AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate – Passed!

24. October 2019 · Write a comment · Categories: Azure, Cloud, Computers · Tags: ,

Yesterday I sat the AZ-103 Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate exam and passed 🙂 I took it via the online proctored method to save going to an exam centre, and have a mixed feeling over this experience compared to previous ones.

The Good

  • I didn’t have to travel to an exam centre, as my local ones are all 45 minutes – 1 hour each way and parking is usually an issue.
  • I didn’t have to sit in an exam centre – these are usually in pretty run down locations, with ageing PCs, 4:3 screens still (!) on very old Dell PCs, and the heating / cooling is nearly always wrong, or another exam candidate is making noises, rocking the row of tables, etc
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Pearson Vue Online Proctored Exam Experience

09. October 2015 · Write a comment · Categories: Computers, Windows 2012 · Tags: , ,

I recently had a to take my MCSE renewal exam (70-980) and thought I’d give the Pearson Vue online proctored exam version a try rather than driving an hour each way to my nearest choice of low rate testing centres (think cheap nasty low cost slow white box computers, sometimes cramped cubicles, parking issues, date/time availability issues – yes I’ve had bad experiences of all of the above!). As an IT consultant time is nearly always in short supply and very limited testing centres offer testing on a Saturday. My reasons were numerous for trying the online delivery of the test:

  • Can book on the day for a start time up to 9PM
  • No travel time and cost
  • Luxury of taking it in my home study, set to a comfortable temperature and no other disruptions
  • Decent powered desktop computer

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