I'm an MCSE!!!......or am I?

abyss5150

So I was browsing the MS MCP site to look at my transcript and noticed that I'm now an MCSE. I don't think I should have anything more than an MCSA because I haven't taken an elective. Here is how it looks. Is this right? Should I be an MCSE or not?

Microsoft Certification Status

Credential Certification / Version Date Achieved
Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer Nov 16, 2009
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Nov 16, 2009
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator Nov 16, 2009
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Nov 16, 2009
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist Nov 16, 2009
Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuration Nov 16, 2009
Microsoft Certified Professional Apr 14, 2009


Exam ID Description Date Completed
620 TS: Configuring Microsoft Windows Vista Client Nov 16, 2009
297 Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure Nov 02, 2009
294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure Jul 07, 2009
293 Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Jun 09, 2009
291 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure Apr 29, 2009
290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment Apr 14, 2009

Webmaster

Yeah you are missing the required elective. The 70-620 exam 'is' listed as an elective for the MCSE 2003 but with the note "You can only choose this elective if you did not choose it to satisfy the client operating systems requirement", so that can't be it or maybe that's where they made a mistake.

Do you have an older MCSA/MCSE?

dynamik

Yea, who knows? I've seen people post this from time-to-time. Sort of like how MS says the A+/Net+ combo only works for the MCSA, but people get their MCSEs with it. I think it's sketchy because that's not what the official requirements state, but no one seems to have had a problem with it. You'll probably end up doing the Security+ or some other MS elective in the future, so you should end up covering it anyway. It is odd that they gave that to you though.

ULWiz

My friend just got the MCSA without having all the exams completed. I believe i saw a note that there was a glitch somewhere in the system and that errors would be corrected. So i believe they are going to strip him eventually. Guess your gonna have to wait and see.

MattMcNabb

I was just given the MCSA without an elective. Microsoft customer support informed me that there is a glitch in the database that can't be corrected until the new year.

nielpeel

I just made MCSE with the following;

A+, Network +
70-270
70-290
70-291
70-293
70-294
70-297

Although when I started the whole track in 2007 I was expecting to need an additional elective (I have continued with my original plan and I'm currently studying for 70-284), I wasn't surprised when my transcript updated to MCSE, after reading the many posts on this forum.

Curiously, the MS site doesn't seem to specify the CompTIA certs that are counted as an elective for the MCSE nowadays; it just says "specific third-party (CompTIA) certifications".

I can only conclude that A+ and Network+ now counts towards the MCSE as well?