If no MS Press self-paced materials were available from March of this year to September...regarding the change from 2008 to 2008 R2, How am I supposed to study effectively for the 70-649? I wasted time, money, and stress over trying to take MS tests with no real gauge for the content of the test and what I would be facing. Thats too big of a gap between when the test changed to R2 and when Microsoft actually released parallel materials to help prepare.
Also, the MS Press materials are way too introductory in nature that it would never help you actually prepare for the questions on the test, which test the BOUNDARIES of the operating system and the fringe tools and uses and scenarios more than what is real world and is covered in the books.
There is a huge chasm between test and materials.
This is why my peers are buying dumps and I'm the chump who ends up taking the test 4 times just to figure out what to study. RIDICULOUS.
Josh
Sorry to hear about your disgust with the change of curriculum on this exam. I felt the exact same frustration last year. I got so discouraged that I postponed taking the exam. I feel like it is time to finally just sit down and get ready for this exam. Did you ever wind up taking and passing the exam?