What happened to “70-640″?

▼ Posted by Jseymour
Aug 18, 2009 : 11:49 GMT
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We’ve had a few questions from candidates looking for the English version of the 70-640 exam (TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring) on Prometric’s web site. Now that the Performance-Based version of 640 is available in English, all registrations for 640 in English must use the 83- prefix rather the 70- prefix.

It’s still 640, with the same objectives detailed in the prep guide, but it uses our Performance-Based Test prefix "83". Please note that 83-640 will appear lower in the list of available exams on the Prometric registration site so don’t forget to scroll down to find it.

 

  • Benjamin S
    Have the paths to Server and Enterprise Administrator been updated? Has the Certification Planner on the MCP site been updated?
  • "640" is the exam number and the part that is tracked on our backend. The 70 or 83 prefix is just a code we use to keep track of things. That said, we are in the process of updating all the points where 640 is listed. But that will take some time.
  • Stephen
    wish the place I went to take my test before my @5 voucher expired knew that, now I have to buy a new one and don't know if my higher education voucher price will apply
  • Stephen
    that was $25
  • Stewart
    Can you please explain a bit more what is involved in a performance based exam?
    Do you mean like sims etc?
  • Performance-Based Exams have virtual labs that allow you to perform tasks using virtual machines.

    You can read more in Liberty's post here: http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/2009/06/microsof...
  • Heba Rady
    I have taken exam 83-640 on last April, and got score 900.

    really for the first time I enjoyed taking an exam.

    I believe that virtual labs really measure your knowledge and not just some MCQ that people can answer by suggestion.
  • Stewart
    Thanks Jseymour, seems like a good way of testing real world skills.

    Just need to get my 70-622 out the way first!

    Is there any information on what other exams are moving to this testing method? Or are all?
  • That's a great question! Ultimately, we'd love to at least have all of the TS exams Performance-Based. But as you would imagine, they cost quite a bit to build and equip our data centers to handle the load. (Thank goodness for Hyper-V!) We're slowly introducing them as budgets allow. However, realistically, it will probably be several years before we get a majority of exams onto this format.
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