Certcities.com certs info I noticed
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Topic: Certcities.com certs info I noticed
Posted by: pentium4forever
Subject: Certcities.com certs info I noticed
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 1:40pm
Hello all,
I was looking at certcities.com just now at the different certs and for MCP, MCSA, MCSE it says must renew: no. This is incorrect I believe. Aren't the exams good for 2 or 3 years? I know they expire. Just had to point this out.
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Nick
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Posted by: Bbbesq
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 3:17pm
No they are good for 2/3 years because that's the time-span which Microsoft updates it's operating systems and therefore it's exams - roughly anyway - if you passed MCSE for Windows NT4 then you'd still be certified as that now except you can no longer be awarded an MCSE on Windows NT4 and it is no longer supported by Microsoft - therefore loosing it's prestige/usefulness a bit... so it doesn't need to be renewed - but in practice - if you want to be certified with the latest version of their Server OS then that would have to class renewing as a yes - even though you wouldn't be taking the same exam like you would with Cisco...
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Posted by: pentium4forever
Date Posted: 28 June 2006 at 5:55pm
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| so it doesn't need to be renewed - but in practice - if you want to be certified with the latest version of their Server OS then that would have to class renewing as a yes - even though you wouldn't be taking the same exam like you would with Cisco... |
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Huh? Well plain and simple CCNA on the page says renewable: yes. I suppose if you don't want to be certified covering the newest and still the oldest then oh well. So the exams never expire then? If I get certified with MCSA in Windows 2003 then it's good forever. I just want to write on resume MCSA not MCSE in this particular OS. Of course you could never renew the cert but well as my understanding Microsoft's certs are not valid for life like CompTIA.
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Nick
A+, CCNA
Taking MCP 70-270 on Oct 16th. Any words of wisdom? Feel free to PM me with any advice!
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Posted by: Headhunter
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 12:50am
Microsoft don't expire.... Cisco do, simple as that
You can upgrade the M$ ones and they decided to allow the OS to be mentioned in with MCSE NT4.0 for example, while it used to be MCSE only (like I and many others will have NT4.0 and Win2k, now we can mention it twice lol)
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Posted by: BosonMichael
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 6:02am
Microsoft's certifications do not expire. Once certified, you always hold the certification. However, as explained above, because Microsoft's certifications relate to a particular OS version, the marketability of that certification will decrease as the OS becomes obsolete.
That being said, as long as companies use the OS, the certification is still useful. For instance, I still see companies from time to time that use NT 4 - good opportunity to upgrade them! I'm quite sure we will see Windows 2000 Servers in the workplace for many years to come.
Microsoft's exams do eventually retire, not expire - after which point, it becomes impossible to become certified in an OS that requires those exams. Microsoft typically announces exam retirements a year in advance, and usually in the summer. To my knowledge, they have *not* announced the retirement of the Win2K exams.
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Posted by: pentium4forever
Date Posted: 29 June 2006 at 9:35am
Well that's actually kind of good to hear that they don't actually expire. Thanks for the info guys. When I do MCSA, it'll be in server 2003.
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Nick
A+, CCNA
Taking MCP 70-270 on Oct 16th. Any words of wisdom? Feel free to PM me with any advice! |
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