Passed 70-290 today

I have been silent on my blog for the last couple of weeks. This is because I spent all my time preparing for my first Microsoft exam in a couple of years. But it has been worth it. Today I passed the Microsoft certification exam 70-290: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment.

As I am really a software developer, cunningly disguished as a sysadmin, I doubted I would make it at the first attempt. But I took a lot of time to prepare, and tested all the topics in a test environment.

Long story short: I aced the exam with a perfect 100% score :)
The lady in the test centre told me that I was only the second to ever ace a Microsoft exam like that in that test centre, and the first outsider. The other guy
worked there as a trainer.

What makes this particular exam score even sweeter is that
a) I only used the MSPress book (no exam cram crap)
b) I pulverized the record high scores of the guys in the ICT department. :D

Definitely a nice way to start the weekend.