How to study for a MSFT SharePoint certification

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| SharePoint Saturday Chicago 2013


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Who is Michael Blumenthal?
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This is about you
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Agenda
Goals
Strategy & Exam Tactics
Rewards
• Of Certification; Also Session Raffle


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Goal Identification
Knowledge
Resume Builder

Pick a Tangible Reward


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Strategies

A+


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Pass

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Exams are divided by role

IT Pro


Dev

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Exams are Paths to Titles: IT Pro Path


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MCSE SharePoint

MCSA
Win2012S


2013 Core
70-331
Solutions

2013 Adv
70-332
Solutions

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MCSA Win2012 Server
70Install
Config
410

OR

70Admin
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70412

Advanced
Services

70Upgrade
417

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Exams are Paths to Titles: Dev Path


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MCSD SharePoint Apps

CSS,
70-480

JS, H5


MVC4
70-486

Web

SPDev
70-488

Core

SPDev
70-489

Adv

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Now you’ve picked an exam

Syllabus


Playground

Guided
Study

Practice
Exams

Schedule &
Go

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Syllabus – the skills measured
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You need a playground!
Cloudshare

Azure


Hyper-V
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Vmware

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Finding Study Books

Exam Web
Page will list MS
Press books


Search Amazon
by 70-xxx exam
number

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Get autographs today!
Due out
3/22/2014


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TechNet

MSDN


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 http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Te
chEd/NorthAmerica/2013?sort=sequ
ential&direction=desc&term=EXM&p
age=2#fbid=?theSessions
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Practice Exams


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Legitimate Practice Test Providers
MeasureUp.c
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SelfTestSoftw
are.com

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Transcender.c
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Taking the exam
Schedule at Prometric.com
• $150 or Exam Vouchers

Find a location and time that works for you
More secure than an airplane
• Bring photo ID


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Prometric makes TSA look 2nd Rate
 Video at http://vimeo.com/74953443


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The Testing Kiosk
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Active Screen

 http://mediadl.microsoft.com/mediadl/www/l/learning/video/certificat
ion/exam/activeScreen.wmv


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Build List
ion/exam/buildList.wmv


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Case Study

ion/exam/caseStudy.wmv


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Create a Tree

ion/exam/createTree.wmv


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Drag and Drop
ion/exam/dragDrop.wmv


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Hot Area

ion/exam/hotAnswer.wmv


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Multiple Choice
ion/exam/multipleChoiceCodeColor.wmv


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Repeated Answer Choices
ion/exam/repeated_answer_series.wmv


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Simulations

ion/exam/simulation.wmv


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Short Answer Code
ion/exam/shortAnswer.wmv


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Best Answer

ion/exam/bestAnswer.wmv


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Standard Strategies Apply
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Trying Again
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 http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/second-shot.aspx
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In Review

Set Goals
Syllabus

Playground

Pass Exams


Pick Exams
Guided
Study

Practice
Exams

Schedule &
Go

Reward Yourself

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Thanks to Our Sponsors!


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Thank you for your time today.
• Michael Blumenthal
SharePoint Architect
PSC Group, LLC
• MBlumenthal@psclistens.com
• psclistens.com
• www.cspug.org
• Blog.blumenthalit.com
• Twitter: @MichaelBL
• SPYam & MWC Yam


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