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From: catwalker63 <_catwalker...@hotmamamail.com>

Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 22:51:21 -0500

Local: Thurs, Apr 7 2005 11:51 pm

Subject: Re: Overlap between 290 and 270

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"blastingfonda" <blastingfo...@gmail.com> prattled ceaslessly in
news:1112931168.721250.22990@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:

> Dan wrote:
>> Hi Guys,

>> Just wondering how much overlap there is between the 290
>> and 270 exams?
>> Looking at the curriculum on the MS site, there seems to
>> be quite a bit.

>> Without anyone violating the NDA, what info can people
>> share with me on the similarities between these two exams?

>> Cheers,
>> Dan.

> For me, the only real overlap was in NTFS / share permissions
> scenarios. I would study those ad nauseum, set up a test server, create
> some user accounts and go to town assigning them different types of
> permissions and seeing what the users can do and what they cannot.

> And oh yeah, roaming / mandatory / local profiles may have appeared on
> both tests as well.

> But really that's about it.

Actually, disk management, TCP/IP configuration, installation methods,
group policy, permissions, user rights, microsoft management console,
domain vs. workgroup, all of these things and more can come up on both
exams. Accepted wisdom says to study for both exams together and take
professional first, then server. I did it the other way around and did
fine though.

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