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I'm trying to get more experience with server 2008 since that is what we use and it doesn't sound like we're going to be migrating in the near future. Would something like Server 2008 R2 Unleashed be good? Is it more of a reference for someone that knows what they're doing or can I use it to sort of train myself? Do the cert specific books detail practice tasks so I'm not noodling around aimlessly in a VM? What generally works best for me is learning by doing with moderately clear goals that were built upon previous tasks. This all sounds like what cert training material is to be honest but I don't want to be stuck with the wrong one.
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I'm finally getting off my rear end and getting myself out of ISP helpdesk. I'm currently getting N+ because my work is paying for classes and it'll help me be more mobile there for stupid reasons. I'm not entirely sure why I decided to take classes when I'm not really learning anything new, but hey free stuff. I have no desire to get an A+. I'm looking to take the Windows Server path and get a new job somewhere along the way, hopefully one that isn't just another L1 helpdesk type gig. Should I be looking at MTA > MCSA? Like 98-365 > 70-410/411/412? Or should I skip straight to starting in on MCSA?
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Raymn posted:I'm trying to get more experience with server 2008 since that is what we use and it doesn't sound like we're going to be migrating in the near future. Would something like Server 2008 R2 Unleashed be good? Is it more of a reference for someone that knows what they're doing or can I use it to sort of train myself? Do the cert specific books detail practice tasks so I'm not noodling around aimlessly in a VM? What generally works best for me is learning by doing with moderately clear goals that were built upon previous tasks. This all sounds like what cert training material is to be honest but I don't want to be stuck with the wrong one. When I randomly got thrown into the Windows admin deep end, these two books were a huge help. They don't assume advanced knowledge. But from what I remember they don't include any exercises or mini labs like you're talking about, either. They just walk you through the different features and tools, how to use them, troubleshooting etc. I actually learn best the same way as you, by doing. You can always invent projects of your own to lab up, like "set up a basic domain controller and get my Win 7 client VM joined to it. Create a domain user and allow them to log in. Manage some desktop settings by group policy. Create a new DNS zone. Create a DHCP server. Make the client PC use those." General Windows Server admin and AD basics: Mastering Windows Server 2012 R2 Group Policy specific: Group Policy: Fundamentals, Security, and the Managed Desktop Those links are to the latest, 2012 editions. But I'm sure you can find the 2008 editions if you'd rather not get confused by material you won't need. Docjowles fucked around with this message at 00:39 on Mar 8, 2014 |
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MrKatharsis posted:What level are you teaching? If you're teaching high school, nobody will need to know anything past basic joins, which you can teach yourself in a few hours. If it's higher level, you probably just want to teach straight from a real textbook. Ahh thanks for this. I am teaching high school. I wanted to get the cert to feel a little more solid in the material but I may have to find a text book on it somewhere.
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Sweet. Stanly course has shown up on my VMware transcripts and I just got the voucher in email. Now I guess I just need to finish studying for the actual exam.
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trunkwontopen posted:You can safely practice CCNA without the existence of a lab. There's really nothing gained via touching physical equipment that the CCNA covers within its scope. But if you really need to scratch that itch, physical labs can be had for 3-400 on ebay. Some are good, some are not. Stay away from the 2500 series routers. You definitely don't need the homelab but there are little idiosyncrasies you should look up before taking the test, like dce/dte clockrates. Packet tracer doesn't give a poo poo and will work anyway, real equipment wont.
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I want to play alphabet soup by the end of the year. What sort of preparations do I need to make to start down the CISSP rabbit hole?
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slightpirate posted:I want to play alphabet soup by the end of the year. What sort of preparations do I need to make to start down the CISSP rabbit hole?
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I've been reading the one by Stewart and Gibson and it's pretty good (only got a chapter left). Gonna buy the "11th Hour" book by Conrad and then probably take the exam in a month. To be honest, it seems easy as poo poo, but I'm still a bit wary about blowing it off when it's $600 a pop.
