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I really want to get the 70-640, but I have 0 experience as a Sys Admin. Since Server 2008 R2 is kind of prohibitively expensive to buy just to play around with in VMs, is there some better option? The 70-680/685 (MCSA Win7) is very attainable for me, with the imaging/deployment subjects the only thing I am not familiar with. Really I just want to move toward a job for Tier 2 Deskside Support with some ID admin duties so I can start getting more experienced with Windows Server..but I don't know if an MCSA for Windows 7 support would do much to help me toward that goal.
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madmaan posted:Are you currently a college student? Nope, no college degree either. But I've been working at a service desk for about 15 months and want to get out of there as soon as I hit 2 years, to move up to a tier2 job and hopefully never work Hell Desk again. I know college students can sometimes get very cheap licenses from MS but I don't qualify for that unless there is some other alternative (and not filez).
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Mar 26, 2013 02:41
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Ganon posted:Go here and download the iso: http://www.mydigitallife.info/windows-server-2008-r2-sp1-official-iso-images-180-days-free-trial-download/ Awesome, thanks. Is a 6-month timeframe a bit too optimistic to learn and take the 70-640, coming from someone who has no direct Directory/Wintel server admin experience? Basically I plan on knocking out the A+ in a week or two (gotta read up on my FDD cable pin counts, ISA bus bandwidth and Various Cable Lengths), then go for the MCSA Desktop Support in about 3 months..then work toward that 70-640 and hopefully get it before the end of the year. Alpha Mayo fucked around with this message at 04:39 on Mar 26, 2013 |
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Mar 26, 2013 03:53
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Dr. Arbitrary posted:MCSA without any experience would be very difficult. It wouldn't hurt to have one of the three tests so you can claim to be an MCP. So if I just pass one of the MCSA tests but don't do them all to earn an MCSA, I become MCP certified? .. Which is the easiest WIndows 7 MCSA test? 70-680 or 70-685? I am in between jobs right now so if MCP is something I can reasonably add to my resume within two weeks I feel like I should go for it.
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I'd like to play around with a domain environment/AD/Exchange, but I don't have the PC hardware to set that up. Are there any free or reasonably cheap options where I can play with some hosted sandbox? I really want to move to a Windows system admin job in the next few years as I view it as the next logical step, but am not sure how to truly learn it when I don't have the environment to play around in. I mean I can study and memorize books and watch videos and probably even get an MCSA, but I won't feel I actually know anything until I have hands-on experience. If the best way to learn it is to build a domain from scratch using the trial version of Windows Server 2012 then I guess I'll save up to build a lab but I was wondering if there were other options. Japanese Dating Sim posted:I wouldn't go for an MCSE in Windows 7 (does that even exist?). The Windows 7 cert is basically considered to be the 70-680 - Windows 7: Configuring. That gets you MCTS, and by virtue of getting any Microsoft cert, MCP. That said, Microsoft exams are pretty overly-difficult for the material, and they'll nail you on things you'll never use in the real world. Also, while I'm sure Windows 7 will be around for a while yet, you are kind of spending some time studying on an OS that's approaching, however far away it is, end-of-life. If you're interested, the 70-680 + 70-685 (another Windows 7 exam) will get you MCSA: Windows 7. Possibly overkill for a field tech position though, and I personally failed the 70-685 exam twice before moving on to other things. Doesn't A+ renew if you get N+? I don't know if that is the case if A+ has lapsed though.
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Aug 11, 2015 02:15
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Ugh my dumb A+ is about to expire in 4 months and I feel obligated to keep it for some stupid reason (probably because I spent $700 on it). Guessing my best bet is to just take Network+? That is just one exam, right? Other option is Security+. Not sure which is better to have a on a resume today, or if I should maybe even consider getting both. I've been slacking on my certificates.
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Feb 8, 2018 12:09
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Does Microsoft still have a windows desktop management certificate? Or should I just bite the bullet and go for Server 2016? Though I don't even know if test sites are open right now, it might be a better use of my time during quarantine than playing guild wars 2 all day.
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ElGroucho posted:Everytime I think about getting an MS certificate, they change the system or retire it, so I've pretty much given up on the notion. Yeah that's why I haven't got one yet. Every time I check they've completely changed their entire system. Looks like they are retiring their MCSA/MCSE system too and changing everything to 'role-based' and all have Cloud names.. I think the modern desktop administation one would be this: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/certifications/m365-modern-desktop but "Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate" isn't going to hit on any resume scanning systems any time soon the same way "MCSE/MCSA" does, though it would hit for Microsoft + Office 365 so maybe that's why they name it like that. And it isn't that expensive (2 exams, $165 each). Maybe I'll just go for Network+.
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