Unsolved MCSA 70-743 and other bridge courses

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Hi ITPro Guys,

I'm wondering if there are any plans to add in any of the bridge courses for the various MCSA certifications?

I'm most of the way through getting my 2012 MCSA right now and I would love to be able to do the bridge course to 2016 and then 2019 down the road rather than having to take all three exams each time. However I'm noticing a distinct lack of any of the bridge courses for the Microsoft certs.

I upvoted the 70-743 exam on your suggested courses page already, but I'm not really seeing anywhere that you put in whether there are any plans to do any of the suggested courses.

Edit: So I hadn't launched a practice exam since you had switched over to Kaplan, and I realized that you make the bridge course exams available as well, that helps out a ton, thanks.

@eric-sobkowicz Hi Eric - you are correct in finding we have not offered the bridge courses. In this case, because we offer the full Server 2016 MCSA track, it would be redundant content to offer the upgrade course. We organize those courses by exam objectives so we hope it is easy to jump into topics you need help on for the 2016 exam. And I'm glad you found the practice exam for that course! We sometimes address the differences in two exams in the newer course and I'll suggest to the team that we make that standard practice. I'm sure @Cherokee-Boose and @mike-rodrick can offer areas on which to focus. Good luck and thanks for watching!

Hi @Angie,

Thanks for the reply, I understand that having a separate run of videos on the bridge course would involve the instructors going over some of the same material as they do in the full course. However if I am taking a bridge exam it's because I already have one of the previous MCSA certifications. As a result the majority of the videos and information in the full course are covering the exact same material as I am already certified on.

The purpose of the bridge course is for people like myself who really only need to go over what is new or has changed in the newer version of Windows Server. I would much rather go through 15-20hrs of video covering the changes than have to slog through 60 + hrs of video over 3 courses that mainly rehashes things that I already know.

The full course is great for those who don't have any existing certifications, or who want to review old knowledge, but the bridge course would greatly help those of us who already have a cert and are looking to expand.

You don't need to watch every movie from 70-740, 70-741 & 70-742. Only the movies that matter. I've made a study list for myself which subjects i don't need to study for the 70-743 exam. I've used the 70-743 info from the Microsoft website.

70-743 = 70-740 + 70-741 + 70-742.

70-740:

Don't need to study

Implement Storage Solutions --> Configure disks and volumes
Implement High Availability --> Implement Network Load Balancing
Maintain and Monitor Server Environments

70-741:

Don't need to study

Implement Domain Name System (DNS) --> Create and configure DNS zones and records
Implement DHCP and IPAM --> Install and configure DHCP & Manage and maintain DHCP
Implement Network Connectivity and Remote Access Solutions --> Implement Network Address Translation (NAT), config and routing & Implement Network Policy Server (NPS)
Implement Core and Distributed Network Solutions

70-742 is a little bit odd. 90% of 70-742 you don't need to know for the exam.

Need to study

Install and configure Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) --> Install and configure domain controllers
Implement Identity Federation and Access Solutions --> Install and configure Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) & Implement Web Application Proxy (WAP)