I'm very happy to announce that i successfully passed the exam 74-409, which some people consider tough.
but in my opinion, i would say, my experience was mixed, though some questions are tricky and some are really basic. i will start from the beginning..As you know i booked my exam on 22 feb 2014, 10 AM. i reached the prometric center at 9:25AM , because 30 min is required for student on-boarding and prometric center was not open, i called the prometric center phone number, no one picking up. Then i visit prometric website and searched for customer care number, but prometric customer care is available Mon-Fri only, but still you can report a complaint by visiting below URL and clicking on 'register a complaint' link.
https://www.prometric.com/en-us/contact-us/Pages/default.aspx
then i registered my complaint and waited for their return call, but no luck and later at around 10:06 AM, Prometric Center Admin came and opened the center and when i asked him about late opening, he started quarreling with me that every body is Human Being and have some commitments that is the reason he was late and asked me to get photocopy of both identity proofs, i told him that i have given so many exams in prometric and pearson but never took photocopy of my identity proofs. i shown him the rules and regulation for the same from below URL. https://www.prometric.com/en-us/for-test-takers/prepare-for-test-day/frequently-asked-questions/pages/testing-center-regulations.aspx then i thought what is the point in fighting over such issue and calmly went for photocopy. after all this hassle my exam started at around 11:15 AM and when it started i was shocked with only 45 questions and 2 hours. although while booking this free exam allotted time duration was 3 hours 15 min. don't know whether for india they reduced the time and questions or the exam is like that only. please confirm me if that's true for everyone. Some questions were really tricky because this exam is focused towards Hyper-V 2012 R2, but some questions require hyper-v 2008 R2 knowledge as well and don't forget to read DPM, Service Manger, Operation manger and Global Monitor etc. However this exam is free for some time (till vouchers last) and i recommend everyone to take the exam and score good marks (Passing score 700) or if you're not able to score, still you will get good exam experience.
i'm thankful to below bloggers and Microsoft MVA for Invaluable training and resources for helping me prepare for the exam.
1) Study Guide/Blue print from msandbu.wordpress.com
http://msandbu.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/study-resources-74-409-server-virtualization-with-windows-server-hyper-v-and-system-center/
2)Tabular format study guide from bjornhouben.wordpress.com
http://bjornhouben.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/microsoft-preparing-for-free-exam-74-409-server-virtualization-with-windows-server-hyper-v-and-system-center/
3) Canada IT Pro Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/tags/from+the+ground+up/default.aspx
4)Hyper-V Networking Primer
http://blogs.technet.com/b/cedward/archive/2014/02/22/hyper-v-2012-r2-network-architectures-series-part-1-of-7-introduction.aspx
good luck guys for your upcoming exams..
but in my opinion, i would say, my experience was mixed, though some questions are tricky and some are really basic. i will start from the beginning..As you know i booked my exam on 22 feb 2014, 10 AM. i reached the prometric center at 9:25AM , because 30 min is required for student on-boarding and prometric center was not open, i called the prometric center phone number, no one picking up. Then i visit prometric website and searched for customer care number, but prometric customer care is available Mon-Fri only, but still you can report a complaint by visiting below URL and clicking on 'register a complaint' link.
https://www.prometric.com/en-us/contact-us/Pages/default.aspx
i'm thankful to below bloggers and Microsoft MVA for Invaluable training and resources for helping me prepare for the exam.
1) Study Guide/Blue print from msandbu.wordpress.com
http://msandbu.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/study-resources-74-409-server-virtualization-with-windows-server-hyper-v-and-system-center/
2)Tabular format study guide from bjornhouben.wordpress.com
http://bjornhouben.wordpress.com/2013/12/19/microsoft-preparing-for-free-exam-74-409-server-virtualization-with-windows-server-hyper-v-and-system-center/
3) Canada IT Pro Blog
http://blogs.technet.com/b/canitpro/archive/tags/from+the+ground+up/default.aspx
4)Hyper-V Networking Primer
http://blogs.technet.com/b/cedward/archive/2014/02/22/hyper-v-2012-r2-network-architectures-series-part-1-of-7-introduction.aspx
good luck guys for your upcoming exams..
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