I bought the training kit bundle so I'm ready to start studying. Thanks for your time Johnny. Friday, May 6, PM. The exams were updated to include testing on Server R2 last August. Yes, you read that right - MS changed the exams withou updating the exam objectives or providing any updated study materials until called out in this forum.
Sunday, May 8, PM. Noooo really? So, a version 2 of the training kit will come out soon? So that means that the content of the exams will be for Server R2? Thanks Charles! Saturday, May 7, AM. Tell me, may be it's looks like a stupid question, but I will ask it anyway. There is more than one way to get each MCITP qualification and most require you to pass one or two elective exam of which you choose from a list. If you are planning on at some stage in your career to broaden your knowledge and skills which you should be!
Decide which mcts exam you are going to sit and draw up a study plan giving yourself a reasonable amount of time to prepare for the exam. Set the date and book it in at a mcitp testing centre. Decide what you want to study in how much time. Either way, make sure you have given yourself a realistic amount of time which includes plenty of breaks. There is a plethora of MCITP study material out there that will aid in your understanding each topic.
As mentioned above, a computer lab is one of the best tools for your study. Being able to apply your new learnt knowledge and skills in real life environment is invaluable to your mcitp study. There are many virtual hypervisors out there available for free but the most popular is VMWare Server and it seems to do just the trick. All you need is a spare computer with a decent amount of CPU and RAM and in essence you split it up into half a dozen virtual computers which is more than enough for a decent lab set up.
When you feel that you have studied the material and have a strong understanding in all topics, sit as many mcitp practice tests as you can. With each exam you sit go over your incorrect answers straight away and use study material to understand why you got each particular question wrong and how to correctly answer in the future. The equivalent of this for MCSE was Like I've said before, each exam has the same learning objectives, just that the newer versions cover the latest way of doing things, and will also mean your skills will be more up-to-date.
In saying so, I'd go with So an alternative is also to do this exam last, which makes it an easy exam to finish on. This is the order i recommend below. Be aware that there's quite a bit of overlap between exams. However, the MCSE tests for Server and related technologies will be around for a long time, most likely. One school of thought says to always get the older of the available certs, as you can always upgrade later, but may not be able to get the older one.
There are pros and cons to either approach, so you'll have to do some deciding based on your planned career path, goals, job prospects, and what specific technologies you want to work with or will be working with.
I suggest going to Microsoft's certification page to explore all the various paths available. I must agree with Nick on this one. A MCSE is a lot of hard work for a three year lifespan, even replicants lived longer than that. The reason being is that there are usually more job opportunities for client systems support, and this is where junior admins start anyways - as help desk support or pc technicians. Based on your comments to phoebus' answer, my recommendation would be to take one server exam from each certification track they're both valid and valuable at present.
Use those to get your foot in the door somewhere and evaluate your next steps based on what your employer needs, wants, and values in terms of certification. Sign up to join this community. The best answers are voted up and rise to the top.
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