Thursday, February 27, 2014

IT credentials training and progress

I started working on obtaining my IT credentials as of August 2013.

prepped and sat for the CompTIA A+ exam August 27th, 2013, and passed.

prepped and sat for the CompTIA Network+ exam October 8th, 2013, and passed.

prepped and sat for the CompTIA Security+ exam November 14th, 2013, and passed

prepped and sat for the ISC2's SSCP exam December 5th, 2013, and failed with a 664/700.

prepped and sat for the CompTIA Healthcare IT exam February 5th, 2014.

I am currently working on my CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Associate), and plan to take it and pass it sometime on or around March 20th, 2014.

I am also working on my Windows Server 2012 MCSA certificate, (which consists of 3 exams, the 70-410, 70-411, and 70-412) which I plan to obtain by June or July 2014.

I also plan to take and pass the Windows 8.1 exam 70-687, hopefully sometime in June of 2014.

In summary, I hold the following credentials:

CompTIA Healthcare IT (does not expire)
CompTIA Security+ (good until Nov 14, 2016)
CompTIA Network+ (good until Nov 14, 2016)
CompTIA A+ (good until Nov 14, 2016)

I hope include to my current list of credentials, my CCNA title and MCSA title by the end of summer of 2014. 

I am using labsim/testout for both CCNA and MCSA Server 2012, along with a few books.

Preperation material for CCNA exam 200-120:

Exam objectives for CCNA 200-120:  http://www.cisco.com/web/learning/exams/docs/200-120_composite2.pdf

Online training:

 Labsim/Testout at http://www.testout.com/home/it-certification-training/library-suite

Books/e-books:

Exam Cram Cisco CCNA routing and switching exam 200-120 (fourth edition) copyright 2014. First printing December 2013.
CCNA Routing and Switching Study Guide covers exam(s) 100-101/200-101/200-120 by Todd Lammle ISBN: 978-1-118-74970-8 (ebk.) copyright 2013
Cisco CCNA Routing and Switching 200-120 Official Cert Guide Library Wendell Odem, CCIE no. 1624. ISBN-10: 1-58714-385-2 copyright 2013, first printing April 2013

Preparation material for MCSA Windows Server 2012R2:

Whats new for MCSA Windows Server 2012R2:
 https://www.dropbox.com/s/8b3vei4a12bbsk4/ebook_whats_new_in_windows_server_12.pdf

Exam objectives:

Windows Server exam 70-410
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ouxb9gkycunm75g/70-410_OD_R2.docx

Windows Server exam 70-411
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1uhexpd728bum6u/411_OD_R2.pdf

Windows Server exam 70-412
https://www.dropbox.com/s/salfzu1sqz8711n/412_OD_R2.pdf

Online Training:

Labsim/Testout at http://www.testout.com/home/it-certification-training/library-suite

Books/e-books:

Exam Ref 70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 [Paperback]
Book Description Publication Date: March 10, 2014 | ISBN-10: 0735684243 | ISBN-13: 978-0735684249 | Edition: 1
Available on Amazon on or after March 10, 2014: http://goo.gl/6cxJfw

Exam Ref 70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012 R2 (Exam References) [Paperback]
Book Description Publication Date: June 25, 2014 | ISBN-10: 0735684790 | ISBN-13: 978-0735684799 | Edition: 1
Available on Amazon on or after June 25, 2014:  http://goo.gl/H8D77N

Exam Ref 70-412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 R2 Services [Paperback]

Book Description Publication Date: March 25, 2014 | ISBN-10: 0735673616 | ISBN-13: 978-0735673618 | Edition: 1
 Available on Amazon on or after March 25, 2014: http://goo.gl/nGu7xs

Preperation material for Windows 8.1 exam 70-687:

Exam objectives for Windows 8.1 exam 70-687:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/imdnvq60hwyydsm/70-687_OD-changes-1.pdf

Online Training:

Labsim/Testout at http://www.testout.com/home/it-certification-training/library-suite

Books/e-books:

Exam Ref 70-687: Configuring Windows 8.1 [Paperback]

Book Description Publication Date: March 28, 2014 | ISBN-10: 0735684774 | ISBN-13: 978-0735684775 | Edition: 1
Available on Amazon on or after March 28, 2014: http://goo.gl/5orAXt

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