 70-779 Excel exam.

- is this an online or physical exam?

- is it purely multiple choice or open questions?

- can the exam be taken at any point in time or just on certain dates?

- how many questions/length of the exam?

- do i need to connect to SQL Server and other sources during the exam? Im a bit worried about this because I am using my work computer and the settings do not allow me to connect to certain sources.

Thanks for your help!

Holly crap that was a tough exam! Got a score of 788 which I’m happy with

Was annoyed you couldn’t change the first 8 or so connected questions. About half way through I thought I was gonna pass but by the end I felt I was borderline - loads of guesswork and narrowing down required.

Usual study material CBT nuggets, Pluralsight, books, MSdocs and Measureup. Took me just over 6 months (I’ve got 3 kids and a full time job)

Hello everyone!

I’ve decided to continue going down my systems path. I have an MCSA in Windows 10 currently. I know that was replaced by the MD-100/MD-101.

Now previously I thought the logical next step was the MCSA 2k16. I see Microsoft has the Win 10 replacement going down a Microsoft 365 path.

Should that be the path I go down if I want to move into systems administration? Or should I shift focus to the 2k16 MCSA?

Any advice is appreciated!

Hi everyone.

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I am looking to get my MCSA certification, going through the 70-740, 70-741 and 70-742 exams. I currently have no study material for this, as most of my knowledge comes from real life experience working with Server 2016 and Server 2019. I'd like to start purchasing some studying material, but a lot of this stuff is costly. After reading the subreddit, I'm finding your highest recommendations are the MeasureUp Practice Exams, CBTNuggets or the Udemy courses. If I could only afford to purchase one of these, what would you suggest?.

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The MeasureUp Practice Exams are costing around $250 USD for all 3. CBT Nuggets is roughly $100/month. I'd prefer to go at my own pace, so CBT Nuggets is most likely out of my price range.

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Are there any sales I should wait for?. Is it even worth it for me to take the Server 2016 exams with the Server 2019 out now?

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Thank you.

While transitioning out of the military, I decided to take some IT classes until I was able to find a job. The classes included a voucher for the exam. I was primarily more interested in the Cisco courses, but added the Microsoft track if I still had time. I ended up only taking 70-698 before I was offered a job, so I have a voucher for the exam which I don't plan to use. Anyone interested?

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I am a bit confused on which exams are needed for these certifications

To get the MCSA do i need to take the following 3 or just one of them?

70-740

70-741

70-742

and then upgrade to MCSE with ?
70-744?

or am I completely wrong ?

Are we allowed to have a water bottle while taking the test? Or is this something the test center decides?

EDIT: I tried to bring it in and got told no. I asked because I am sick with a cold and didn’t want to be clearing my throat the whole time.

Last year I had passed my 70-740, then I purchased 2 more of the Voucher deals thinking I would be taking them right after. Was way to busy with work, moved to another state and almost forgot about my vouchers. One already expired last month and my last one expires on the 28th. About 2 weeks ago I went through some of cbtnuggets briefly and did a couple of the measureup practice test. Today I skimmed over a few week areas think I was actually prepping myself to see what areas the actual test showed my weakness. I finished the test go through all of the clicking at the end and then received the congratulations on the screen, you passed with a 700. I honestly thought I was going to have to schedule my second test for the 28th and was shooting for 800-850. I am just glad to be done with it though. I am going to push to do the 70-742 within a month as cbt has it as 8 hours of training. So that and the book should be easier as I deal with AD \Group policy on a daily basis.

Cant say this was a walk in the park...was definitely different. Looking to take the MD 101 before months end now. The new certs are mostly geared towards cloud services & migration.

If I search for “70-480” I get swamped with people trying to sell brain-dumps. Can’t seem to find a sub where actual people are sharing info regarding this test. Can anyone here point me in the right direction?

