These exams ok for MCSE?

mr2nut

Hi guys,

Managed to slay the 70-291 to get my MCSA behind me..


..Now i'm going for my MCSE whilst i'm in the swing of things. I'm cracking on with the 70-293 book now. I've got together a list of exams that i'd now like to take to get my MCSE. As far as I can see on the MS site, I need another 4 exams for the MCSE and these are the ones i'd like to take..

70-293 - Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
70-294 - Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
70-297 - Designing a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure
70-284 - Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003


Would these 4 be satisfactory for this?

Thanks,
Luke

dynamik

Absolutely.

Congratulations on your MCSA and good luck with the rest of it!

Mishra

Just in case you were curious, I had the exact same exam route that you are taking (although I don't have the A+ and Net+) but I decided to switch it up.

293 - OK
294 - Ok
297 to 298 - I decided I wanted to take the 298 because it qualifies me for the security side if I wanted to do it. The 297 doesn't qualify for much (or anything... but I thought someone said it went to something) so I switched.
284 to 620 - I wanted to get the 620 because it was easy and it would give me my MCSA. It also qualifies for my MCSE elective. It ALSO gave me a MCTS and qualified for the MCITP-EA. So there are a lot of good things that came from this test.

undomiel

Do the 70-285 after that and you'll be set for the MCSE: Messaging as well. If you're also interested in MCSE: Security then I'd recommend swapping the 297 for the 298 as then you'd only need 2 more exams beyond that to make an MCSE: Security.

mr2nut

The reason I opted for 70-297 is a) I already have the book for it and b) it looks easier than the 70-298

SO are you saying that if I take the 70-285 right after my current MCSA, i'll have MCSE Messaging straight away? If so, what exactly is this can I ask?

It seems that most employers only ask for MCSE in adverts and dont seem to mention the security and messaging side of things to be honest?

dynamik

If you're not interested in focusing on security, 297 is fine. You could probably double-up 294 and 297 on the same day. 297 is basically the design aspect of 294.

70-284 and 70-285 will give you MCSE: Messaging. There's more information here: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcse/messaging/windowsserver2003.mspx

Messaging is actually mentioned quite a bit, security is called out for less.

astorrs

Congrats on the MCSA, the map for the MCSE looks good.

Sie

Congratulations, the MCSE:Security is the path im taking with the Security+ Elective