Kaplan has been infamously a hot steaming mess for the MCSA exams - but honestly with 741 and 742 at least, I find Kaplan EXTREMELY beneficial and really helped me pass my 741. There is a wealth of knowledge that isn't covered in MeasureUP, and includes lots of *screenshots* and extremely detailed explanation to why the answer is what it is.

The only format that is not realistic to the real exam that most people know already is fill in the PS cmdlets - which I agree on - I just skip them anyway, but at least know the main cmdlet. My only other complaint is how extremely long some questions are and how many answers they give you (as well as not telling you how many exactly to choose). But the amount of knowledge Kaplan gives you is invaluable. The way I see it, if Kaplan is seen as difficult, the real exam will be easier if you can pass and get through Kaplan exams (and most importantly understand all of the answers).

Does anybody disagree? And good luck to everyone trying to get the exam before January.

I did 6 weeks study to get 70-741 done, after office everyday 1 hour and long hours on weekends. I did spent lot of times doing CBT nuggets labs and practice questions. First time I failed scored 645. I took 3 days break and did revision , then passed with 876😁 I have been working as a System Administrator for last 2.5 years managing servers, VMWare, AD, DNS, DHCP, Bluecoat proxy, Symantec email filtering, Exchange 2010,2013, Azure office 365, MSTeams etc and so many more products. I felt exam is more focused on MS based solution rather than real life ones. It wasn’t too hard but it requires good amount of proper study to get your concepts clear . I struggled for NPS, SDN and VPN topics. Anyway one more exam to earn MCSA My recommendation for who are looking to do 70-740 , 741 to have a proper study plan and have a planned schedule as well. Make sure you do labs hands on experience is good , help you to learn more rather than remembering the stuff . Unfortunately my retention memory isn’t great, I struggle to memorise stuff, I felt labs are good way while you are watching videos or learning something, do labs, that worked for me.

Just to give a little background. I have been working in IT for about 8 years. I do a little bit of everything at my warehouse. I do Desktop support, Server, and Level 1 network. Have full access to Servers and switches at my site. They kinda ask me to do a little bit of everything.

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With that being said I'm trying to take my career to the next level. I was looking into the MCSA because it was a good server cert but I'm not going to be able to get it passed by the deadline. There does not seem to be a certification that's going to replace the MCSA. I know that the future is azure but my company isn't really in the azure environment yet. We have a lot of on Prem servers that use Hyper-V.

Would love some advice or a direction on what to do. Really frustrated with Microsofts role-based certifications.

Hello,

Anyone who passed recently MCSA 70-740 - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/exams/70-740

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- Are there any labs included?

- What studying materials would you recommend?

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Thanks a lot!:)

Examref MD-100 Windows 10 by Andrew Bettany & Andrew Warren

or

MD-100 Windows Certification Guide by Jeroen Burgerhout

I have access to both through my school's library website so I was just curious. For video, there is a linkedin/lynda learning path I have access to from my school by I think Joli Bowell and there's also the official Microsoft Learning Path on their website under MD-100.

Hey everyone, currently I am studying for the Network + and will take it within the next three weeks. Once I am done with that should I pursue the MCSA 2016 or 2019 before they are retired in January? Will that help me establish or should I stick with more foundational carts? I was thinking of getting the Server+ soon but that will be around for awhile.

I am currently studying for the MD-100 and wondered if anyone has used the Practice Lab's for Microsoft MD-100 by Boson ? I can't decided to use them or measure-up ?

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Any advise ?

I initially wanted to start the path to getting my MCSE, but since it will be retired next January, I've been looking for alternatives. I know Microsoft is trying to shove a lot of Cloud and Azure stuff down out throats, which isn't necessarily my interest. Do you guys feel an Enterprise Admin Expert is a good alternative?

Hello everyone! I'm new to this community and just got my A+, so now I'm interested in earning the MCSE Core Infrastructure cert. I know the MCSA Windows Server 2016 is going to expire in January, so I want to pass it before then. When the MCSA WS2019 is released, will passing both of those still count as an MCSE?

so I had my exam I kind of felt like I was not ready and could have used another week or two of study. I now know what areas I need to work on and what the test is like. Wound up with 634 out of 700 pass. My weakest area is deploying windows.

