[tomken]

Sat this exam today along with the Security + test! Aced 'em both!! 959 on the 293 and 890 on the Sec+!!!

I sat the 293 first and was glad I did. The questions were very long and in depth. You really do need to have a strong grasp of the material in order to be able to answer some of them. It was pretty well balanced and covered DNS, DHCP, RRAS, PKI, IPSEC, CLUSTERING AND NETWORK LOAD BALANCING. Also had a few questions on group policy! 45 questions and 5 sims. Took me an hour and a half compared to the usual 45-50 minutes I've spent on previous exams! Also found that there was a lot of overlap between this one and the 291....my advice is to not skip the repeat stuff, it really helped to reinforce what I had learned previously and gave me a better understanding of how everything fits together!!!

In comparison, the Sec+ exam took 50 minutes to complete 100 questions - mostly one liners!!!! Seemed very simple in comparison to the 293. Didn't spend a lot of time studying for this one - occaionally read the exam cram book and did the practice exams at the ends of the chapters, but most of the material was either gleaned from my MS studies or was just plain common sense. An easy exam for anyone looking to add the Security specialization on to their MCSA!!!

Gonna take a little break for the next two weeks and then on to the 294!!!

Do you think I should take the 298 or 299 to complete my MCSE?