What Certification?

janesssssy · 25 Feb 2008 at 23:19

Ive just got the A+ and Server+ and i now want to get the MCSA 2003.

So which exam should i do:

70-270 (Windows XP, I already have the book)
70-620 (Vista)

I have experiance both personal and 5 years in the industry. umm what are your opinions?
"yes i know i should have done these sooner"

Fraggr · 25 Feb 2008 at 23:31

I'd go for the Vista one cause it's newer and XP will probably get phased out in the next few years. I'm not an expert though!

oddjob62 · 25 Feb 2008 at 23:32

Don't see there being any difference. I've never been asked which modules i took for my MCSE.

janesssssy · 26 Feb 2008 at 21:17

So basicly do what you will pass easier then.

oddjob62 · 26 Feb 2008 at 21:36

janesssssy said:
So basicly do what you will pass easier then.

Basically yes.

Talbs13 · 26 Feb 2008 at 21:38

You only need one exam for MSCA???

oddjob62 · 26 Feb 2008 at 21:39

Talbs13 said:
You only need one exam for MSCA???

No you need 4, 3 core and 1 elective

Talbs13 · 26 Feb 2008 at 21:43

I was going to say!!

I am doing my MCSE. Have passed 70-290 and doing 291. Does anyone else find them easy peasy?

oddjob62 · 26 Feb 2008 at 21:48

Talbs13 said:
I was going to say!!

I am doing my MCSE. Have passed 70-290 and doing 291. Does anyone else find them easy peasy?

Those 2 are very easy if you've worked with XP and 2k3 at all. Some of the later ones are a bit more tricky though

Archangelus · 26 Feb 2008 at 22:31

janesssssy said:
Ive just got the A+ and Server+ and i now want to get the MCSA 2003.

So which exam should i do:

70-270 (Windows XP, I already have the book)
70-620 (Vista)

I have experiance both personal and 5 years in the industry. umm what are your opinions?
"yes i know i should have done these sooner"

Is that the COMPTIA A+ and Server + you're talking about? I've been looking into those, and can't find anywhere local to me that does the training for them.

bigredshark · 26 Feb 2008 at 23:08

I did the XP one back when I did my MCSE and found it to be a little pita of an exam, got a heap of questions on the encrypting file system and such, it also expects you to do things in ways which no one ever would in real life. Not difficult but requires more thought than you'd think.

janesssssy · 27 Feb 2008 at 12:56

Archangelus said:
Is that the COMPTIA A+ and Server + you're talking about? I've been looking into those, and can't find anywhere local to me that does the training for them.

Those are the ones, Look on Prometrics and Pearson vue website. the Comptia ws with Pearson Vue.
Ive already booked the Vista exam so then only 2 more to go after that for a MCSA. I aim on getting the MCSA by July / August this year.

the A+ and server+ counts as the elective.

schumi84 · 27 Feb 2008 at 13:03

On a similar note, so to hijack, i completed my MCSA last summer, but only the 2000 version. Any ideas of how i would go about 'topping them up' to 2003 at all?

Archangelus · 27 Feb 2008 at 21:42

janesssssy said:
Those are the ones, Look on Prometrics and Pearson vue website. the Comptia ws with Pearson Vue.
Ive already booked the Vista exam so then only 2 more to go after that for a MCSA. I aim on getting the MCSA by July / August this year.

the A+ and server+ counts as the elective.

Thanks

How much did they charge, if you don;t mind my asking?

oddjob62 · 27 Feb 2008 at 21:47

schumi84 said:
On a similar note, so to hijack, i completed my MCSA last summer, but only the 2000 version. Any ideas of how i would go about 'topping them up' to 2003 at all?

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcsa/windows2003/default.mspx

Check the section "Upgrade Exam"

Looks like you'd need to do the 70-292 exam.

schumi84 · 28 Feb 2008 at 18:12

Lovely, thanks for that. I shall give that a look.