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Missed the whole clearance / no experience / helpdesk thing last page...I like stuff posted:Another newbie who's curious on how helpful a TS/SCI is in northern Virginia. No IT experience, but I'm planning to study for and eventually take the Comptia A+, Network+, and Security+ exams http://www.clearancejobs.com/ I got my current job (helpdesk, contracting for the Army) with no experience, based on my SCI and the requirement to get Sec+, MCTS, and ITIL within 45 days. From applying to accepting took less than a month. psydude posted:Unlikely if he has no experience; 55-60k on the high end. There are very few TS/SCI helpdesk jobs, although there are a couple here and there, most are network/sysadmin type jobs, so after a few years he can expect to be making fat stacks, but not right away. Also, this completely describes my situation. I'm really digging it though. edit: also, these groupons keep popping up for me, are they worth anything? http://www.groupon.com/deals/career-academy-8-nashville http://www.groupon.com/deals/it-university-online-20-nashville Fiendish Dr. Wu fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Mar 13, 2014 |
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incoherent posted:Yup. Self-paced exams books are the go-to starting point. However to succeed on the any microsoft test you're going to need to read that book, do a transcender study test (to prepare you for Microsoft Test Logic), and a CBT to get the objectives down. Fortunately, there is a completely FREE 70-680 cbt for you to watch here. Im gonna have to call bullshit on the Transcender for use as prep for MS tests. STINKY SMELLY BULLSHIT! I had a class for 70-642 and got a max score of 500, using the associated Transcender and 6421a book from MS Official courses http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Official-Configuring-Troubleshooting-Infrstructure/dp/B002BW0ROE The first goddamn question on the test asked what was NOT covered in class or the entirety of this book. Encrypted POP3? Well I now know its 995, but when the test asks questions, and there were a few, that was NOT on this associated course book I was loving livid. Coupled with the fact that the questions asked in the Transcender were not at all scoped how they were on the test. The TS had many many questions that were a huge multi part paragraph of setup, while the actual test, had questions that were mostly 2~3 sentences long. Im going to have to go back and get some of these different books like the Self study mentioned or one that was on NAP that a goon in this thread mentioned previously. He failed with a similar score, read that NAP book and extracted 200 more points to pass the test. It just blows me away that something listed as an "official" Microsoft course varies so goddamn wildly from the actual test. Edit=Finally caught up with the thread, Good luck MC. I don't know why my college started the first exposure to MS poo poo with 70-642. We just completed class for 70-680 Windows 7, but I give no fucks about that right now. I have upcoming classes for 70-640 and 70-646, I would hope those fare a bit better than 642. 642 was just....gently caress, so much thrown at you, and for the first exposure too and to be asked questions that ARE NOT in the book, or have test questions that literally go to ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO on a choice when you never have more than 4~6 on the Transcender. I have seen some refer to that test as "The beast". Anyway I completed hosed up CCNA scratch that CCENT training in school but havent taken CCENT yet, because when we registered for the course work a few years back the changes to Cisco hadnt even been announced yet. I need to take my CCENT and get it done, but I test horribly. We had 2 different classes scheduled, class 1 was to be CCENT, class 2 was to be the rest to complete CCNA, and that got thrown out the Window. Will have to study the 200 series material on my own. I understand the concepts pretty good and can navigate IOS but put a test in front of me and I freak. Don't know if that is what happened somewhat on 642 or not. Im currently in Security+ studies and it seems like a lot of review. We are using Transcender on it, but the questions for it are a night/day difference between how it is setup for any MSFT stuff. I have an ancient A+ from 2001, Helpdesk Analyst Cert, an ITIL Foundations 3 Cert and as of today 103 credit hours for a BS in Network Management. Graduation is around Sept/Dec depending on how many credits I am short, I think about 6. The plan was to get the BS and Certs for CCNA R&S, S+ and MCSA2008. As it seems now I will have the BS and likely S+ out of the gate, but need to back study on my own for the rest because the way the college did this was not able to withstand that various changes in the MSCA/MCITP and Cisco changes. MrBigglesworth fucked around with this message at 15:44 on Mar 14, 2014 |
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MrBigglesworth posted:Im gonna have to call bullshit on the Transcender for use as prep for MS tests. STINKY SMELLY BULLSHIT! I had a class for 70-642 and got a max score of 500, using the associated Transcender and 6421a book from MS Official courses http://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-Official-Configuring-Troubleshooting-Infrstructure/dp/B002BW0ROE Had this exact same problem with the 70-411 Transcender questions. I'll never buy from them again.
