So I failed my first MS 740 attempt back in March with a 692 — needed a 700 to pass. Honestly thought I was prepared but the real exam had way more scenario-based questions about Teams Phone troubleshooting than I expected. The deployment stuff I knew cold, it was the call quality diagnostics and direct routing configurations that got me.
Second attempt I completely changed my approach. I spent about three weeks focusing on the areas I bombed: PSTN connectivity, Teams admin center policies, and network readiness. The MS 740 practice test questions I found here were actually pretty close to the real thing in terms of format, which helped me get comfortable with how Microsoft phrases the scenarios. I was hitting 80-85% on practice sets consistently before I rescheduled.
Passed with a 762 last week. If you're prepping right now, don't sleep on the Teams Phone call analytics section — probably 20-25% of my exam. Happy to share more specifics if anyone's got questions about the study guide I put together or what topics to prioritize.