How Many Exams/Certs

I saw a comment in another thread stating that someone had sat 23 MS exams and was wondering not only how many exams people have done but how many individual certificates you have including ones that have been superseded.
So, how many exams have you passed and how many certs do you have?

I have sat/hold
13 exams
17 certificates

All Microsoft

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dadaji

Not even close to the seasoned pros, like you but getting there (hopefully someday).

<---- Certs
Attemps made - 4

danc_101

14 Microsoft - failed 1
2 Cisco - failed 1

Mojo_666

danc_101 wrote: »

14 Microsoft - failed 1
2 Cisco - failed 1

How many ms certificates do you hold for those 14 exams>?

earweed

Tests
4 Microsoft - failed 1
5 CompTIA
2 CIW

I'm a mere noob when it comes to certifications.
Certs
4 CompTIA - A+, Net+, Sec+, Project+
2 CIW - Associate, Javascript Specialist
3 Microsoft MCTS (don't really count as certs)

danc_101

Mojo_666 wrote: »

How many ms certificates do you hold for those 14 exams>?

About 8, lost count !

Mojo_666

earweed wrote: »

3 Microsot - failed 1
4 CompTIA
2 CIW

I'm a mere noob when it comes to certifications.

You have good range, I have always done MS stuff but have learnt bucket loads about other things since joining, I really need to expand my horizons.

brad-

5 MS
3 CompTIA

apena7

CompTIA
6 Exams (failed one)
5 Certs

Microsoft
1 Exam
1 Cert

CIW
4 Exams
4 Certs

Sun Microsystems (Java)
1 Exam
1 Cert

earweed

Mojo_666 wrote: »

You have good range, I have always done MS stuff but have learnt bucket loads about other things since joining, I really need to expand my horizons.

Actually all of my certs have been while going to WGU. If I had been a little quicker about doing more CU's a term I'd have more CIW and a Sun cert (SCJA)

RobertKaucher

21 exams (19 MS, 2 CompTIA)
13 Certifications (11 MS, 2 CompTIA)

Excluding any of the MCTSes that count to my MCITPs. I have 2 MCTS certs for SharePoint that have no corresponding MCITP, so I am counting those as individual certifications.

You can add one to both of these after tomorrow. < I hope any way...

Hyper-Me

11 MS
2 Comptia
1 CIW

(tests and certs)

This is if i remember correctly.

Claymoore

I've done 23 MS exams in the last 3 years and 29 MS exams overall.

Exams
MS - 29
Cisco - 1
EMC - 1

Certifications
Cisco - 1
EMC - 1
MS - 17 (MCITPx3, MCTSx12, MCSEx2)
I'm not counting the various MCP, MCP+I, MCSA, and the Messaging specializations

Mojo_666

Claymoore wrote: »

I'm not counting the various MCP, MCP+I, MCSA, and the Messaging specializations

Count them please, how many downloadable certs do you have from MS total?

& btw this thread was your doing.

Paul Boz

3 SANS exams
10-12 Cisco exams

I did two composite exams to shortcut having to take two additional Cisco exams.

Bl8ckr0uter

2 cisco and 2 comptia, just as many test as certifications.

N2IT

Microsoft Office Specialist exams. 4 which equal a master for 2007 office applications. Which gives you another 1. 4/4 the Expert is just a compilation.

Exin 3/3

Comptia 0/1 Took Project + and failed. Never retook the exam.

Taken 8 exams and passed 7 of them.

Working on ITIL OSA at the moment, exam will be scheduled next week so this is subject to change for better or for worse.

