sthomas wrote: I would do 70-270 first. You also have to do an elective exam so you may want to look into A+/Net+, A+/Server+, Security+, or MCDST. Anyway below is a link to what exams you can take to get MCSA 2003. Hope that helps.http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcsa/windows2003/default.mspx
Microsoft doesn't recommend 290 first they just list it first
Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional Course 2285: Two days; Instructor-Led Prerequisites Before attending this course, students must have: • CompTIA A+ certification or equivalent knowledge • CompTIA Network+ certification or equivalent knowledge And either: • Completed Course2208, Upgrading Your Skills from Microsoft Windows NT to Microsoft WindowsServer 2003 Or, completed all of the following courses: • Course2274, Managing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment • Course2275, Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
I always recommend to do Exchange as your last exam because the 70-284 exam will be easier if you have knowledge of clustering, Network Load Balancing, PKI, Certificates, and Active Directory. These technoloigies are covered more in depth in the exams
icroyal wrote: I always recommend that someone going into any type of networking, to always complete A+ and Network+ prior. A+ and Network+ teaches the fundamentals that will help you transition into a vendor's networking hardware/software. Learning the history of computing, what IRQs even are, what a cpu is, what memory does, what subnetting is, what TCP/IP is, and all that other good stuff will be very relevant and help tremendously when going through Microsoft, Cisco, or other vendor's certifications. Personally, it seems like you want to go the Microsoft route. If I were you, this is the route I would go: A+ Network+ 70-270 (MCP and you can then transfer your A+ and Network+ to Microsoft as an MCSA elective) 70-290 70-291 (MCSA) 70-293 70-294 70-298 70-284 (MCSE + MCSA:M) I always recommend to do Exchange as your last exam because the 70-284 exam will be easier if you have knowledge of clustering, Network Load Balancing, PKI, Certificates, and Active Directory. These technoloigies are covered more in depth in the exams proceeding your MCSA. Also, there are other electives you can take other than 70-284. I recommend doing 70-284 though because the majority of Microsoft environments will contain Exchange for their messaging infrastructure. It will always be beneficial to know how a company's messaging infrastructure works. Hope this helps.
taktsoi wrote: I always recommend to do Exchange as your last exam because the 70-284 exam will be easier if you have knowledge of clustering, Network Load Balancing, PKI, Certificates, and Active Directory. These technoloigies are covered more in depth in the exams hi icroyal: could you please explain more about this? it is because once I finish writing my 291, I may think about getting 284 to become MCSA:M. Is it PRETTY NECESSARY to have those extensive knowledge you describe to write the 284 exam??? thank you. tak