Passed 70-665 exam!!

Woohooo! I’ve passed 70-665 PRO: Lync Server 2010,Administrator exam from a second shot. It’s really great and interesting exam with 48 questions in it. There are two sections : Case Studies  and Multiple Choices (test~70-664). Case studies are set of questions about 3 separate companies (Litware,Contoso,Adatum) and you need to review their existing infrastructure, requiremens and recommend a right solution in diffirent situations (PSTN connection, load balancing, creating certificates and etc.).

Are you preparing for the exam? Use my post about Lync learning resources

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My preparation materials:

– Mastering Lync Server 2010, Lync Server 2010 Unleashed
– Technet
– Microsoft guide about deploying Lync Server Ent.
– labs, labs, labs and customer projects

Lync 2010 learning resources

To prepare for Lync exams 70-664 and 70-665 use the following materials. Bold links are strongly recommended to view! Don’t forget about Second Shot (until 31 May, 2013) which gives you free retake exam.

TechNet:

Lync reference topologies

Unofficial Prep guide for TS: Microsoft Lync Server 2010, Configuring (70-664)

Unofficial Prep guide for PRO: 70-665 Part 1 of 2

Unofficial Prep guide for PRO: 70-665 Part 2 of 2

Official Lync downloads:

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Protocol Workloads Poster 

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Administration Guide & Windows PowerShell Supplement

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Mobility Guide

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Planning Tool

Microsoft Lync Capacity Calculator

Lync Bandwith Calculator

Books:

Mastering Microsoft Lync Server 2010

Great book! Helped me a lot to understand Lync architecture and how it works inside. Includes Lync Mobility Services , Exchange and third-party intergrations.

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 Unleashed

This book doesn’t include Lync Mobility Services. Other subjects (lync enterprise voice and orher) are good covered.

Videos:

Channel 9 – Lync Sessions

Virtual Labs:

Microsoft Lync Server 2010 – Hands-on Labs