Mike-Mike

I have only taken one test, and I passed it.... ITIL V3 Foundations on 9/22, so hopefully I will be 2 for 2

ColbyG

CCENT - 1 exam
CCNA - 1 exam
CCNA: V - 1 exam
CCNP - 4 exams
CCIP - 2 exams
CCIE Written - 1 exam

JNCIA - 1 exam

ITIL - 1 exam

12 total for 7 certs

rogue2shadow

A+ - 2 exams
Network+ - 1 exam
Security+ - 1 exam
CCENT - 1 exam
CCNA - 1 exam

5 certifications, 6 exams.

dynamik

Microsoft - 15
Cisco - 3
CompTIA - 2
SANS - 2
CWNP - 2
VMware - 1
EC-Council - 1
ISACA - 1
(ISC)2 - 1

All the ones aside from the Microsoft exams pulled in their own certification. The Microsoft ones are kind of dumb since the MCSE: Security also gives you MCP, MCSA, MCSA: Security and MCSE. You also get individual MCTSes for the MCITP: EA and EMA.

pml1

3 Microsoft and 1 CompTIA. If you count MCP and MCSA separately, that makes 3 certs.

Slowhand

Let's see here, I've got 6 certs and 9 exams under my belt so far:

Microsoft
MCSA
- 70-290
- 70-291
- 70-270

Cisco
CCNA
- 640-801

CompTIA
A+
- 220-301
- 220-302
Security+
- SY0-101
Linux+
- XK0-002
Server+
- SK0-003

The number of certs will probably jump before the end of the year. I'm taking the ROUTE exam to not only get started on the CCNP, but also renew my CCNA, which expires in November. After that, I'm going to finally sit for the remaining MCSE exams, (70-293, 70-294, and 70-298,) which I've been half-ready to take for almost a year and a half now. I just need to sit down, read through each book, and really nail down the details before each test.

Psoasman

Over the last 3 years:

4 CompTIA
A+
Net+
Sec+

11 MS

8 certs

MentholMoose

MS: 13 exams, 12 certs
MCP
MCTS x 7
MCITP x 4
I'm taking another exam tomorrow and hopefully will get the MCSA by the end of the month, and MCSE next month.

CompTIA: 2 exams, 2 certs(?)
Linux+ (2004 & 2009)
It shows up twice on my transcript, so I guess it counts as two certs.

VMware: 1 exam, 1 cert
VCP 4

Cisco: 2 exams, 1 certs(?)
CCNA
I originally took the 640-801, and later the 802 to renew.

Citrix: 3 exams, 5 certs(!!)
CCA x 5
My transcript shows 5 CCAs. Each exam is 1 CCA, and two of them combined with another to get a bonus one. Score!!

That's 21 exams and 21 certs in total, if you agree with my rationale. Before 2009 I only had the CCNA (801 exam only) and Linux+ (2004).

Devilsbane

Lets see...8 tests 6 certs

apr911

Currently...

9 exams, 7 certifications (including superseded i.e. MCSE:security supersedes MCSE, MCSA)

By years end of next year the number will look probably look something more like this:

23 exams and 19 certifications.

On my own time I have 4 CIW Certifications and Project+ as part of my WGU program.

On my company time (and what time I can spare away from WGU), I am hoping to upgrade my MCSE to MCITP:EA/SA, do the CEH and RHCT exam and the cisco CCENT->CCNA->CCNA:Security tract.

Of the 19 Certifications, only 8 will make my resume.

RobertKaucher

Wohoo! Passed the 453 so that makes....

21 Certifications grand total (counting all MCTSes, etc) and 22 exams.

MCITP: DBA 2008
MCITP: DBA 2005
MCITP: EDA7
MCITP: Enterprise Admin
MCSE: Security
MCSE
MCSA: Security
MCSA
MCDST
MCP
MCTS: SharePoint Server 2007
MCTS: SharePoint Server 2007 Dev
More MCTSes than I care to list..
Linux+
Security+
The excellent thing is that easily 1/3 of the exams were taken in their beta phase!

pespi_man

Congrats Robert!

8 MS exams.. 3 of those i got the 700 mark! I like cutting it close!
A+
ITIL Foundations

RobertKaucher

pespi_man wrote: »

Congrats Robert!

8 MS exams.. 3 of those i got the 700 mark! I like cutting it close!
A+
ITIL Foundations

Dude, cannot even tell you how many I cut it that close. Failed the 291 once. Failed a few betas I did not prep for properly as well. Now that I am only taking one or two exams a year, though, I am scoring in the 800s pretty regularly.

earweed

I've only taken 3 MS exams and have yet to hit the 800 mark. Hopefully my luck will change soon.