From: y2jay <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 5:53 PM
Subject: A NT & 2000- related site!
Hi everybody,
For all you mcse'ers to be and for all you ( already ) MCSE. Just take a
look at the following page. It is full with nice information links, tips and
even downloads so take a look..it is really worth it!!!
Http://www.y2jay.tmfweb.nl

From: John <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 8:31 AM
Subject: "Microsoft Certified Professional Approved Study Guide"
I bought the multimedia kit MCSE Complete, and it says the above, as do many
of the books/kits.  What exactly does this mean?  Has MS approved some kits,
and rejected others?
Does it take MS's approval to get that white/blue/black logo on these?
Thanks,
John
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From: Brian Talbert <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Monday, February 28, 2000 6:08 AM
Subject: Re: Questions for DSL and T1 lines
I can certainly understand the confusion.   DSL technologies have the
capability to offer speeds often exceeding that of a T1 and usually at a
lower cost.   However, there is A LOT more to purchasing a dedicated access
line for a business than raw speed alone.   Quality of DSL service is very
dependent upon your distance from the CO.   Some of the higher speed
connections are VERY limited in this respect.   The unfortunate part is that
often times, the exact type of DSL service that can reach your location
can't be determined until installation time.   It is possible that once
installation happens (the waiter is often 3 months or more) it will be
determined that you can only be serviced by IDSL (144 kbps).  Furthermore,
and this is one of the more significant points for businesses, is that SLAs
on DSL lines are very far behind that for T1 circuits.   If you can get an
SLA on the circuit at all, it is often in the neighborhood of 72 hours or
more.   Can you afford to be without your connection for that long?   On the
otherhand, it is quite common for ISPs to issue SLAs on T1 circuits of 1
hour.
Brian Talbert
http://www.certnotes.com
Yahoo! Messenger: w_brian_talbert
"Mike" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:e$e9fxxe$GA.260@cpmsnbbsa04...
Are there any advantages of using DSL line in business if you already
using T1 line.  I have someone using only 60% capacity of the TI line.

From: John C <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Sunday, February 27, 2000 7:21 AM
Subject: Accelerated Exam for MCPs Certified on Microsoft?Windows NT?4.0
By now everyone has heard the news about Exam 70-240: Microsoft?Windows?
2000 Accelerated Exam for MCPs Certified on Microsoft?Windows NT?4.0.
(You get the exam for free but you only get one chance to pass it.  If you
fail you must take the 4 individual core exams.)
I think we all should take some time and drop a quick email to
[email protected] to express our discontent with this idea.
I am an MCSE+I with gobs of experience (since Win v3 and NT v3) so I'm not a
paper MCSE crying about not being able to memorize questions to pass the
test.
Most of us MCSE's work very hard to maintain and develop our knowledge but
the fact that the NT4 exams are being retired so quickly doesn't sit well
with me.  In the past Microsoft has retired exams after two future releases.
For example NT 3.5 just retired.
So lets all take some time and drop [email protected] a quick email.  Mass
emailing of Microsoft has worked in the recent past. (MSDN stopped including
NT4 in their subscriptions until the subscribers mass emailed MSDN about it.
DO IT NOW!!!!

From: Steve/VA <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 11:52 PM
Subject: Types of exams
Having followed this group for a couple of weeks, am I right in thinking
that the most likely forms the exams will take are:
1. The 'original' 58-question exam
2. The short form 30 question exam
3. The mixed adaptive/regular exam
4. The pure adaptive
I've done Net. Ess and NT server already, and have NT W/s next week.
Both of my exams so far were short form (30 Q's).
Just curious if there are any other types to expect.
S.

From: FunkDaddy <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 11:10 AM
Subject: Re: you are all so blind
man you are dead wrong. The job placement book at my school has a 2 inch
thick section for companies looking for MCSE's. I live in the Midwest so I
can imagine what the demand is further West

From: Ben <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2000 9:08 PM
Subject: NT4 exam passed
I've just passed Server (70-067) with 900/1000    Already did Essentials in
1998 (yes 1998, don't ask)
For those who want to know...
Thanks to the people in this ng who answered my queries.
The transcenders are very useful, use it when you have studied somewhat.  I
don't recommend braindumps for some reasons:
1. you won't really know the product
2. you will confidently give wrong answers
3. it is cheating
The Cramsession document is good for last minute reading to refresh that
short term memory.
The best learning method is playing with Server 4.  Screw it up, reinstall etc.
IMHO instructor-led is only worth it if they know their stuff.  I've sat a
course at a fly-by night operator who did little more than read aloud from a
Sybex book.  Lots of beer-money in the water there.
Another thing... I'm interested in knowing how many people fail an exam
before passing it.  One site said it is probable that you will fail 2 to 4
times in pursuit of your MCSE.  Is this true?  It will obviously vary due to
many things, but i'm talking averages here.
Ben

