MS Announces MCSE, MCSA Windows Server 2003 Requirements
2/19/2003 -- On Monday Microsoft announced the structure of its new Windows Server 2003
certification track for its Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) credentials, as well as an
upgrade path for Windows 2000 MCSAs and MCSEs.
Microsoft told MCP Magazine that the MCSA will
still require four exams, consisting of three core tests and one elective. The
core exams consist of two tests on networking and one on client systems.
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People who already have or obtain the MCSA on Windows 2000 can upgrade to the
newer title by passing a single exam: 70-292: Managing and Maintaining a Windows
Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000.
The MCSE will still consist of seven exams, but now the set will mandate six
core and one elective vs. Windows 2000's five core and two electives. The core
requirements break down like this:
Four networking system exams
One client operating system exam
One design exam
Along with 70-290 and 70-291, from the MCSA program, the MCSE also will offer
two other networking exams:
70-293: Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network
Infrastructure
70-294: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
The core design requirement can be fulfilled by passing one of two new exams:
70-297, Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network
Infrastructure; or exam 70-298, Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Network. Either of these can also be used as an elective in the track,
as long as the candidate passes both of them. The client OS exams consist of
70-210 and 70-270, comparable to the MCSA track.
Microsoft will offer two upgrade exams for people who have or intend to earn
the MCSE on Windows 2000. One, 70-292, Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server
2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000, is the same upgrade
exam offered for MCSAs on Windows 2000. The second is specific to the MCSE title:
Exam 70-296: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment
for an MCSE Certified on Windows 2000.
For more information on these new tracks and upgrade paths, as well as comments
on the new structure by Dan Truax, Director of Microsoft Certification Business
& Product Strategy, read the story on MCPMag.com here.
For more information on Microsoft's certification program, visit http://microsoft.com/mcp.
-D.S., B.N.
There are 42 user Comments for “MS Announces MCSE, MCSA Windows Server 2003 Requirements”
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5/21/03: Brian from Auckland says:
Well! I undertook the steps to earn 'valued' MCSE. As everyone knows it was advertised widely by accountants/recruitment agencies to earn $$K. MCSE experience was valuable for myself to go through. However, whether it had such value I would say NO. What happened?! The IT market saturated and the value of MCSE decreased. The saturation happened sooner in small countries rather than bigies. MCSE itself will not do for you. So, learn from experience! Make a choice, be the best, be the top expert and sign big $ for Microsoft's partners or do not go through MCSE. Or quickly use this opportunity to do something else in the IT business, let say IT management. Do not rely just on MCSE and be in mercy of Microsoft upgrading certifications every second year.
8/8/03: Allauddin from India says:
I Am mcse 2000Does any of my2000exams count for 2003? What should i do fo my mcse 2003.
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-D.S., B.N.