"Robert Coulter" <aw3740@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Ben Smith <online_bensmi@microsoft.com> wrote in
> news:MPG.1dea98acd4c4f891989856@msnews.microsoft.com:
>
> > In article <OwPAIjf7FHA.3416@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl>,
> > goldtech@worldpost.com says...
> >> (Exam 70-270): Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft
> >> Windows XP Professional
> >>
> >> Is this the first test I should take?
Thanks for the help!
> >>
> >> What's usually the best order to take them?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> > Take the exams that you feel most comfortable with the technology
> > first. This will help you gain confidence (hopefully) and get used
to
> > the way exams work.
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm an MCSE instructor. I always recommend my students take the client
> exam first, then server. I also don't recommend you go near either
until
> you have a good grasp of IP addressing and basic IP
configuration/routing
> on a LAN. You'll get low-level questions in this area on both tests.
The
> problem with the MCSE track is neither are really taught until the
> Implementing a Network exam.
>
> I recommend taking the rest in order, 70-291, 70-294, 70-294. I also
> recommend that you take whichever Design exam you are planning on
taking
> LAST! The Design exams are the hardest, and they also tend to build on
> mos tof the knowledge you've hopefully gained in the first 6 exams.
>
> Goo Luck!
>
> Robert Coulter
> Net+, MCP+I, MCSE-NT, MCSE-2K, MCSE-2K3
>