Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Exam 70-294: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
SYNOPSIS • MCSE 2003vs
Microsoft’s exam 70-294, “Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure" is a core networking system requirement for the MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) on Microsoft Windows Server 2003. It is designed for IT professionals who work in a medium to large scale environment and have at least 12 months experience as a system administrator.
The official domains of this exam are :
Planning and Implementing an Active Directory Infrastructure
Managing and Maintaining an Active Directory Infrastructure
Planning and Implementing User, Computer, and Group Strategies
Planning and Implementing Group Policy
Managing and Maintaining Group Policy
Within these domains, Microsoft might ask realistic and complex simulation questions involving the administration of Microsoft windows and its use in a Medium to Large Scale environment. However, there is no set exact format, as the exam tends to change with time. The exam contains multiple choice, drag and drop, multiple answer, and simulation based questions with a total somewhere between 45 and 70. In order to pass the exam, you must achieve a 700 out of 1000. Helpful:Compare this exam with others.
Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure (70-294) Mega Guide This Mega Guide covers the key points you need to know to pass 70-294 as well as 25 practice questions. Topics covered include: Active Directory Infrastructure; User, Computer, and Group Strategies;
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This was my last exam for upgrading MCSE to 2003, and I don't think this exam was so hard if comparing it with other exams. If you're experienced in management of OUs, GPOs, sites and groups, I think you shouldn't have any bigger problem with this exam.
Passed 950
MMorowcz on Tuesday, January 09, 2007
This exam is not impossible but requires quite a bit of studying. Lots of GPOs and just OU management as a whole. I had 3 sims, one about deactiving schema class, one on setting a user group policy and finally one with sites and IP subnets. If you know these areas as well with some trickey forest trust scenarios, it is passable.
Study a lot!!
kakorro on Monday, September 25, 2006
Very tough exam, but not impossible. I passed last week with 890 pts after failing 2 weeks ago with 675 pts (that was extremely close and painful!). I'd say that 85% of questions had GPOs and OUs so u better know and study GP a lot. I had 5 simulation questions: 1 about activating and deactivating some classes in the Schema, 2 about Dcpromo (not too complicated), 1 about assigning a package to users and another one about reordering subnets in AD sites and services. Don't take the exam without studying testking or smthing similar!
Study a lot!!
kakorro on Monday, September 25, 2006
Very tough exam, but not impossible. I passed last week with 890 pts after failing 2 weeks ago with 675 pts (that was extremely close and painful!). I'd say that 85% of questions had GPOs and OUs so u better know and study GP a lot. I had 5 simulation questions: 1 about activating and deactivating some classes in the Schema, 2 about Dcpromo (not too complicated), 1 about assigning a package to users and another one about reordering subnets in AD sites and services. Don't take the exam without studying testking or smthing similar!
Study a lot!!
kakorro on Monday, September 25, 2006
Very tough exam, but not impossible. I passed last week with 890 pts after failing 2 weeks ago with 675 pts (that was extremely close and painful!). I'd say that 85% of questions had GPOs so u better know and study GP a lot. I had 5 simulation questions: 1 about activating and deactivating some classes in the Schema, 2 about Dcpromo, 1 about assigning a package to users and another one about reordering subnets in AD sites and services. Don't take the exam without studying testking or smthing similar!
Not That bad
Gibbsy on Thursday, August 31, 2006
No updates on here recently so i thought i'd add my own. Having looked through what has been added in the past you'd be right in thinking this was a pretty tough exam, and it is. Its by no means impossible though. Passing score 700 and 39 questions in 180 mins. I had 4 sims, two of which involved dcpromo, one in its own domain and one to share the same schema, another sim on creating a realm trust and another on schema mngmnt. None of them are any big issue as its general stuff people do on networks. Stumblers where relating to dacl's. I'd agree that u need to know your GPO's but to be fair if you use it occasionally there is very little that will trouble you. Passed with 850 took 68 minutes.
2 words: Group Policy
bazzdotcom on Saturday, June 24, 2006
Know your Group Policy and you'll be good to go. Almost every question had GPO in it.
Passed with 809...
Know your GPO's!
rjlinney on Saturday, June 17, 2006
I passed this today with 809 - you need 700 to pass.
It was a typically wordy MS exam, with four or five simulation questions. My advice would be to study hard on all aspects of GPO's, software distribution, Security Groups and domain trusts etc. I thought that some of the questions were quite badly worded, else it was a good test. You certainly need to know yur stuff to pass I reckon! Just one more to go; 70-297!
Jimbo in Ohio
jimraf on Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Passed with 809 on first try. I have a lot of experience with GPOs or I don't think I would have stood a chance. At least 15 questions were on GPO out of 39 total. I had sims, drag and drops, you name it. This is second hardest MS exam I've taken (behind Exchange 284 test).
one of the easier ones...
steve_steele on Thursday, May 18, 2006
or maybe its just that it's the last one i've done for MCSE and theres a fair bit of overlap. lots of GPO stuff some pretty complex mixtures of inheritance, no overide, block inheritance etc - no that you'd ever try and manage Group policy in that kind of fashioin. A few sims but they were easy. virtually nothing on replication. completed MCSE and MCSE:Security with this one.
I can't decide weather to do a couple of exchange exams or go for CISSP next.
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Not so bad