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penga86 posted:I'm currently studying for the 70-640 and after reading and rereading Microsoft's certification site, I'm still confused. I can take 70-640, 642 and 646 prior to July and get the MCSA 2008, which I can then convert to MCSA 2012 by taking 70-417. Then I can take 413 and 414 to get MCSE. This is the path I went with, the upgrade test is extremely easy at the moment. If you have a solid 2008 background this should be relatively easy for you to pass. Most of the stuff on the exam related to changes from 2008 to 2012 such as the IPAM and some changes to "DCPromo" eventually this exam will get more difficult.
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Dexo posted:Do you know what the Class A/B/C default Address Masks are. Yes.
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ChoLo posted:This is the path I went with, the upgrade test is extremely easy at the moment. If you have a solid 2008 background this should be relatively easy for you to pass. Agreed, passed the upgrade test in Feb for MCSA, sit for 70-414 next Friday. Any gotcha's I should be looking for?
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Mar 9, 2013 00:30
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Well, I just sat my 70-647 exam and failed badly. Makes me feel like poo poo, I felt like I was going to do well on this for sure, and was looking forward to finally having my cert.
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Mar 10, 2013 03:59
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forever gold posted:Yes. You know all you need to know about subnetting.
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Mar 10, 2013 08:52
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Speaking of subnetting...the 70-642 has this little box deep into, I think the 45 min mark of the book of lesson 2 for IPv4, has a little blurb that says to the effect of "VLANS: THEY'RE LIKE SUBNETTING ONLY EASIER".
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I'm getting ready to start a 7-week CCNA course and I'm wondering if anybody else who has gotten their cert can suggest some good online resources they used to help along the way? I looking for forums, blogs, etc, stuff I can read at work/during down time that will keep me thinking.
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Mar 10, 2013 22:50
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The Third Man posted:I'm getting ready to start a 7-week CCNA course and I'm wondering if anybody else who has gotten their cert can suggest some good online resources they used to help along the way? I looking for forums, blogs, etc, stuff I can read at work/during down time that will keep me thinking. There isn't much legit stuff that is a free for you online. I have googled a few subnetting tips websites and looked at a lot of youtube channels which went over cisco exam stuff along the way. Beyond that I haven't found a great central, all-in-one resource.
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Mar 10, 2013 22:55
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The Third Man posted:I'm getting ready to start a 7-week CCNA course and I'm wondering if anybody else who has gotten their cert can suggest some good online resources they used to help along the way? I looking for forums, blogs, etc, stuff I can read at work/during down time that will keep me thinking. These are all for ICND1 only but they should keep you busy: http://subnettingquestions.com/ https://www.youtube.com/user/danscourses https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/certifications/ccna/icnd1?tab=studylearn (create an account if prompted)
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Mar 10, 2013 23:15
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theperminator posted:Well, I just sat my 70-647 exam and failed badly. Don't feel bad. I barely passed mine myself when I took mine back in the day. The Microsoft pro tests are an odd twist. The testlets are somewhat practical (yay) , but my gripe is that this shouldn't be the first time you see this.
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Mar 11, 2013 13:36
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Are there any online Cisco academies (preferably in Canada) that will allow you to do a cert by correspondence, or at least give you access to Cisco's online curriculum? Everything in my area is either a high-school day program or a for-profit career college, but nothing for night schools.
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Mar 11, 2013 14:56
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madmaan posted:Don't feel bad. I barely passed mine myself when I took mine back in the day. Thanks, any tips besides the press book + james conrads inane ramblings? What's making me feel poo poo now is that we were told today that my ITP won't be enough to keep our partner status come october, so instead of this being my last exam I'm going to have to upgrade to the MCSE...
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I forget, how big is the raise you're getting both to retain your new skillset, but ensure their partner status? Is it whopping? It was whopping right?
