My Experience Of Windows Vista Exams
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Exam 70-623 PRO: stands alone as a Microsoft certification. The exam targets IT professionals who work within the consumer market supporting end users. Familiar with The Geek Squad? Well, that's the target audience. Exam 70-623 gives this group a way to prove their knowledge supporting users with installation, configuration and troubleshooting retail versions of Windows Vista installed on consumers' machines. Besides this exam, Microsoft has released four other Windows Vista exams: * 70-620 TS: Configuring Windows Vista (reviewed here) * 70-624 TS: Deploying and Maintaining Windows Vista and 2007 Office System Desktops * 70-621 Pro: Upgrading your MCDST Certification to MCITP Enterprise Support * 70-622 Pro: Supporting and Troubleshooting Applications on Windows Vista for Enterprise Support Technicians (reviewed here) The 70-621 and 70-622 exams are aimed at testing candidates' knowledge of Vista installations at business and enterprise-class environments and qualify for the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and Microsoft Certified IT Professional certifications. I took the 70-623 beta, which had 77 questions and was timed at 190 minutes. The final version of the exam is limited to 90-120 minutes, but has somewhere around 50 questions. This exam was wide in scope and tested the candidates knowledge of all aspects of supporting users of Windows Vista in the consumer market in these key areas: * Install, upgrade Windows Vista * Post-Installation customization and configuration * Configuring Vista security * Configuring, troubleshoot, repairing networking * Installing, configuring, troubleshooting devices * Troubleshooting, repairing Vista My first recommendation for study falls under the category of hands-on -- if you're new to Vista, you need some time at the controls, and its always time well spent! Microsoft has several online and e-learning courses available for this exam (search here and here). If you'd rather take the self-study route, the official Microsoft Press publication is MCITP training Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-623): Supporting and Troubleshooting Applications on a Windows Vista Client for Consumer Support Technicians by Lindsay Paul. For my study, I went to www.testkingdom.com. It has links to information for consumers, developers and IT professionals like us. at testkingdom.com youll find all the printed study information youll need. I highly recommend you study the following documents available there: Windows Vista Product Guide, Deploying Vista Step by Step Guide, Windows Vista Security Guide, Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista, Step-By-Step Guide to Controlling Device Installation and Usage with Group Policy, and finally; Windows Vista Networking. Now I could just give you all the questions and answers to the exam, but what fun would there be in that? After all its been five long years since Microsoft last released a new desktop operating system and Im ready to learn all the new things, arent you? mcitp certification On with the review. The set of skills youll need to demonstrate for this exam were noted earlier and through the remainder of this article, I will help you prepare to pass this exam by directing you to specific areas in Windows Vista. Be sure you read and study the exam objectives available from the Microsoft Web site for a general idea of what to expect on this exam.
Exam 70-623 PRO: stands alone as a Microsoft certification. The exam targets IT professionals who work within the consumer market supporting end users. Familiar with The Geek Squad? Well, that's the target audience. Exam 70-623 gives this group a way to prove their knowledge supporting users with installation, configuration and troubleshooting retail versions of Windows Vista installed on consumers' machines. Besides this exam, Microsoft has released four other Windows Vista exams: * 70-620 TS: Configuring Windows Vista (reviewed here) * 70-624 TS: Deploying and Maintaining Windows Vista and 2007 Office System Desktops * 70-621 Pro: Upgrading your MCDST Certification to MCITP Enterprise Support * 70-622 Pro: Supporting and Troubleshooting Applications on Windows Vista for Enterprise Support Technicians (reviewed here) The 70-621 and 70-622 exams are aimed at testing candidates' knowledge of Vista installations at business and enterprise-class environments and qualify for the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist and Microsoft Certified IT Professional certifications. I took the 70-623 beta, which had 77 questions and was timed at 190 minutes. The final version of the exam is limited to 90-120 minutes, but has somewhere around 50 questions. This exam was wide in scope and tested the candidates knowledge of all aspects of supporting users of Windows Vista in the consumer market in these key areas: * Install, upgrade Windows Vista * Post-Installation customization and configuration * Configuring Vista security * Configuring, troubleshoot, repairing networking * Installing, configuring, troubleshooting devices * Troubleshooting, repairing Vista My first recommendation for study falls under the category of hands-on -- if you're new to Vista, you need some time at the controls, and its always time well spent! Microsoft has several online and e-learning courses available for this exam (search here and here). If you'd rather take the self-study route, the official Microsoft Press publication is MCITP training Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-623): Supporting and Troubleshooting Applications on a Windows Vista Client for Consumer Support Technicians by Lindsay Paul. For my study, I went to www.testkingdom.com. It has links to information for consumers, developers and IT professionals like us. at testkingdom.com youll find all the printed study information youll need. I highly recommend you study the following documents available there: Windows Vista Product Guide, Deploying Vista Step by Step Guide, Windows Vista Security Guide, Understanding and Configuring User Account Control in Windows Vista, Step-By-Step Guide to Controlling Device Installation and Usage with Group Policy, and finally; Windows Vista Networking. Now I could just give you all the questions and answers to the exam, but what fun would there be in that? After all its been five long years since Microsoft last released a new desktop operating system and Im ready to learn all the new things, arent you? mcitp certification On with the review. The set of skills youll need to demonstrate for this exam were noted earlier and through the remainder of this article, I will help you prepare to pass this exam by directing you to specific areas in Windows Vista. Be sure you read and study the exam objectives available from the Microsoft Web site for a general idea of what to expect on this exam.