Upgrade Your Mcse Or Mcsa 2003 To Mcitp

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Microsoft’s MCITP mcse training(http://www.mcseking.com) 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.

How to Upgrade Your MCSE 2003 to MCITP
Step One: Pass Microsoft Exam (70-649) Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008
Step Two: Pass Microsoft Exam (70-646) Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator to become a MCITP Server Administrator
By following ...
... those first two steps, you’ll become an MCITP Server Administrator.
An alternative is to shoot for the MCITP Enterprise Administrator.
Step Two MCITP certification(http://www.itcertquick.com) (Alternate): Pass Microsoft Exam (70-647) Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator AND Pass Microsoft Exam (70-624) Deploying and Maintaining Windows Vista Client and 2007 Microsoft Office System Desktops or Pass Microsoft Exam (70-620) Configuring Microsoft Windows Vista Client

By following this path, you can become an MCITP Enterprise Administrator
Here’s some facts I’ve dug up about these exams:

The Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator exam is a challenging test of a candidate’s ability to administer a complex network infrastructure with less than 200 computers and users accounts.

On this exam, the exam will test in depth concepts, such as the following six subjects specifically targeted by Microsoft:

Managing the server operating system, file, and directory services
Software distribution and updates
Profiling and monitoring assigned servers
Troubleshooting The official objectives for this exam are:
Planning for Server Deployment
Planning for Server Management
Monitoring and Maintaining Servers
Planning Application and Data Provisioning
Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability

For people who already have an MCSE on Windows Server 2003 certification, they created Exam (70-649). It’s meant for technology people that currently work in advanced computing environments for medium-sized to larger businesses and companies. You’ve got to have your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 before you can take this exam. They’ll still give you credit for passing the test if you take it without an MCSE, but they won’t give you credit for any certifications. So you only want to take it if you’ve got your MCSE 2003 already. Exam (70-648) is kind of like a mash-up of two individual Microsoft exams, the (70-640) and the (70-642). Exam (70-648) covers the skills about core technology features and function of Windows Server 2008, from the stuff you already know as a Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) on Windows Server 2003.

Finding training for these exams is tricky, since so much of the material is composite material. The best way to do this is with an all-inclusive training package that gives you all of the training for many different exams. PrepLogic has the Unlimited Access collection MCSE exams(http://www.certtopper.com) that works kind of like Netflix. With this approach, you could get the training for each of source exams and use that to prepare. This way you wouldn’t be stuck with any extra titles or duplicate content. The point of upgrading your existing mcse 2003 certification and not starting from scratch is to save money. Server 2003 is going to be around for awhile, so there’s no immediate need to upgrade, but soon enough companies are going to find the money in their budgets to upgrade to Server 2008.