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Mar 12, 2013 06:19
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I am just reading this now, but apparently you have to take 3 tests to upgrade from ITP 2008 to MCSE 2012? I was hoping it would just be a single upgrade test and I'd be done. Dang. :/
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Mar 12, 2013 07:17
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Looks like I'm gonna be MongoDB certified. Just finished the M102 course from education.10gen.com and only got one question wrong on the final. If anyone is interested in Mongo at all, I high recommend the class. It costs nothing and is very well done. They have ones for developers and the one like I took for DBA/sysadmin.
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So there's an opportunity for me to maybe play around with Microsoft SCCM at work. Are there any books or materials that might help me out with this? I'll be eventually going for my MCSA soonish so I figure this is a good way to show my bosses that I can potentially handle the big time and move up from support.
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I haven't found a SCCM book I really like. Most are big on theory, not so great for real world getting poo poo done information. Theory is important, but when you're trying to figure out how to accomplish something in SCCM, lack of real world examples make it difficult. I did take the 5 day Microsoft Course, but even 40 hours of class time (timed to the slowest person in class) barely scratched the surface. I've found Windows-Noob to be a great SCCM resource. http://www.windows-noob.com/forums/index.php?/forum/92-configuration-manager-2012/ I would not 'play around' with SCCM in a production environment. Way to easy to do major damage. See if you can build a test environment.
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Mar 12, 2013 18:28
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It sits uselessly on my shelf with plenty of other books that I will continue to tell myself I'll get around to, but Sams SCCM Unleashed seems like the right choice for all things SCCM. Does anyone else have preferred publishers, or do most people take books one at a time? I find myself trusting anything Wrox or Oreilly print.
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Mar 12, 2013 18:31
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madsushi posted:I am just reading this now, but apparently you have to take 3 tests to upgrade from ITP 2008 to MCSE 2012? I was hoping it would just be a single upgrade test and I'd be done. Dang. :/ Yeah, MCSA is one test (417) and MCSE is two (413,414 or 415,416) plus the 417.
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penga86 posted:Yeah, MCSA is one test (417) and MCSE is two (413,414 or 415,416) plus the 417. That depends on which ITP Certification you have, it looks like ITP:EA and ITP:SA aren't upgradeable using that exam http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-417
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theperminator posted:That depends on which ITP Certification you have, it looks like ITP:EA and ITP:SA aren't upgradeable using that exam MCITP automatically grants you MCSA 2008, which IS upgradeable by this exam.
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Is it enough to land a help desk position with just the A+ and Network+ but no experience? The job postings in my area almost always stress previous experience no matter what the position is.
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Mar 13, 2013 02:37
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forever gold posted:Is it enough to land a help desk position with just the A+ and Network+ but no experience? The job postings in my area almost always stress previous experience no matter what the position is. That is pretty much the purpose of those certs. Anything that says 2 years of experience of help desk is bullshit. Get A+ and apply. Hell you could probably put in your résumé "persuing A+ certification" and get hired.
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Man, here I was all worried when I was handed a voucher two weeks ago for the network+ that expired tomorrow. I sat for the cert today after a hard night of drinking and passed it with only having really studied for about 4 days.
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madsushi posted:MCITP automatically grants you MCSA 2008, which IS upgradeable by this exam. Awesome, still one more exam to do but it's better than three! :edit: after looking, MCSA 2008 = 640, 642 and 646 (MCITP Server Administrator) I'm doing MCITP:EA which in my case is 640, 642, 643, 680 and 647 and doesn't automagically get me MCSA 2008, I'd have to sit the 646 exam to get the MCSA vert. Seems like a bit of a bloody jip to me. pass more exams seems to equal get screwed over even more. theperminator fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Mar 13, 2013 |
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DGK2000 posted:Man, here I was all worried when I was handed a voucher two weeks ago for the network+ that expired tomorrow. I sat for the cert today after a hard night of drinking and passed it with only having really studied for about 4 days. Were you already familiar with the material? Cause otherwise, wow.
