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Microsoft Drops Recertification Requirements; Details Admin Certs, A+/Net+ Elective
10/11/2001 -- Microsoft announced major changes today to its Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) program.
Most significantly, Microsoft has backed off of its long-time policy to decertify older versions of its titles. The company will no longer retire specific versions of its titles, including the NT 4.0 MCSE, which was scheduled to be retired at the end of this year. Instead, Microsoft will recognize its titles in all versions of its operating systems, beginning with NT 4.0.
Microsoft also announced details of its new Microsoft Certified System Administrator title, which will include elective integration of several CompTIA certifications (A+, Network+ and Server+).
Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine has complete coverage of these stories — including interviews with Microsoft's certification program managers about the reasons behind rescinding the recertification policy. To find out more, visit the following news stories on MCPMag.com:
- Microsoft Rescinds Retirement of NT 4.0 MCSE Track
- Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator Title Officially Unveiled
CertCities.com/MCPMag.com will bring you more on these stories as information develops.  -B.N.
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There are 19  user Comments for “Microsoft Drops Recertification Requirements; Details Admin Certs, A+/Net+ Elective”
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| 10/31/01: Anonymous says: |
I can understand MCSE NT 4 being kept because it still has value to all those organisations that haven't/won't move to W2K. But if this is the case, why are the NT 4 exams still retired. Someone looking at MCSE certification has only the choice of W2K/Wxp exams only. If there is such a need for MCSEs on NT4, surely those exams should come back. |
| 10/31/01: Joseph says: |
As I see it the road to certification and earning it keeps your skills up to date. College degrees don't expire but without going back to school that knowledge becomes obsolete. It's also far less expensive and takes a shorter amount of time to earn certifications. |
| 11/6/01: Scott says: |
I think everyone is missing the point here. Its not the NT 4.0's MCSE's vs NT 2k MCSE's its that Microsoft said that they were going to retire the NT 4.0 certification and they did not do it. This was done in my opinion because of the Microsoft marketing department, not over NT 4.0's MCSE's retained value in this job market. Its all about doing what you say your going to do and sometimes doing the right thing for the right reason. I took time off to update my MCSE to Win 2K. I based my time off on what Microsoft was going to do with the NT 4.0 MCSE retirement. I am an IT contractor, so the MCSE certification has real value to me. I now look at my time off (3 weeks) as just a waste of time. The value of the Win 2K MCSE has been de-valued because of the inability of Microsoft to do what it said they were going to do. As a secondary comment, it is absurd to un-retire NT 4.0 tests just to crank out more NT 2k MCSE's. I don't know who thought this was a good idea, but it isn't. |
| 11/9/01: mayuresh says: |
Ulitmatley The 7 paper (MCSE) is equvelent to 4 paper (MCSA). I will defeinetly go for MCSSA rather thaen MCSE? Howzaat...? |
| 11/14/01: JD says: |
I think Microsoft made an excellent decision keeping the MCSE NT4 track! From a marketing point, it is always better to have an army of certified engineers to implement their products. Most MSCE's haven't had the time to update to MCSE W2K. I am working on updating my MCSE to Windows 2000/XP or whatever. It just makes sense ($$$) to just do it!!! MCNE, MCSE, CCNA (soon to be CCNP) |
| 12/2/01: bill says: |
Hi am just finnishing up some certs i have 5 of the 7 for the mces done and A+ inet+ and cna certs done. just reading some stuff here and was wonder if any one had and advise on what i should do, or give me some insight in these certs, was thinking on getting the unix certs and the ccna Let me know of any options out there thanks |
| 12/2/01: billk says: |
woops ehehe mcse |
| 12/8/01: Tran Minh says: |
In the future, we are used Windows@2000 and MCSE2000 is True |
| 2/11/02: Barbara in Denton from Denton, Texas says: |
I think that this was a good move on the part of Microsoft. I have an MCSE 4.0 and am working on upgrading to Win2K. I don't think that requiring us to keep up to date on newer technology is a bad idea since this industry is always moving forward, not backwards. The school where I work uses NT 4.0, some Win2K and Novell, Exchange and the MS Office products. The students sometimes abuse the systems and so I always have a challenge keeping the systems, especially the classroom labs, up and running. This is real world experience, and understanding how it all works together keeps me on my toes. Now they are talking about replacing Windows 95 and 98 computers with XP. So, in order to keep up with the world, I now have to add knowledge about XP. I don't see anything wrong about that. Good marketing for Microsoft, but also good for us in the field. |
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