Certifications

After reviewing some of the trackbacks I have had from my 70-649 posts, I found another great blog site that documents Stan Seger's day to day study preparation for 70-649. He includes a lot of items I haven't posted about here.

His 70-649 specific posts are from Wednesday, Thursday 1, Thursday 2, Friday, and Saturday.

It is probably easiest just to go to the main site here and see if there are newer updates.

I had a scheduled meeting get rescheduled so I decided to go for it while I had an opportunity.

80+ questions in the beta.

It seemed not too hard, but not too easy. I don't know how much more I can say without potentially breaking the NDA, but it was pretty much what I was expecting. Hopefully I will know if I passed in a few weeks or so. I have a feeling I did, but I don't want to get overconfident. It was free due to the promo code from yesterday, so I can't complain.

Jump on this while you can – go to Prometric's site and register for 71-648 for MCSA 2008 or 71-649 for MCSE 2008.

If you are a MCSA 2003 and not MCSE 2003 yet, use TIG648 for the promo code and only take 71-648 to go to MCSA 2008.

If you are a MCSE 2003 already, use TIG649 for the promo code and only take 71-649 to go to MCSE 2008.

Do not take 71-648 if you are already an MCSE 2003. You technically can, but it won't count for anything 'extra'.

Beta exam period runs: July 9, 2007– August 3, 2007

Originally spotted here!

As for study material? Dig into Technet articles on changes from Windows 2003 to Windows 2008 and get comfy with Windows 2008 Beta 3. Real world experience is always the best way to prepare for a certification exam. Don't be a 'paper' MCSE and devalue the certification!