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forever gold posted:Were you already familiar with the material? Cause otherwise, wow. I mean, I've plugged in my own routers and setup my wireless networks. I've also played a bit with virtual machines. But aside from that and building my own computers, not really. Is it worth getting the A+ if I already have the Network+? DGK2000 fucked around with this message at 05:19 on Mar 13, 2013 |
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DGK2000 posted:I mean, I've plugged in my own routers and setup my wireless networks. I've also played a bit with virtual machines. But aside from that and building my own computers, not really. Depends on your goals.
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forever gold posted:Depends on your goals. Getting an AS degree, probably getting stuck in helldesk. Fairly interested in being a network admin, but I think the CCNA is a ways down the road for me.
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DGK2000 posted:Getting an AS degree, probably getting stuck in helldesk. Fairly interested in being a network admin, but I think the CCNA is a ways down the road for me. Though I already have an AS degree, I'm pretty much on the same plan, and count on A+ and N+ being enough to secure an entry level gig. So, unless money is an issue, I would say getting the A+ can't hurt.
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So there's a new harder CCNA coming this june apparently. Video of CCNA 5.0 from Cisco ToG fucked around with this message at 06:29 on Mar 13, 2013 |
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Mar 13, 2013 06:18
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Oh what the gently caress. My current game plan was for early July, and half Cisco Academy's course materials are several years old. We haven't even touched IOS 15.X.
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Well maybe I'll speed up my plans to get my CCNA then. I don't particularly feel like failing on a new test and being a guinea pig.
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Remy Marathe posted:Oh what the gently caress. My current game plan was for early July, and half Cisco Academy's course materials are several years old. We haven't even touched IOS 15.X. The current test won't stop being available right away. It should be around for at least the rest of the year.
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Ganon posted:The current test won't stop being available right away. It should be around for at least the rest of the year. Exactly. I've had ICND2 booked since september but had to postpone due to family illness. Hoping to finally go for it soon. I like the idea of IOS 15 being a part of CCNA but it really does price alot of people like myself out of the market when you consider used gear.
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Guess I'll add this VCP5-DT - VMware View (NOTE VCP5 IS REQUIRED PRIOR TO THIS TEST) Material I used VMware View 5: Building a Successful Virtual Desktop, VMware View 5 Desktop Virtualization Solutions, and the exam blueprint. To pass this test you really need to have some experience with view, if nothing else you'll really need to do some complex lab designs, leveraging AD policies, CA, Thinapp, Security servers, Event Servers; basically push what you know you can do with view and AD/GP to the limit. First off I'll say the exam is not as focused on vSphere as much as the VCP510 exam did. The exam is going to go more into AD policies to optimize view, ThinApp(Setup and requirements to run), supported backed servers(Windows, vCenter, SQL, connection servers), and user interactions. The exam for me was a mash up of 50/50 real world and theory. Prepare to be asked questions like "You need to make sure only X user in Y Dept can access their desktop remotely, while keeping all other workers LAN only. How do you do this?" and "Which of these vmware setups could support view?" A big portion of the exam you probably won't see coming is the Group Policy, don't spend too much time on the customizing the windows 7 OS as you do Group Policy, be prepared to know about the process for setting up and deploying Thinapp solutions, and read the material I posted, if you do that you should do fine.
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Ganon posted:The current test won't stop being available right away. It should be around for at least the rest of the year. I'm curious- When they do change, do they make all the test centers adopt the new one at the same time? I mean I'm assuming they wouldn't want to give testees a choice as to which test they pass.
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theperminator posted:Awesome, still one more exam to do but it's better than three! I have the MCITP:EA and automagically obtained the MCSA2008 cert which i then upgraded to MCSA2012 and am sitting for the final test 70-414 for MCSE2012 on Friday.
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Nebulis01 posted:I have the MCITP:EA and automagically obtained the MCSA2008 cert which i then upgraded to MCSA2012 and am sitting for the final test 70-414 for MCSE2012 on Friday. Good luck. I'm sitting the 640 tomorrow 
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SaltLick posted:That is pretty much the purpose of those certs. Anything that says 2 years of experience of help desk is bullshit. Get A+ and apply. Hell you could probably put in your résumé "persuing A+ certification" and get hired. You'll probably want to spell it right on your resume though.
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