Certification advice

sxiboy

Hi guys.
I left school and did an Advanced VCE in ICT and communications in England for 2 years.

I found it diffucult to get a decently paid job even tho I have a fair amount of hands on experience and the above.

Right now I'm half way through the Comptia A+ (done core).
I'm also studying towards a CCNA at the moment, which i enjoy!
I also have the books for Microsofts 70-210 XP exam which I plan to do after the others.

Ive heard Microsoft count some things towards their MSCE, would CCNA and A+ go towards that?...

Do you think these 3 certifications are a good start?..

Any advice appreciated...

Cheers, Adam

perseus

I know that a CompTIA Security+ certification can count as an elective towards the MCSE. I don't think A+ will, though. Not sure about CCNA. You might want to check www.microsoft.com/learning to get a full list of 3rd party credits for Microsoft Certification.

stndrd_123

If I'm not mistaken I just seen on the ms site that a+ and net+ together will go in place of an elective for mcsa, not sure for mcse, although it's probably the same though. Security+ will replace an elective for either cert plus the security designation (mcsa: security).

RussS

A+ and Net+ count as one elective for MCSA.
Sec+ counts as an elective for MCSA+Sec and MCSE+Sec.