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Passed my 70-410 exam today by the skin of my teeth. There's no decent materials out there that really prepped me for the exam. I tried multiple books, and multiple computer based training materials. The only reason I passed was labbin', mock exams and alot of guesswork. It could be that I just suck at this malarky, but I found it incredibly difficult.
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Hey guys, I'm currently studying for the A+. I have a study guide book, but I've also seen a series of videos on YouTube by Professor Messer, and was wondering if yall have watched his videos and thought they were any good before I invest the time in watching them. Thanks!
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Bone posted:....of videos on YouTube by Professor Messer, and ... I think his name has been brought up before with positive mention. I'd say go for it, especially if the video ratings are really high/people are commenting "thank" and the like in the comments.
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Yeah, I passed the 801 on Thursday (will be taking the 802 on this coming Thursday), and Professor Messer's videos were quite good, certainly better than the awful ones provided as part of my apprenticeship.Zaii posted:Passed my 70-410 exam today by the skin of my teeth. There's no decent materials out there that really prepped me for the exam. I tried multiple books, and multiple computer based training materials. The only reason I passed was labbin', mock exams and alot of guesswork. It could be that I just suck at this malarky, but I found it incredibly difficult.  Any particular mock exams you'd recommend?
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Bone posted:Hey guys, I'm currently studying for the A+. I have a study guide book, but I've also seen a series of videos on YouTube by Professor Messer, and was wondering if yall have watched his videos and thought they were any good before I invest the time in watching them. Thanks! I'm watching his videos now for the 70-680 and they're very helpful in understanding concepts, but they're definitely not a stand alone material. I also saved the entire series as mp3 and listen to them during my 45 minute commute every day for extra reinforcement. He explains things very clearly. Compared to cbt nuggets he is more professional, but cbt nuggets explain more detail.
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Is the Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA) worth doing, specifically the Database Fundamentals path? I'm a data/business analyst trying to move into a more technical role.
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TKovacs2 posted:Had this exact same problem with the 70-411 Transcender questions. I'll never buy from them again. I understand where you guys are coming from. It's primarily a suggestion to get into the testing methodology and think about how questions are asked. Kaplin also makes testing software as well.
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Would there be any reason to wait and take both the 801 and 802 at the same time or would it be alright to take the 801 and then the 802 later?
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How far out would you schedule the ICND-1 exam if you'd just finished the CBT nuggets video series and read the Lammle book? I think I'm procrastinating because the date isn't looming down on me. Also I need to do some labs with some simulators.
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Mar 17, 2014 21:14
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Invest in the Cisco learning labs, great value if you don't have much in the way physical hardware and/or want some pre-made stuff to bang around on. I think for the price they can't be beat.
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Inudeku posted:Would there be any reason to wait and take both the 801 and 802 at the same time or would it be alright to take the 801 and then the 802 later? I took both of them at the same time and passed them both fine. But then I live 4 hours away from my closest testing center so I don't have much of a choice. Taking them separately would let you tailor your studying more to each test but I didn't really find either test difficult enough to have done that. They cover pretty much the same info but the 802 focuses more on specific troubleshooting issues whereas the 801 is more just fact based.
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The Dreamer posted:I took both of them at the same time and passed them both fine. But then I live 4 hours away from my closest testing center so I don't have much of a choice. Taking them separately would let you tailor your studying more to each test but I didn't really find either test difficult enough to have done that. They cover pretty much the same info but the 802 focuses more on specific troubleshooting issues whereas the 801 is more just fact based. That's kind of what I figured. I'm within 20 minutes of a testing center so I may just take a couple weeks in between if I feel I need the extra time on the 802.
