**After passing the AZ-300 exam and being not too happy about the new exam experience, I liked this exam much better. Let me explain why.** In my blog post about the AZ-300, I talked about the fact that you can run out of time quickly and that the exam was lacking transparency about the amount and type of questions you still have to do when compared to the time you have left. ...
This morning I passed the AZ-300 exam. To be honest, I was confident that I failed the exam. Especially because I ran out of time with only 80 - 90 %. In this blog post, I will explain you the good and the bad of this exam and the exam experience. The Good Labs are a great way to test knowledge The labs that I had to take in the exam where stable and solid. You get access to a Windows VM with a browser on it which automatically opens the Azure Portal. ...
Recently I passed the 70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions exam. I was thinking about stopping with the Azure exams but I couldn’t resist it to pass this exam as well. Today I passed the 70-534 - Architecting Microsoft Azure Solutions exam with 857 points. I think that the 70-534 exam is a lot easier than the 70-533 exam. Most of the questions where questions where you had to select the Azure features that you could use in a specific situation. ...
Yesterday (Saturday 20-03-2016) I passed the Azure 70-533 (Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions) exam. This was the second time that I did the exam and I passed with 747 points. So that’s a close call. Here are some tips for passing the exam: Practice every exam objective in your (Azure) lab. This is very important because you will get some questions in the exam where you need to tell step by step which step you took to install or configure a service. If you don’t have a subscription, you could sign up for the free one-month trial. Do the online proctored exam. I absolutely recommend this new way of doing exams. During workdays, It’s annoying to leave a project for a couple of hours to do an exam. Pro’s: - Study from home, in your trusted environment. No travel time needed and it took away some stress during the exam. ...
A very helpful course from Christopher Chapman and Yuri Diogenes. Must see if you want to learn more about Microsoft Advanced Threat Analytics (ATA) and best of all: it’s a free course from the Microsoft Virtual Academy! Enterprise Mobility Suite: Beyond “Bring Your Own Device”
This video, presented by Mark Russinovich and Matt McSpirit, gives you a great overview about the design and architecture of containers. Mark will show you how to create and use the containers. Don’t forget to subscribe to the Microsoft Mechanics YouTube Channel.