Any suggestions for self study for a new techie? All suggestions are
appreciated.

Re: Exam 70-270 by Bill

Bill
Thu Sep 15 13:42:51 CDT 2005

Sybex text wasn't bad. Make sure you have XPerience with XP.

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> Any suggestions for self study for a new techie? All suggestions are
> appreciated.



Re: Exam 70-270 by JaR

JaR
Thu Sep 15 15:01:21 CDT 2005

In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, =?Utf-8?B?S3RyZW5h?= spewed across the
ether:

> Any suggestions for self study for a new techie? All suggestions are
> appreciated.

Start with CompTIA A+. I kinda liked Mike Meyers:

www.totalsem.com/index.php

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JaR
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Re: Exam 70-270 by Bob

Bob
Thu Sep 15 15:51:34 CDT 2005

Ktrena:

A new tech I sometimes recommend the A+. It is a great base. From there
the MCDST or the XP exam is a good start if someone is interested in the
infrastructure side of the Microsoft world.

www.microsoft.com/elearning has a free MCDST course available.
I would suggest starting with the MCDST course, even if you do not take the
test. A lot of the materials overlap with the 270.

Working with the software is always a great start and there are quite a few
good books and CBTs out there.

--
Bob Christian II
http://bobchristian.blogspot.com - Blog



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Re: Exam 70-270 by m0rk

m0rk
Fri Sep 16 12:54:01 CDT 2005

mike is geekchic

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Re: Exam 70-270 by catwalker63

catwalker63
Sun Sep 18 16:12:06 CDT 2005

=?Utf-8?B?S3RyZW5h?= <Ktrena@discussions.microsoft.com> prattled
ceaslessly in news:787DABE1-BA3A-4C0F-A396-4F448A252A96@microsoft.com:

> Any suggestions for self study for a new techie? All suggestions are
> appreciated.

If you like to read books that are written with a sense of humor, try
Sybex, Mastering Windows XP Pro or even Mastering Windows Server 2003 by
Mark Minasi. Lots of real world information and a realistic view of
Microsoft and Windows. Get some machines for home practice, a copy of
XP, maybe a virtual machine program like VMWare or VirtualPC, and try
stuff out in a test environment. MS Press books are good and the study
guides often have evaluation versions of software. They are a little
drier than Minasi but they have very good information. The resource kits
for Windows 2000 and XP are available online at the MS site and are great
resources. Get to know the Knowledge Base and Technet.

Just keep practicing and don't get cocky. This is a field you have to
keep working at forever or you'll get left behind.

--
Catwalker
aka Pu$$y Feet
BS, MCSA, MCSE
MCNGP #43
www.mcngp.com
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"Definitely not wearing any underwear."

Re: Exam 70-270 by Ktrena

Ktrena
Mon Sep 19 09:07:05 CDT 2005

Thank you Bob I am also studying the A+ book by Sybex. I find that the book
is very lenghty, any suggestions for a person who basically learns superfast
as long as I am getting what I need that first time around instead of having
to read all of the book and then cipher through it to figure out what I need
to know?

"Bob Christian" wrote:

> Ktrena:
>
> A new tech I sometimes recommend the A+. It is a great base. From there
> the MCDST or the XP exam is a good start if someone is interested in the
> infrastructure side of the Microsoft world.
>
> www.microsoft.com/elearning has a free MCDST course available.
> I would suggest starting with the MCDST course, even if you do not take the
> test. A lot of the materials overlap with the 270.
>
> Working with the software is always a great start and there are quite a few
> good books and CBTs out there.
>
> --
> Bob Christian II
> http://bobchristian.blogspot.com - Blog
>
>
>
> "Ktrena" <Ktrena@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:787DABE1-BA3A-4C0F-A396-4F448A252A96@microsoft.com...
> > Any suggestions for self study for a new techie? All suggestions are
> > appreciated.
>
>
>

Re: Exam 70-270 by Ktrena

Ktrena
Mon Sep 19 09:09:02 CDT 2005

Thank you for your comment and I can believe that you have to keep working at
it or you'll be left behind...that's fine because I am definetly fast enought
to catch up.

"catwalker63" wrote:

> =?Utf-8?B?S3RyZW5h?= <Ktrena@discussions.microsoft.com> prattled
> ceaslessly in news:787DABE1-BA3A-4C0F-A396-4F448A252A96@microsoft.com:
>
> > Any suggestions for self study for a new techie? All suggestions are
> > appreciated.
>
> If you like to read books that are written with a sense of humor, try
> Sybex, Mastering Windows XP Pro or even Mastering Windows Server 2003 by
> Mark Minasi. Lots of real world information and a realistic view of
> Microsoft and Windows. Get some machines for home practice, a copy of
> XP, maybe a virtual machine program like VMWare or VirtualPC, and try
> stuff out in a test environment. MS Press books are good and the study
> guides often have evaluation versions of software. They are a little
> drier than Minasi but they have very good information. The resource kits
> for Windows 2000 and XP are available online at the MS site and are great
> resources. Get to know the Knowledge Base and Technet.
>
> Just keep practicing and don't get cocky. This is a field you have to
> keep working at forever or you'll get left behind.
>
> --
> Catwalker
> aka Pu$$y Feet
> BS, MCSA, MCSE
> MCNGP #43
> www.mcngp.com
> faq.mcngp.com
> "Definitely not wearing any underwear."
>

Re: Exam 70-270 by MattG

MattG
Mon Sep 19 16:33:30 CDT 2005

Although I didn't use it for 70-270, I found CBT Nuggets really good for
70-290, especially if you're not starting from scratch and already have a
reasonable amount of knowledge.
Of the practice exams I have seen and used, the 'Measure-up' ones are far
superior to others...

I would recommend you start by taking a practice exam (eg 'Measure-up',
although most books will have a CD with practice exams) and then reading up
on the areas identified as a weakness...

--


MattG
MCP (Windows XP)
MCP (Windows Server 2003)
070-291 this Weds...



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Re: Exam 70-270 by JaR

JaR
Mon Sep 26 10:25:59 CDT 2005

In microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse, =?Utf-8?B?S3RyZW5h?= spewed across
the ether:

> as long as I am getting what I need that first time around instead of
> having to read all of the book and then cipher through it to figure
> out what I need to know?
>

???

You "need to know" all of it. And more. There's no shortcuts.

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Thug 10110
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