Well, it's been 1.5 years since I took my last Microsoft exam. For a long time, I put off continuing with the program for various reasons. One of the biggest reasons was the fact that my next exam, the 70-216, was probably one of the hardest. I committed myself to a 3-week time window from the point that I scheduled the exam date. That put me into cram mode, where I forced myself to poor over the gigantic text books and test question library that I had available.
I passed the 70-216 today. Yeah, it's the Windows 2000 network infrastructure exam, nothing incredibly new, but since I was halfway through the 2000 track, it seemed logical to continue. It wasn't as horrible as I thought it would be. A lot of the questions required a lot of thought to work through, but logic and knowledge rules the test. With knowledge and a good sense of problem solving, it is passable. I was mostly surprised by my score (870).
Strengthened with this victory, I now head into new territory. Next up is the Windows 2003 Active Directory Design test. I've never taken an MS design exam before (they consist of large case studies) but I am refueled and committed to finish this beast within the next two months.
