Saddle Up and Ride (or, Parading Through Servers)

re: Saddle Up and Ride (or, Parading Through Servers)

LarryWestMCSD — Sun, 03 Jun 2007 04:23:34 GMT

Trika: We all know you mean Training Kit, we're just having a little fun. I passed the exam today with an 815 (studying mainly using MSDN, www.microsoft.com/windowsvista, and the <F1> key), meaning that I spent 15% too much time studying :-).

I think it was the first exam in which I didn't have to use the scroll bars to read the entire question once. Please give my thanks to all of the exam writers of the 620 that all of the questions were short and to the point (and encourage future exam writers to follow their example)! [If saying this is a violation of the NDA, I apologize and ask that you remove this posting.]

All I can say Trika is use the products mentioned in the Preparation Guide (Windows Defender, Sidebar, IE7, Parental Controls, etc.) and you should do well.

By the way, what is the status regarding improving the "Welcome Kit" certificates themselves? Should I go ahead and order my MCTS: Windows Vista, Configuring certificate now, or wait a few days or weeks when a better looking certificate comes around?

Best wishes on your studies.

re: Saddle Up and Ride (or, Parading Through Servers)

Gareth — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 12:57:24 GMT

Good luck Trika, I found the MS E-learning stuff was great for 70-620. I'll be you get a discount too ;-)

re: Saddle Up and Ride (or, Parading Through Servers)

trikah@microsoft.com — Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:52:11 GMT

TK = Training KIt per http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/archive/2007/02/23/if-you-ve-ever-thought-to-yourself-how-long-can-it-possibly-take-to-make-a-ms-press-training-kit-publish-it-already.aspx. It's all legit!!!!!!

re: Saddle Up and Ride (or, Parading Through Servers)

Mark — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 19:15:30 GMT

When will MS update the main learning site about these new tests and certifications? They still have very few listed under TS and even fewer listed under ITPRO

re: Saddle Up and Ride (or, Parading Through Servers)

Larry West MCSD, MCPD, MCTS, etc. — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:42:43 GMT

Did Microsoft buy out that "other" TK as part of its lawsuit agreement? I once attended a Microsoft presentation where they talked all about Intuit products (before that deal was squashed) even though the topic was supposed to be something else, so maybe that's what Trika's trying to do here. One of my study philosophies is to ask myself: if I was an exam creator, what type of questions would I put on the test?. Since Trika knows some of the exam creators personally, she can answer that question with a lot more accuracy than I can. I think you'll do better than 500, Trika. BTW, I'll be taking that exam myself tomorrow.

re: Saddle Up and Ride (or, Parading Through Servers)

Richard — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 10:48:52 GMT

For a very short moment I was afraid Trika ment something else with TK.

re: Saddle Up and Ride (or, Parading Through Servers)

Lukas Beeler — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 09:57:09 GMT

You've got a month of time to prepare. That's more than enough for any exam.

The important thing about learning is that you should do stuff where it really matters - as your job isn't installing Windows Vista for customers, you can go and help your friends/collegues/aunts etc. to upgrade their computers to Windows Vista.

This way you will gain something that no Training Kit, no Study Book, etc. can give you: Experience.

All IT exams are easy, if you have the experience :)

re: Saddle Up and Ride (or, Parading Through Servers)

Andy — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 03:11:58 GMT

Luck is not required if you are prepared. You should consider spelling-out Training Kit as TK may cause confusion.

re: Saddle Up and Ride (or, Parading Through Servers)

Ken W — Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:51:14 GMT

What's a 70-620TK? Anyway, good luck with your exam, let us know how you get on :)

-ken