Certification Exam Expiry

mohamed81

Hi

Please share information regarding validity/expiry of a certification (MCP/MCSE/CCNA). All might be aware that Microsoft is lauching server 2008. In that case, Will one certfied in server 2003 lose anything ?

Ahriakin

Microsoft certs (at least so far, the MCA may be different but I havent looked) do not expire, they just become obsolete over time - so technically you keep them forever but obviously their market value decreases.
The CCNA has to be renewed within 3 years, but sitting any professional level exam renews it too. So long as you keep working on your Cisco certs you don't really need to worry.

NinjaBoy

mohamed81 wrote:

Hi

Please share information regarding validity/expiry of a certification (MCP/MCSE/CCNA). All might be aware that Microsoft is lauching server 2008. In that case, Will one certfied in server 2003 lose anything ?

The old gen of MS creds (MCP, MCSE, MCSA, etc) do not have an expiry date. The new gen of MS exams do: MCTS - expires at end of life cycle, MCITP - expires every 3 years and needs to be renewed. The CCNA expires every 3 years.

It doesn't matter if you're a MCSE in 2k3 and you do the Windows 2k8 certs, you do not lose your previous certs.

-Ken