According to Microsoft, I am now MCSE!? I am not too sure! Should I argue?

steve77uk

I posted a couple of weeks ago that I was taking my 70-298. I took this on Monday morning and I passed. It was one of the easiest exams I have taken recently. I scored 973/1000 which I am dead happy about and I think I knew where I went wrong on one at least.

I was now planning on the next one to take as an Elective, however much to my surprise I received an email from MS this morning:

Congratulations on becoming a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer!

By earning a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) certification, you have made a valuable investment in your future.

We hope you enjoy the benefits of membership in the Microsoft Certified Professional community, and we look forward to helping you succeed as a Microsoft Certified Professional.

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I have taken the following 7 exams so far:

A+, Network+, 70-270, 70-291, 70-293, 70-294, 70-298

Now my work place think I am MCSE. I have ordered my MCSE Welcome Kit, got my logos, but am sure I read somewhere else that someone had the same thing happen to them and it was a mistake. Surely Microsoft shouldn't get something like this wrong? Surely I shouldn't second guess Microsoft? This is a huge thing for me, I have been working towards this for years!

I think Microsoft may have my Network+ confused with the required Security+. I am kicking myself now because rather than N+ I wish I had taken S+ all that time ago! But then again Microsoft may have changed the goal posts? Is it because I have gotten high scores?

Should I do anything?

Either way I would like to point out that I am going to either take SQL 2005 or ISA Server 2006 hopefully within the next two months max. Either elective was going to complete my 'E'. I am tempted to keep shhhhtum until I have taken my next exam....! Which if it was incorrect, it would have been rectified by then anyway...

Steve

Stotic

Isn't the requirement N+, A+ or Sec+

Slowhand

"For ours is not to question why". . . especially if you're going to take another exam that would have gotten you MCSE anyway. The A+/Network+ combo should only work for MCSA, not MCSE, but who are we to argue with the biggest corporation in the world?

f3z81

It is possible that Microsoft have changed there third-party credentials for MCSE, as the site is dated 15 Nov 2006 (http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/partners.mspx)

Its also possible there has been a mistake on applying the CompTIA certs, personally if you are planning on doing the ISA or the SQL certs soon, I would just let Microsoft sort out there own mistakes, as you will be fully legit soon enough.

I am sure some people would disagree, but it is what I would personally do.

I am also doing the SQL Server 2005 cert (70-431), I'm learning it from scrath as its have been years since i have done any database stuff, and even at that it was was only a one off subject in my second year at uni.

Best of luck with yours when it comes.