Go For Windows 8 or Windows 10 Cert?

Hi all,
Currently waiting to hear back from the Army about my Net+ and CASP vouchers. Theyre currently wayyyyy behind in issuing vouchers and in the mean time I want to be proactive and knock out another skill port module while I'm waiting and wanted to knock out a computing environment. So my question is:

Should I go for Windows 8 (70-687/68

or should I just go ahead and go for Windows 10 (70-697)? Im weary of how much longer 8 will be relevant since DOD is already rolling out 10 or do you think 8 will stick around long enough to make the investment worth it?

Appreciate the help beforehand.

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thaiguy314

Oops supposed to be a closed parenthesis, not cool guy/shades emoji haha

stryder144

Would having the MCSA: Windows 8 and MCSA: Windows 10 have any positive affect on your promotion boards? If not, I'd focus on Windows 10.

thaiguy314

As far as promotion boards go, no. I just need a computing environment to get OU admin rights. Was just looking more at 8 because I'm much more familiar with it but considering 10 was more along the lines of long-term thinking.

stryder144

Honestly, if you understand 8 you should be able to transfer the knowledge quickly for 10.

thaiguy314

Cool. Guess I'll start studying up on 10 then. I actually installed it when they were handing free copies. As soon as i rebooted, half my stuff stopped working. Printer drivers crapped out. Had windows 10 for all of 10 minutes before I rolled it back haha.

stryder144

Oddly enough, when I encountered driver issues, I just installed the Windows 8 version and most of the time that would work.

TacoRocket

From my understanding you currently have to have MCSA Windows 8 to achieve MCSA Windows 10.

https://borntolearn.mslearn.net/b/weblog/archive/2015/12/07/certification-update-mcsa-windows-10-released

Taking the 70-697 alone with net you only the Specialist certification.

NetworkNewb

TacoRocket wrote: »

From my understanding you currently have to have MCSA Windows 8 to achieve MCSA Windows 10.

https://borntolearn.mslearn.net/b/weblog/archive/2015/12/07/certification-update-mcsa-windows-10-released

Taking the 70-697 alone with net you only the Specialist certification.

This looks to be right (which is odd)

But since the Windows 8 exams are expiring in July I'd have to assume this will be updated with some new exams for Windows 10 soon.

thaiguy314

Oh wow. Great info TacoRocket. Glad you sent that. So, is it even worth trying to get windows 8 before july?

TacoRocket

thaiguy314 wrote: »

Oh wow. Great info TacoRocket. Glad you sent that. So, is it even worth trying to get windows 8 before july?

I would say so. They extended MCSA Windows 8 and put it into MCSA Windows 10 because of how many features overlap.

There will be a replacement exam, some rumor it to be the 70-398 (I think).

stryder144

One of my biggest gripes (today) with Microsoft Certifications is that they initially said there would be no MCSA: Windows 10. Then they said you must have the MCSA: Windows 8 to upgrade to MCSA: Windows 10. Now, only time will tell whether or not they will change yet again and create a two test Windows 10 MCSA. Don't even get me started with their vague EOL dates for the various exams...