PieterPessemier
Wed May 24 17:11:03 CDT 2006
Thanks a lot!
The reason why I didn't understand completely was totally language related.
My native language is Dutch, second language is French, and my third language
is English. And that caused the comprehension problems, like most of you
described.
The reason why I asked this, was because of different answers I found
everywhere.
Some people said 6 exams are needed, other say 7 exams,... So that's why I
wanted a little bit confirmation on this.
No need to get rude on me because of that, I think. And don't describe me as
a newbie, since I am an IT Manager and am currently promovating to European
IT Manager. So please stop the childish behaviour...
As for Andy Ruth:
I would like to thank you for the answer you provided. It helped a lot to
clear some things up. Currently learning the 70-298 book, and next month will
be doing my exam for this.
And when we would ever meet eachother, we will go grab a beer on my costs!
Have a nice evening.
--
Regards,
Pieter
"Andy Ruth [MSFT]" wrote:
> Hi Pieter,
> I think explaining why we put the program together in this may help. For our
> certification, there are fundamental things you need to know how to do with
> the core operating system. But, on the job, you will have to make it do
> something, like run an email solution or run a name resolution or IP
> addressing solution.
>
> The certification is broken into the core knowledge about the operating
> system, that is the fundamental stuff you need to know about the system, and
> then some electives, that allow you to "specialize" your knowledge towars a
> certain job role. That may be web services, security, messaging, etc. That
> way, when you go to get a job you can say what version of the operating
> system you are certified in and what additional skills areas you are
> certified in.
>
> For the upgrade exams, we put those together so that people that are
> certified on previous versions of our products can just show they have the
> skills around the new aspects of the new products. For instance, the changes
> with DNS between Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003 are pretty
> significant, so in the upgrade exams we test on the differences rather than
> the comprehensive knowledge on an area.
>
> For the new person that wants to get certified, an approach many people use
> is to gain knowledge on the core aspects of either the desktop or server,
> and then add to those skills. Most of the training and exams we produced for
> Windows Server 2003 is structured that way.
> Hope this helps. Good luck!
>
> --
> Andy Ruth
> Program Manager for the Microsoft Certified Architect program
> Microsoft Learning
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
> rights.
>
> "Pieter Pessemier" <PieterPessemier@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:176D6E63-1CDF-44DF-90BB-674959485160@microsoft.com...
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > I'm having trouble figuring out what I need to learn to become MCSE
> > certified.
> > I looked at the Microsoft site:
> >
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcse/windows2003/
> >
> > They're talking about core, elective and upgrade exams.
> >
> > I have no previous certifications, so what parts do I need to study te
> > become an MCSE? Only the Core exams?
> >
> > Core exams containing:
> > Networking system: 70-290,70-291,70-293,70-294
> > Client OS: 70-270 or 70-210
> > Design: 70-298 or 70-297
> >
> > If I'm right, what are the 'elective' exams all about...
> > --
> > Regards,
> >
> > Pieter
>
>
>