70-646 Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator

A few days after i did 70-647, i attended 70-646.

My biggest worry was if Microsoft was able to really create distinguishing exams between the Enterprise Administrator and the Server Administrator part - and i think it worked out really well.

I attended this exam at BCD Sintrag, which isn’t my usual testing location either. Service was okay, no free drinks though.

The shift in focus on the Server Administrator exam is quite visible:

• There was a lot regarding to storage design and configuration - RAID levels, iSCSI, VDS, IO MultiPathing, iSCSI, FibreChannel
• Permissions, permissions, more permissions - Active Directory delegation and delegation of administrative privileges on servers
• The usual Terminal Server questions, and also several RAS questions (VPN, PPTP, SSTP, L2TP, TS Gateway, etc.)
• PKI questions till you puke - make sure to know about the PKI changes in Vista SP1 and how to administrate bigger PKI environments
• No design questions!
• A few firewall / IP configuration questions
• DHCP and a few basic subnetting questions

With this, i’ve got the two new MCITP exams done. Yay.

I’ll see the results in three months. If you want to do the beta exams too, check this posting on Trika’s most excellent certification blog.