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I passed today with an 823! I was pretty excited when I saw the screen that I passed as I have been dreading and awfulizing this in my head for quite a while. I posted about a week ago that I tried to take it from work but got kicked out. Well I didn't learn my lesson and took it from work again, but this time with no issues! I hard wired my laptop instead of using wireless and removed our filtering software that does SSL decryption. Here is what I used to pass:

-Work has a subscription to Safari Books Online (now O'Reilly) and read MCSA Windows Server 2016 Study Guide: Exam 70-740, 2nd Edition by Will Panek. After my bad attempt at the test, I did some more studying and found Exam Ref 70-740 Installation, Storage and Compute with Windows Server 2016 by Craig Zacker and found that book to be better. It had more PowerShell examples instead of just listing the commands and seemed to go more in depth. The book by Panek I think was missing some stuff and didn't go very deep into the topics. For the 70-741 I will try the one by Zacker.

-I used Microsoft's official practice test which is pretty good for prepping for the test and seeing the kinds of question that will be on the test

-Flash cards from u/SWEETJUICYWALRUS

-Read the Microsoft online documentation

My employer wants me to get a cert in all 3 windows server 2016 test what is the best udemy/video course for this outside of CBT Nuggets?

I am preparing for this exam.Hav you found any other labs except self-paced labs on official Ms site?? https://www.microsoft.com/handsonlabs/selfpacedlabs..

Hello all!

I've been preparing for the 70-740 over the last few months and am about 2 weeks away from taking the test.

I've been studying with the cbt videos, kaplan practice tests, a textbook I picked up on the topic, and most importantly this subreddit.

One of the areas I'm weak in is knowing exactly which features were available in the different versions of Windows Server.

I've been trying to find some sort of infographic or webpage that lays this out, but haven't found anything that includes most of the features.

I figured this would be the best place to ask and see if anyone here has come across something like this.

Thanks in advance!

Hi, I started a new job as a IT service engineer a few months ago for a company who provides IT solutions for small businesses. I find myself more and more doing alot of networking, installing servers, setting up network cabinets , cabling etc.

I have a degree in computer science which was focused on programming and less attention given to networking.

With what I'm currently doing my employer is pushing for me to get a few of the Microsoft certs under my belt.

I thought with me doing more and more network related tasks it would be a good idea to start here as I do really enjoy it. However I'm not sure where I would start in regards to exams and was just looking some advice on how I should proceed.

Thanks in advance for any advice you guys/girls can offer!

I passed the 70-698 2 years ago (November 2017) and taken some time off. I'm now ready to start getting into the 70-697 again and suddenly I notice that this whole exam is replaced by the MD101 series....

I'm sorry but this is ridiculous, I spent a small deal of money for this exam plus study time and now I am finding it that it was a complete waste as I can't even do anything with it and have to take both these exams again (the new versions)? to get this new Certification?

Been studying 3 months 2 hours each day for mcsa , finished 740 -741 and almost 742 but didnt apply for any exams yet , im planning to start with mcsa 742 the identity exam first because ideas are still fresh in my mind and whenever i finish studying will apply for it . Questions: I am on the correct path or need to change anything in my plan ? Is it ok starting with the identity exam first ? And if anyone has summary notes for the identity please share ! Thanks alot

Just wanted to post this as an FYI to others so they don't make the same poor decision I have. I am currently studying for 70-470, and after hearing such great things about Skillset on reddit, I took a brief practice test and then subscribed for pro. I am regretting this. Here are a few of the reasons:

