Which videos from the 70-740, 741 and 742 series to watch for 70-743 exam

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Greetings,

I am currently studying for the MCSA 70-743 exam which is upgrading to Server 2016.

There are video series in the current library for 70-740, 741, and 742 for those who need to pass all 3 exams for the MCSA certification. Understandably, there is no series for the 70-743 exam as it would be a duplication of efforts.

Having already sat through this exam once (did not pass it, unfortunately) I know that many of the topics covered in the 740, 741, and 742 videos are not in the objectives of the 743 exam.

For example, the Implement Storage Solutions is an objective in both the 70-740 and 743 exams. In the 740 series there are videos covering File and Folder Permissions and Configuring Shares. These are not objectives in the 743 exam. And I can tell you that there are no Nano Server questions on the 743 exam.

Can someone create a list of videos to watch in all 3 series that narrows the videos down to only the videos you need to watch for the objectives in the 743 series (or to make things easier, what not to watch in all 3 series)?

I would like to pay attention only to those videos that are pertinent to the changes from Server 2008R2 and 2012 R2 as the rest is information already leaned from those older serer versions.

Thank you.

Hi Derek,
We currently do not have such a list. I will let you know if anything changes.
Thank you,
Cherokee

So after reviewing the official objectives for the 70-743 exam from Microsoft, it appears I have found the videos from the 70-740, 70-741, and 70-742 series that you can omit if you would prefer only to watch vides that pertain to the 70-743 exam.

This is the list of videos that you could omit: Please keep in mind that this list is only what I could deduce based on the official objectives, but you may wish to view the videos in the following list videos covering topics that are not covered in the exam. If anyone else has corrections to my list, please feel free to chime in.

70-740:
Install Windows Servers In Host and Compute Environments:
Nano Server Parts 1-4

Implement Storage Solutions:
Configure Disks and Volumes Parts 1-2
File and Folder Permissions Parts 1-2
Configure Shares Parts 1-2
Virtual Hard Disks

Implement High Availability :
Implement Network Load Balancing Parts 1-2

Maintain and Monitor Server Environments ( the entire series)

70-741:
Implement DHCP and IPAM:
Install and Configure DHCP Parts 1-2
DHCP Scopes and Options Parts 1-3
DHCP Advanced Configuration Parts 1-4
Manage and Maintain DHCP Parts 1-3

70-742:
Install And Configure Active Directory Domain Services:
Create and Manage AD Users and Computers Parts 1-4
AD Groups and Organizational Units Parts 1-3

Manage and Maintain AD DS
Create and Manage Group Policy
Implement Active Directory Certificate Services

Implement Identity Federation and Access Solutions:
Configure AD Rights Management Services Parts 1-3

@Derek-Sompong I also forgot to add, by omitting these videos, it should take you about 47 hours to watch all the videos for topics that are covered on the 70-743 exam.

@Derek-Sompong And some further videos you can omit. This will take you down to about 43 hours of videos:

70-741:
Implement Domain Name System (DNS):
Create And Configure DNS Zones Part 1-4
Create and Configure DNS Records Parts 1-3
Implement Remote Access Solutions:
Network Connectivity Soloutions

@Derek-Sompong .

While I understand why you might want to reduce the number of videos you watch and the time to study, in my opinion, this is a very risky strategy.

Upgrade exams are notoriously harder exams. They are testing across a very broad knowledge set. They also tend to get specific about changes.

Here's a couple of things you should keep in mind when preparing for the 70-743 exam.

From Microsoft:

Please note that the questions may test on, but will not be limited to, the topics described in the bulleted text.

Just because it's not listed on the exam objectives, doesn't mean the topic is off limits on the exam. They can ask you about anything.

You're list suggests omitting videos pertaining to DNS, Active Directory, IPAM, DHCP, etc. Yet these are all very clearly listed in the exam objectives for 70-743. I'm curious as to why do you suggest these are not necessary when preparing for this exam.

I understand the desire to reduce the amount of studying, but I would much rather see people enter the exam over prepared that under prepared.

@Mike-Rodrick My intention was not to mislead anyone. My apologies if this thread is inappropriate. Please remove if necessary.

@Derek-Sompong ,

Just the opposite, thank you for taking the time to create the list!

I was just throwing out my two cents, for what it's worth. Everyone has their own study methods, whatever works for you is the best one. I was curious why you chose to eliminate certain topics.

I'm glad you are enjoying the videos, keep up the studying, and good luck on the exam!

@Mike-Rodrick After my initial posting on looking for a list of videos to watch for the 70-743 exam I had found that another subscriber had posted the same question about a year ago.

https://forums.itpro.tv/topic/1749/mcsa-70-743-and-other-bridge-courses/4

I based my list off of a combination of what he found were courses you did not have to watch, Microsoft's official objectives for the exam, topics covered in Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA: Windows Serer 2016 Exam Reference by Charles Pluta, practice questions that were asked in the MeasureUp simulation tests, and the actual exam itself.

As I mentioned in my original post I have already taken an failed the 70-743 once (I kind of hurried through my test prep but at least I got a good indication of where I stood and what the actual questions looked like).

I found ITProTV after using two other well known online pay subscription online IT Training services and found yours to be most effective to the way I learn. But I also noticed the other two services either had a bridge course that just covered the objectives for the Exam, or gave you a path to all of the videos you would have to watch for 70-740, 741, and 742 basically omitting the any of the whole series of objectives not covered on 70-743 (i.e, Group Policy, Maintaining and Monitoring Server Environments,) In that later I just mentioned, they had you omit configuring DHCP, but had you watch all of DNS and IPAM series.

I do realize that Microsoft can ask you anything that want and realized the risk involved by skipping some material.

My original post did ask for feedback and I certainly appreciate your.s

This is exactly what i was looking for I really hope you passed the exam. I am currently studying for the 743 and didn't find any videos on it but this helped!