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...Home ... Editorial ... News ..News Story Sunday: December 18, 2011


Microsoft Changes Plans for .NET Server MCSE and MCSA


12/4/2002 -- MCPMag.com reported Tuesday that Microsoft has decided to restructure its certification offerings for Windows .NET Server 2003. The changes encompass upgrade exams and a retooling of the way that the MCSE and MCSA credentials tie together.

Microsoft has decided to back away from the mix-and-match strategy it first announced in January (see "Windows .NET Exams in Pipeline"). At that time, the company said candidates could take both Windows 2000 and .NET exams toward the MCSE or MCSA titles. Now, the certification group has decided to eliminate that and simply offer upgrade exams for those holding Win2K credentials.

Dan Truax, Director of Microsoft Certification Business & Product Strategy, told MCPMag.com: "Now, if you're an MCSA on Windows 2000, when we release the .NET track, you'll likely take one exam, assuming your elective carries over. For MCSE, again assuming your electives carry over and still count, you will probably take one or two exams at most."

Truax said that unlike 70-240, the four-hour accelerated exam for moving to the Win2K MCSE, these tests will be about the same length as the regular exams. "Our plan right now is to make them as close to a normal exam time as possible, which is why you need to be at that credential level on Win2K — because they build on that knowledge." At the same time, he said, "The reason we're able to do the upgrade exams is because there's still a lot of similarities [between Win2K and .NET]."

The new MCSA title will be available in the summer timeframe, Truax predicted. He expected beta exams to begin in springtime. The MCSE title will be available in the fall. This follows the schedule first announced in June (see "Windows .NET Server Exams: Spring or Summer 2003?" ). The .NET product line itself is expected to be widely available in April.

For more details, click here to read the full story on MCPMag.com.  -D.S.



There are 43 CertCities.com user Comments for “Microsoft Changes Plans for .NET Server MCSE and MCSA”
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12/5/02: Anonymous says: Why in the world would they make .Net an upgrade test from Win2k when they are supposedly similar? Ahem.... It's all about the Benjamin’s, baby!
12/5/02: Anonymous says: It's all about money!
12/5/02: Anonymous says: Everything is about money.
12/6/02: Jimmy_T from UK says: Oh dear, I now feel that I was lied and cheated to when I upgraded to W2K MCSE. I'll wait and see if I need to take a single test for the .net. If I need 2 exams, then I'm afraid I'll probably go for a RHCE. I just can't keep worrying about upgrade after upgrade, year in year out. Microsoft, please Microsoft don't p*** us off! I am NOT a happy chappy!!!!!!!!!
12/6/02: Anonymous says: It is all the matter of money.
12/6/02: Anonymous says: I think it' great!; I just got my MCSE on Win2000. Now I will not have to take 7 exams to be a MCSE on .NET
12/6/02: Cdog from San Diego says: It may also be about practicality. Do you think it would be better to have gotten your MCSE last month and not have to do sven tests again just to go .NET when no one else is using it yet? DUH! OK. Maybe there are big time techies upgrading and the ISP's are suing it, but .NET is not going mainstream anytime soon. Look how long it took for people to decide to upgrade to 2000 Server. My company is not even there yet. I would rather spend a couple hundred more to get the upgrade than spend another grand or so on another set of tests. Get off the MS bashing wagon for sec., will ya!
12/6/02: Anonymous says: Instead of the upgrade exams, Microsoft should spend the time protecting the integrity of their exams and the credibility of the MCSE cert. program.
12/8/02: Mike from Sacramento, California (USA) says: Silly, silly. Yep I refer to all the complaints posted above. If you all really knew the differences from NT 3.51 to NT 4 and NT 4 to 2000 you wouldn't be complaining about the 2000 to .NET migration or upgrade certification. If the complainers read about ALL the changes in .NET, then you would also know that, yes, like the previous releases and iterations to subsequent NT variant OS's, there are some new and significant differences which will require planning and training -- not just winging it as so many IT people think they can do at will. OS security, reliability and pricing structure are other issues and they are important but refer to them as the separate issues which they are.
12/8/02: Anonymous from Kansas says: I used to be proud of my Microsoft exams, but now realize they make good poilet taper at best! These aren't worth the paper they're printed on, and .NET is just Micro$oft's lame attempt to hop on the "XML Rulz" bandwagon. Microsoft certs blow, especially WindowsNT exams that everyone and their momma cheated on!
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