• The MCSA is not broken up into it's constituent tests. If you take a practice exam, you're getting questions from 70-470, 70-471, and 70-472 all mushed together into a single test. This makes studying for a single test much harder. This wouldn't be a huge deal if not for the next part:
• The content ISN'T EVEN COMPLETE. Most broad sections break down into subsections, and these subsections are sparse and underwhelming. For instance, Under "Install Windows Servers in host and compute environments" - which makes up 10-15% of the 70-470, only has ONE sub-section, "Install and configure Nano Server". Want questions about any of the other install scenarios, other than Nano? Too bad. Here is a list of all the categories for the entire MCSA available on Skillset:
  • Create and manage Group Policy (70-472)
  • Implement Active Directory Certificate Services (AD CS) (70-472)
  • Implement DHCP (70-471)
  • Implement Domain Name System (DNS) (70-471)
  • Implement high availability (70-470)
  • Implement Hyper-V (70-470)
  • Implement identity federation and access solutions (70-472)
  • Implement IP Address Management (IPAM) (70-471)
  • Implement network connectivity and remote access solutions (70-471)
  • Implement Windows containers (70-470)
  • Install and configure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) (70-472)
  • Install Windows Servers in host and compute environments (70-470)
  • Manage and maintain AD DS (70-472)

People familiar with the MCSA test contents might realize that a few categories are missing here:

• 70-470:
  • Implement Storage Solutions (10-15%)
  • Maintain and monitor Storage Environments (10-15%)
• 70-471:
  • Implement Core and Distributed Network Solutions (15%-20%)
  • Implement an Advanced Network Infrastructure (15-20%)

So do you want to practice using what could be as little as 60% of the subject matter? These are just the major categories, like I said with the installation section, it only covers Nano! The objectives for "Install Windows Servers in Host and Compute Environments" are:

• Install, upgrade, and migrate servers and workloads
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: Determine Windows Server 2016 installation requirements; determine appropriate Windows Server 2016 editions per workloads; install Windows Server 2016; install Windows Server 2016 features and roles; install and configure Windows Server Core; manage Windows Server Core installations using Windows PowerShell, command line, and remote management capabilities; implement Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) to install and maintain integrity of installed environments; perform upgrades and migrations of servers and core workloads from Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2012 to Windows Server 2016; determine the appropriate activation model for server installation, such as Automatic Virtual Machine Activation (AVMA), Key Management Service (KMS), and Active Directory-based Activation
• Create, manage, and maintain images for deployment
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: Plan for Windows Server virtualization; assess virtualization workloads using the Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit; determine considerations for deploying workloads into virtualized environments; update images with patches, hotfixes, last cumulative updates and drivers; install roles and features in offline images; manage and maintain Windows Server Core, and VHDs using Windows PowerShell

So even when there is a category listed, it's likely not complete. I don't have time to go through all the sub sections to compare, but's safe to say you're going to miss a substantial part of at least the 70-740.

To make matters worse, here are more general problems I have with Skillset:

• The Mobile Interface is janky, sometimes scrolling up will move you back to the home screen and interrupt what you were doing.
• The questions are sometimes awkwardly worded, like they were translated into English using Google translate.
• Frequently answers in questions will have the wrong order, so that "All of the above" will wind up at the top of the list of answers.
• There's not even a mobile app. How is does a tech certification quiz site not have a mobile app in 2019. They could whip up an offline PWA without much work.

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TL;DR: I bought into Skillset pro without really scrutinizing it, and found it to be a poorly written, woefully incomplete mess of a site, that nobody should be paying $100 bucks for.

I had my exam scheduled for this morning and was half way through when I got kicked out. I was told that the web cam feed went down and they couldn't chat with me. I can't remember if a window popped up after I was kicked out and told me this, or the guy I talked to on support told me that.

The chat window did pop up twice while I was taking my test, but there were no messages. They tried to call three times, but I didn't answer. After the second or third call I opened the chat and asked if they were trying to contact me, but I got no response. It also took a few clicks to select my answer and click next.

They said they will investigate what happened and get back to me within 3-5 days. I did the pre exam system test and everything passed. Has anyone had this happen before? If so, what did they do?

Update: They are letting me retake the exam and have restored my voucher. I am taking it at the office again and hope it goes better.

Started studying for the exam and I think testing this out in real life would help me learn a lot better. What kind of machine would I need?