From: Jag Mann <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: alt.certification.mcse,microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse,uk.comp.certification
Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 9:11 AM
Subject: Help: TCP/IP and Subnetting
I have successfully completed my 4 core on the NT4 track and will like to
tackle the dreaded TCP/IP exam, only problem is I can't get my heard around
the concept of subnet(ing).
No disrespect to anyone but I am sure there are a lot of people out there in
same situation as me who work in IT but not necessarily are involved in
network management to the extend which requires subnetting a TCP/IP network
but have to learn this to get the certification.
Can anyone recommend a good book/article/concept/easy way of understanding
the concept of Subnetting from very basic?
all email/help greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Jag Mann

From: DaveF <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 11:23 PM
Subject: NE Study Material (FAQs)
I have been an MCP since 1994.  Way back around 1995 or 96 I wrote up a
study guide for the Networking Basics exam that I shared with several
hundred people on the old CompuServe MCP forums.  The response was quite
positive.  The material for the study guide was later revised for the newer
Networking Essentials exam.
I recently converted and published about half of this material on the web.
Currently posted are about 100 FAQs covering the following Networking
Essentials topics:
Basic Network Concepts
Topologies
Basic Cabling
Basic Hardware
Media Access Methods
LAN Architectures
OSI Model
Advanced Hardware (WAN Connectivity Devices)
Network Driver Standards
If you are studying for the Networking Essentials exam, you may find this
material helpful.  Access is free for personal study (but the copyright
applies, no reproduction for commercial use).  Only study material is
published, there are no advertisments in the form of distratcting links or
annoying popup windows.
I am interested in feedback as to whether this material is relavent to the
current NE exam (70-058). If a substantial number of people find it helpful,
then I will go ahead and publish the remaining 12 topics over the next
several weeks.  If you call any errors to my attention, I will gladly try to
get them corrected as quickly as possible.  However,  I do not have the time
to respond to specific technical questions nor can I comment on the NE exam
itself.  (Actually, I never had to take it; I was grandfathered with the
Networking Basics exam).
The direct link to the site is http://www.frick-cpa.com/netess/Net_TOC.asp.
If you are studying for the A+ exam, there are about 250 MS-DOS FAQs that
are also available.  I have not taken this test either but I'm told the
material is helpful.  Follow the link to TechTalk and look under Archieves.
David Frick

From: benjamin zhu <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 4:25 PM
Subject: What is the best way to shift to MCSE Certificate about Windows 2000
I just get MCSE about NT4.0 track 6 months ago, now Windows 2000 come out,
can anyone tell me how to adapt to it and what is the best way to acquire the MCSE
Certificate about Windows 2000?
Thanks, bnjamin zhu

From: Roch Magnan (MVP) <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2000 12:57 AM
Subject: Information on Upgrade exam for MCPs to Windows 2000 MCSE 70-240
Microsoft has now posted information on exam 70-240. Some things people
should be aware of:
The exam will go live in July, direct. No beta.
Qualified candidates will be able to register for free.
You get one try. That's it. Period. Only one.
As MS says " To protect exam integrity, eligible candidates will be able to
take the accelerated exam only once."
You pass or you have to redo the entire core for Windows 2000. Which is BTW
5 exams.
More on this at http://www.microsoft.com/mcp/exam/stat/SP70-240.htm
Roch Magnan
MS-MVP

From: 1001001 <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 11:18 PM
Subject: Re: Windows 2000
How will the the introduction of
Windows 2000 affect the requirements, the testing, etc.?
Forget it.  I've just read other postings here that pretty much answer my
question.

From: Chris McDonald <[email protected]>
Newsgroups: microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse
Sent: Friday, February 18, 2000 12:25 PM
Subject: Passed TCP/IP Today 900/1000
O.K. I passed TCP/IP today with a 900/1000. Fairly east test. There was
really nothing suprising to the test. What you think you should know you
should know. Not as much on subnetting as I would like to have had (as I
spent so much time on it and got myself REALLY confused for quite awhile
until I figured it out) Just really make sure you know WINS, DNS, DHCP and
all of  that good old stuff that goes with it. There were a few subnetting
questions. Understand Perf Mon, Network Moniter, SNMP and when to use which.
That kind of thing. It was a good test. 4 down, 2 to go.
Ciao
Chris McDonald, MCP
http://members.aol.com/chrisafur