hi there,
i'm looking to try and start some discussion regarding the use of different versions of windows server. how many people are still using 2003? how quickly is 2008 being adopted? how long is 2003 likely to be around for? in terms of vendor certification, is it possible/worthwhile to still pursue mcsa/mcse in 2003? is there then an upgrade path for the 2008 certification?
how about other types of server, for example - exchange? same questions as above really - how many people are still using 2003, is 2007 widely adopted, certification options etc?
really want to get as many opinions as possible on this. i know some people will save dive straight in with 2008 as its the latest thing...but then im thinking along the lines of employment - surely only places starting from ground up would only have solely 2008 infrastructure, so there is likely to be a requirement for 2003 knowledge/experience too - this is the main reason why im interested in still pursuing 2003 as the 'foundation' and then just upgrading any certs to the 2008 variant.
in terms of setting up lab environments to dick around with...2003 i pretty much have covered - got access to trial copies of the software and have a pretty decent vmware box to play with. not sure how i am going to get on with 2008 though - is this available in both 32 and 64 bit flavour, or is it solely 64 bit now? (hope it's not the latter since i dont think my cpu supports the virtualisation instruction set, so vmware wont support 64 bit guests? anyone confirm?)
would really like to start some good positive discussion here, and would be more than happy to take input from this thread and perhaps even make up a sticky thread for others who are thinking along the lines of experience/certifications and not really quite sure where to start.
go!
i'm looking to try and start some discussion regarding the use of different versions of windows server. how many people are still using 2003? how quickly is 2008 being adopted? how long is 2003 likely to be around for? in terms of vendor certification, is it possible/worthwhile to still pursue mcsa/mcse in 2003? is there then an upgrade path for the 2008 certification?
how about other types of server, for example - exchange? same questions as above really - how many people are still using 2003, is 2007 widely adopted, certification options etc?
really want to get as many opinions as possible on this. i know some people will save dive straight in with 2008 as its the latest thing...but then im thinking along the lines of employment - surely only places starting from ground up would only have solely 2008 infrastructure, so there is likely to be a requirement for 2003 knowledge/experience too - this is the main reason why im interested in still pursuing 2003 as the 'foundation' and then just upgrading any certs to the 2008 variant.
in terms of setting up lab environments to dick around with...2003 i pretty much have covered - got access to trial copies of the software and have a pretty decent vmware box to play with. not sure how i am going to get on with 2008 though - is this available in both 32 and 64 bit flavour, or is it solely 64 bit now? (hope it's not the latter since i dont think my cpu supports the virtualisation instruction set, so vmware wont support 64 bit guests? anyone confirm?)
would really like to start some good positive discussion here, and would be more than happy to take input from this thread and perhaps even make up a sticky thread for others who are thinking along the lines of experience/certifications and not really quite sure where to start.
go!