Posts Tagged ‘MCITP’

The Latest on Windows 7 Certifications

Wednesday, November 25th, 2009

The release of Windows 7 has been a big story in retail and business news, and it’s becoming a big story in IT certification news, too. The Operating System exam is a huge component for most Microsoft certifications, and with Windows 7 users no longer have to take exams with the word “Vista” in the title. According to Microsoft “Windows 7 is the new Microsoft operating system designed to enhance your organization’s desktop environment.” To certify your abilities on this technology, Microsoft has launched a full complement of Windows 7 exams and certifications. Let’s take our first look.

Windows 7 Specialist Series Exams
The first Specialist Series exam released for Windows 7 is Exam 70-680: TS: Windows 7, Configuring. By passing this exam, a candidate will earn the MCTS Windows 7 Configuration certification.  According to the exam’s details, this exam is for people who “operate in computing environments that use Microsoft Windows 7 as a desktop operating system in an enterprise environment.” In addition to the Specialist Series certification you can earn with this exam, it’s a core component of more advanced certifications including MCITP: Enterprise Administrator and two newly announced certifications, MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator 7 and MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician 7 (see below for more about them).  Keep reading after the jump for  a short breakdown of the topics areas you’ll need to know for this exam: (more…)

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MCITP Server Administrator – How to become one

Monday, November 2nd, 2009

The ranks of MCITP Server Administrators are growing. As of November 2 there are over 15,000 people with the MCITP Server Administrator certification worldwide. There are 15,123 to be exact.

  • Do you want to be number 15,124?
  • Are you ready to advance your career?
  • Is now the time to show that you have Server 2008 leadership and problem solving skills?

Excellent! Let’s take a look at what it takes to become a certified MCITP Server Administrator (more…)

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Upgrade Your MCSE or MCSA 2003 to MCITP

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Microsoft’s MCITP Certification series is supposed to be the biggest set of certifications to come around in years.  These MCITP certifications are an excellent way to validate your skills on the most up-to-date Microsoft technology. But what about us old-school MCSE certification people? We’ve got years of experience and hard work put in. We’ve built up “sweat equity!” We shouldn’t have to start from scratch just because there’s a new group of certifications available, right? So I went out to see if we had any options. Fortunately we do. Microsoft offers individuals who hold the MCSE 2003 or MCSA 2003 the opportunity to upgrade their Windows Server 2003 credentials to Windows Server 2008 credentials. I’m going to take a look at how it all works, and what it takes for you to upgrade. (more…)

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