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| Bill & Lysandre McNally 2002-09-11, 6:29 pm |
| I'm presently studying for 70-219. Anyone taken this? What was it like?
Bill
N+, iNet+, MCP, MCSA
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| Delbert Matlock 2002-09-11, 6:29 pm |
| "Bill & Lysandre McNally" <jacketsfans@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I'm presently studying for 70-219. Anyone taken this? What was it like?
For me it was four case studies with ten questions for each case study
(40 questions total). It seemed pretty straight forward, but one
possible pitfall is that an incorrect assumption regarding the "right"
course of action could cause you to answer several related questions
incorrectly.
Take your time on reading the case studies to be sure of what is being
looked for. Pay particular attention to issues such as single domain
vs multi domain or even single forest vs multiple forest. You could
see any combination of architectures.
The only study material I used to prepare for this test was the Sybex
book. I passed, but with the new MS policy of not giving scores I
can't tell you by how much.
To see the books I used for the entire MCSE program, take a look at:
http://delbert.matlock.com/compcert.htm
Good luck!!
--Delbert Matlock
--MCSE, MCSA, N+, A+
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| Delbert Matlock 2002-09-11, 7:29 pm |
| "Bill & Lysandre McNally" <jacketsfans@earthlink.net> wrote:
>I'm presently studying for 70-219. Anyone taken this? What was it like?
For me it was four case studies with ten questions for each case study
(40 questions total). It seemed pretty straight forward, but one
possible pitfall is that an incorrect assumption regarding the "right"
course of action could cause you to answer several related questions
incorrectly.
Take your time on reading the case studies to be sure of what is being
looked for. Pay particular attention to issues such as single domain
vs multi domain or even single forest vs multiple forest. You could
see any combination of architectures.
The only study material I used to prepare for this test was the Sybex
book. I passed, but with the new MS policy of not giving scores I
can't tell you by how much.
To see the books I used for the entire MCSE program, take a look at:
http://delbert.matlock.com/compcert.htm
Good luck!!
--Delbert Matlock
--MCSE, MCSA, N+, A+
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Remove the all uppercase letters from my e-mail address for replys (no SPAM)
Any UCE that does make it through will be reported to your service provider
and your service provider's service provider. Forgers will be hunted.
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| Dustin 2002-09-12, 12:29 am |
| Well, I just took this exam 2 days ago, and did very well... You need
to have a good foundation in Active Directory, 70-217, should be done
first. There are a few good things to remember:
1. Departments = OUs
The MOC states that organizing the AD heirarchy this way makes most
sense, since users in departments are administered similarly.
2. Password Polcies = Domains
My best way to illustrate this is for you to understand Kerberos way
more than is required by any Microsoft exam. The way Kerberos works
is, a KDC can only have one set of rules as to how to apply password
configurations. Since in Win2K every domain controller is a KDC, and
all KDCs in a domain (REALM) are the same, via replication, you have
to have seperate domains in order to setup different password
policies.
3. Exchange 2K and Active Directory integrated software = schema
Exchange offers directory services, and actually, AD implements the
ESE, the engine from Exchange that provides directory service. In
2000, Exchange integrates with active directory, and modifies the
schema. I dont think there are many other software packages out there
that integrate, but you will be tested on it.
4. Schema = Forest
This goes back to LDAP... When creating an LDAP infrastructure, the
various servers that hold the database have to share the same schema,
or layout/rules in order to know what different pieces of information
mean, and to replicate them properly. Since an entire forest shares
Active Directory information, via Global Catalogs and such, a forest
must have the same schema.
5. WAN Traffic = Sites
Obvious... Sites allow you to set replication rules... also, if you
have a global catalog in your site, login traffic will not cross the
WAN link.
Make yourself a list of things that you can think of like this that
are easy associations, and that will take care of the test. My only
other suggestion is, get a lot of paper and draw things out as you
read the case studies. Make notes along the way.
Good luck,
Dustin
Network+, MCP(x6), MCSA
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| Dustin 2002-09-12, 1:29 am |
| Well, I just took this exam 2 days ago, and did very well... You need
to have a good foundation in Active Directory, 70-217, should be done
first. There are a few good things to remember:
1. Departments = OUs
The MOC states that organizing the AD heirarchy this way makes most
sense, since users in departments are administered similarly.
2. Password Polcies = Domains
My best way to illustrate this is for you to understand Kerberos way
more than is required by any Microsoft exam. The way Kerberos works
is, a KDC can only have one set of rules as to how to apply password
configurations. Since in Win2K every domain controller is a KDC, and
all KDCs in a domain (REALM) are the same, via replication, you have
to have seperate domains in order to setup different password
policies.
3. Exchange 2K and Active Directory integrated software = schema
Exchange offers directory services, and actually, AD implements the
ESE, the engine from Exchange that provides directory service. In
2000, Exchange integrates with active directory, and modifies the
schema. I dont think there are many other software packages out there
that integrate, but you will be tested on it.
4. Schema = Forest
This goes back to LDAP... When creating an LDAP infrastructure, the
various servers that hold the database have to share the same schema,
or layout/rules in order to know what different pieces of information
mean, and to replicate them properly. Since an entire forest shares
Active Directory information, via Global Catalogs and such, a forest
must have the same schema.
5. WAN Traffic = Sites
Obvious... Sites allow you to set replication rules... also, if you
have a global catalog in your site, login traffic will not cross the
WAN link.
Make yourself a list of things that you can think of like this that
are easy associations, and that will take care of the test. My only
other suggestion is, get a lot of paper and draw things out as you
read the case studies. Make notes along the way.
Good luck,
Dustin
Network+, MCP(x6), MCSA
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