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How To Pass The Microsoft 70-642 Exam

Soon I am going to start studying for tests for Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Server Administrator (what a title ) certificate. I’m waiting for books to be delivered to me, and then I’m gonna start studying. I expect no problems, but I have to be very careful because I don’t have experience in system administration, but I’ll try to do my best. Audience profile for first exam:

The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows Server 2008 credential is intended for IT professionals who work in the complex computing environment of medium-sized to large companies. The MCTS candidate should have at least one year of experience implementing and administering a network operating system in an environment that has the following characteristics:

• 250 to 5,000 or more users
• Three or more physical locations
• Three or more domain controllers
• Network services and resources, such as messaging, a database, file and print, a proxy server, a firewall, the Internet, an intranet, remote access, and client computer management
• Connectivity requirements, such as connecting branch offices and individual users in remote locations to the corporate network and connecting corporate networks to the Internet

I don’t have experience, I don’t have environment, but I’ll try. Why not?

First exam is 70-642 “Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring”, second one is 70-640 “Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring” and last one is 70-646 “PRO: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator”.

Daniel from http://www.msserveradmin.com wrote good article How To Pass The Microsoft 70-642 Exam, where he describes some of the secrets from this exam:

The BIG KEY to this exam if you are planning to sit this at some stage is to MAKE SURE you know your DNS and Network Access Protection (IPSec, PEAP etc etc) !!!! Spend time going over and over this stuff. A majority of the questions that I got were DNS and NAP related, there were a couple of questions about Securing VPN and Wireless Connections but hardly anything on NTFS and Share Permissions.

You will also need a good understanding of WSUS and how to configure upstream servers and also using NetMon.

If you have experience in passing these exams, please post it in comments. I need all help I can get .