Question about upgrading...

tibul

Once i have my MCSA:Security in 2000 i want to upgrade it to MCSA 2003 but i was wondering what exams would i then have to do to get my MCSA 2003 to MCSE 2003, as i would only be doing 1 exam to upgrade to 2003.

i have done 70-210, 70-215, then plan on doing 70-218, 70-220 and Security+ to get my specialistation in security then upgrade to 2003 then to 2003 MCSE.

eastp

Check out following post:

http://www.techexams.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=14389

It gets down to 3 options
Or you take the entire 2000 path, and take the 2 upgrade exams(what I'm doing at the moment).
(or when MCSA W2K upgrade to W2K3, complete the rest of W2k and take the last upgrade exam for MCSE)
Or you complete mcsa2000 take an upgrade and complete several of the w2k3 path(i think 3).

Personal I think is better to complete the 2000 path and then take the 2 upgrades, this way you can have them both with "only" 1 extra exam.

Kind regards.
Eastp

tibul

Thanks for the info, i might do all the 2000 exams then upgrade to 2003 MCSE, the only thing i worry about with it is if they decide to stop the 2000 exams before i finish them all.

eastp

tibul wrote:

Thanks for the info, i might do all the 2000 exams then upgrade to 2003 MCSE, the only thing i worry about with it is if they decide to stop the 2000 exams before i finish them all.

Your welcome,

Announcements of exams that are scheduled for discontinuation will be made once a year in June on this Web site. Candidates who subscribe to the online newsletter MCP NewsFlash will receive notification by e-mail of an exam’s impending discontinuation at least 12 months before that exam is no longer available. Exam status information will also be available at this Web site at all times.

Source: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcpexams/status/retired.asp

So since there are currently no exams scheduled for retirement
This would give you at least 1 year in the case that MS decides to retire the entire path in June.

Kind regards.
Eastp.