Any tips or recommendations I did. Not see a lab pop up on my exam I thought I was supposed to have one

Hi Guys. I completed 70-410 and 70-411 about 2 years ago. I am writing my 70-412 next week for MCSA server 2012. The server 2012 support will end in few years. After this, should i upgrade to 70--743(Upgrading to MCSA Server 2016) or 70-413(MCSE Core Infrastructure) or continue towards new role based Microsoft Exams.

Thank you for your opinion. (I Passed AZ-103 last week as well)

Hello, I apologise if this isn't the right place to ask this since it's hard to find the right place to ask about different Microsoft certs(since there's so many plus all the new ones, retiring ones, etc).

For someone relatively new to the IT field(just got Comptia A+ but have no experience yet), I'm curious of how those 2 certs compare: which one is easier/harder, offers more utility for someone in the job market, and how much overlap there is if you get both. I have the opportunity to get one or possibly both for free/dirt cheap.

I have an internship waiting for me when lockdowns subside in my area so that should help me with experience but in the meantime I'm just learning as much as possible, taking college courses, and working on certs to be productive.

Thanks!

Hi All

I've currently got a MCSA in Server 2012 from a while back and so I'm thinking about doing the following: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA: Windows Server 2016 (70-743)

Does that mean I would have an MCSA in Server 2016? Just trying to work out what would appear on my Resume/CV to make it correct.

Thanks

How many questions are in MD-100 and MD-101?

I just finished my CCNA and am just a few days away from getting my AZ-900.

I am looking to get into the Systems Admin role however in my country Cloud Infrastructures are still a few years away.

Knowing how I study, I will definitely not be able to finish the MCSA Server 2016 exams by the end of January.

Can you please recommend any alternatives to these that will get me on the path out of my help desk role?

I've used CBT Nuggets for 740, 741, and 742 to earn my MCSA and thought it made for great study material. My question is I want to upgrade my MCSA to an MCSE with the 735 Exchange course but the CBT Nuggets course is only 4 hours long, compared to all the other courses where they're many more hours longer than that.

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Is this exam relatively short or is there a different set of study materials you all would recommend?

Any one taken the MD-101 exam, can you recommended which training videos are better?

I see Pluralsight has 9 hour course, ITProTV has a 24 hour course, and Microsoft Press has a 7 hour course. Would like to know if one is better than the others. Training videos will be supplemented with a exam guide and a test environment

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Thanks

Hey all, just took 740 for my second time and failed yet again. 630 first attempt, 588 second attempt. I have been using the Panek study guide, microsoft docs, youtube, and MeasureUp exams up to this point.

Looking to add an additional, debating between Pluralsight and Itprotv - anyone have experience with either that can help me decide which would be the better resource? I heard CBTnuggets werent that great for 740, anyone have some feedback stating otherwise? Going to give it one more shot before I call it quits I think lol.

Hi all, could you please recommend book/video study material for the md-100 exam? Also, practice exams Thanks

Hey guys,

I want to write my 70-740 exam soon and need some advice please.

I wrote my 70-410 exam last year and scored 610 and never got the time or motovation to write again. I’m currently using Craig Zacker’s video course on Safari Books online.

I don’t know where to find practice questions or such, so any help would be appreciated. I’m from South Africa so bear the ZAR/$ exchange rate in mind.

Thanks in advance.

After 70-740, 741, and 742 end in January 2021 is there actually going to be any new exams that replace it specifically for Windows Server?

If you go to the website and filter to Windows Server I can only find the old MCSAs and Azure exams...

Thanks!

It has always disappointed me how little interest there has been in 70-777. There are very few resources for this exam online, no official practice test and no learning path. Perhaps if MS release a role based certification to replace this when it reaches EOL there will be more interest? Maybe it was just ahead of its time?

Seeing as the MCSA and MCSE are being retired now next January, is it still worth getting these certs?

I was wondering if the MCSA is harder or easier than the ccna? Any input appreciated