Server 2003 - Picks for 299 Beta...

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Picks for 299 Beta...

jeff_j_black

2003-11-09, 11:21 am

Okay, here are my picks for preparing for 299 beta:
You must know everything listed here:
Preparation Guide for Exam 70-299
Start off with a brief overview:Windows Server 2003 Technical Overviews
Find chapters from: Deploying Network Services and: Designing and Deploying Directory and Security Services There are chpters in these books that map to topics in the exam description.

This one covers the entire first section of the exam description: Windows Server 2003 Security Guide
This is a good one:Threat
s and Countermeasures: Security Settings in Windows Server 2003 and Windows XP

One that you have to register for, but it's worth the trouble, as I think this will be a good text for this exam: Tips and Tricks Guide to Securing Windows Server 2003

There's a lot of pages there, but if you sift it out, read, work in a lab or gather experience on the job in these topics, you should be able to give it a go. Comments?

Tarzanboy

2003-11-09, 5:45 pm

Good find on that last one, JB.

I noticed a few typos in the WS2k3 SG, as well as a couple of questionable listings in it. Hence I would recommend that you apply the knowledge gained from the literature into a lab setting if at all possible.

Cheers,
TB

xakeP

2003-11-10, 12:36 am

great links jeff_j_black

thanks

urbman

2003-11-24, 11:44 am

I bought a few books myself. I have never tried anything by Wiley, but I bought Windows 2003 Bible and 2003 Security Bible. I went through the first 5 chapters... most of it is pretty much review until Chapter 5. It finally gets into some of the new feature ins 2003, SIP and so forth.

jeff_j_black

2003-11-24, 1:39 pm

Good Luck on 299, the time is getting tight.

x1one101

2003-11-26, 8:14 pm

Great links. Will be taking the beta on the last day. Good luck for those whose taking the beta.

jeff_j_black

2003-11-26, 10:43 pm

I am queued for this on the last day as well. I have been working out of the applicable chapters from the MS Press 292-296 book. I have a virtual lab with two servers in two sites and an XP client. It has been fun! I took the 214 beta last year, that was a blast! Best of luck!

qod

2003-12-02, 3:09 pm

you could also check an exam review at
http://www.mcseworld.com/forums/sho...&threadid=11577

good luck

Tarzanboy

2003-12-06, 7:22 pm

The exam is 180 minutes with 70 questions in traditional Microsoft format. There were no case studies, just individual questions. I found that I had more than enough time to go through, finish and review the questions at least once.

The majority of questions I received were mainly choose the correct option on multiple choice. There were some other formats involved, primarily drag and drop and a single quasi simulation question.

Although I felt that I did fairly well, I was left disappointed of what Microsoft is intending to convey on this exam, as the scope was simplistic, mainly refined to tackling elements of AAA. While this approach to security is acceptable, the methods of testing are hardly adequate.

First there is the lack of simulation questions, requiring you to do the very things that they are attempting to assess your knowledge of. Rather than asking questions based on a senario then providing the answers, they should require people to do it. Missing this key element, in my opinion, virtually defeats the purpose of the exam.

Second, with a good number of questions, careful reading and elimination of the incorrect answers can reveal the correct answer, rather than having actual field-ready skills. Being able to use deductive reasoning is a nice skill, but should not be the primary skill displayed on a test on security.

Cheers,
TB

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