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rock2much posted:How far out would you schedule the ICND-1 exam if you'd just finished the CBT nuggets video series and read the Lammle book? I think I'm procrastinating because the date isn't looming down on me. Also I need to do some labs with some simulators. I would at least go over the exam objectives and configure everything at least once in GNS3. I would watch the videos, attempt to configure whatever the video was about after the video (important, imo, because any idiot can follow instructions along with a tape), and then google whatever I couldn't figure out. e: And then you're probably good to schedule the ICND-1. Probably the sooner the better, since the longer you spend not actively configuring things the more you'll forget. 12 rats tied together fucked around with this message at 02:32 on Mar 18, 2014 |
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Reiz posted:I would at least go over the exam objectives and configure everything at least once in GNS3. I would watch the videos, attempt to configure whatever the video was about after the video (important, imo, because any idiot can follow instructions along with a tape), and then google whatever I couldn't figure out. I think I'll do all the labs in the book, and if it all makes sense, schedule for a week later 
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Do the tutorials in the two Cisco Routing and Switching Simulators overlap? I'm talking about the newer CCENT Simulator and CCNA Simulator rather than Packet Tracer. It looks like the CCNA package has "400 tutorials" while the CCENT package has "250 tutorials" but I'm wondering if the 400 is actually just an additional 150 on top of the 250 that are in the CCENT thing. Do I need to buy both? I hope that makes sense.
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I guess Cisco is really pushing to "grow the brand" of the CCENT. The CCNA will encompass all of the same poo poo, so if you're planning on going for it (and you might as well), just buy the CCNA version.
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I'm going to take the MTA Networking Fundamentals test tomorrow afternoon, 98-366. I'm expecting it to be a breeze test, but I got the retake voucher just in case. If anyone has any questions about it or things they'd like me to watch for, let me know.
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Just sat one of the new Citrix exams for CCA: 1Y0-200 "Managing Apps and Desktops for XenDesktop 7" That was fun. They added simulations to the beginning, which were a buggy pile of horseshit that kicked my rear end. I almost called the proctor over to demonstrate and see if they could reset it, but it didn't appear to affect my score too badly, so whatever. Probably going to spring for CCP in May. I've read that it's actually pretty hard. We'll see.
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AlternateAccount posted:I'm going to take the MTA Networking Fundamentals test tomorrow afternoon, 98-366. I'm expecting it to be a breeze test, but I got the retake voucher just in case. If anyone has any questions about it or things they'd like me to watch for, let me know.  I'm re-taking mine on Thursday. I don't want to go into specific questions due to $ethics$ but ask me anything you'd like 
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Paging MC Fruit Stripe, how did you score?
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DrAlexanderTobacco posted:
Hmm, you raise a good point. Probably bad policy to quote questions. I am not too concerned about it, other than having not taken any non-Apple cert tests in like... 10 years. I'll just spend the evening memorizing the OSI model again, that's the only thing I have seen in practice tests that I was like UGH. Do you mind sharing what specifically caught you or caused you to fail?
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AlternateAccount posted:Hmm, you raise a good point. Probably bad policy to quote questions. I am not too concerned about it, other than having not taken any non-Apple cert tests in like... 10 years. I'll just spend the evening memorizing the OSI model again, that's the only thing I have seen in practice tests that I was like UGH. I'm really early on in my career - I was honestly just poor at networking. One question was concerning which type of CAT cable to use for a certain situation, another was about the OSI model. It's been a while so I can't recall which questions I drew a complete blank on. Honestly it's fairly simple stuff (Now that I've revised!). I didn't know what a multicast IP address was, actually. I also incorrectly stated that a hub is used for connecting subnets together, when it was a different piece of hardware.
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OK, cool. I used to teach the "Local Area Networking" course at a lovely "college" so if I fail this, I will never live it down :[
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I'm starting to read on ICND1. Is there any sites to help with learning the binary conversions and such? I'll definitely need help with that. I know there's a subnet test site but that comes later.
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Binary conversion is easycode:MrBigglesworth fucked around with this message at 19:13 on Mar 18, 2014 |
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Decimal to Binary is a bit more tricky. Say you have the number 64. Draw your table code:
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