Microsoft certification Q.

[Raptor]

Hi all,

My nephew has left school and has a reasonable IT help desk job, he wants to work on his certification so he can learn and earn.

He has been offered a package for 799.99+VAT.

This is for.

MCP
MCDST
MCTS
MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician

Does this sound ok, or is there a better route/courses to go for?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Raptor]

Excellent, that's the sort of advice I was after.

Anything else worth adding to the MCTS and MCITP? Or is that a good start, I notice a lot of job opportunities seem to ask for the MCP.

 

[Raptor]

Hmm I must be missing something, MCP, MCTS and MCTIP are groups of certs, not individual ones. The value of the package will depend on which qualifications they are selling.

All you need to pass the easier Microsoft certs is to buy the book, read it and take the exam, therefore I'd look carefully at what he's getting for that money.

That was excatly how I saw it. The course details seem a bit vague to me.
I have the email and the certs listed are as previously posted and the qualification will be Enterprise support tech (vista)

From what I can see the MCTS and MCITP (both W7) seems to be, buy the book, study and take the exam.

He is in no rush, so this may be the best option for him at the moment.

He can then look at a more in depth course once this part is done and moves on to Enterprice server etc.