Just became MCITP:SA Certified! now what ?.......

teksource1984teksource1984 Member Posts: 100
in MCTS / MCITP on Windows 2008 General
Dear Forum Members,

I just became MCITP:SA certified as of a few minutes ago! I currently work as a help desk tech.

My question to all of you is this..........now what ? where should I go from here ? on to the :EA & Messaging 2010 or do you think I should be able to land a different role ?

Please let me know what all of you think. Thanks.
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  • veritas_libertasveritas_libertas Member Posts: 5,746 ■■■■■■■■■■
    I would go on for the EA designation.
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  • QHaloQHalo Member Posts: 1,488
    veritas_libertas wrote: »
    I would go on for the EA designation.

    Boom. Search these forums too. You'll find similar threads to yours.
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  • Michael.J.PalmerMichael.J.Palmer Member Posts: 407 ■■■□□□□□□□
    I'm with the other guys. Right now I'm working an application support job with MCITP: SA. There just aren't a lot of places looking for it right now and that could be because they haven't heard of it yet or they're still on 2003 environment's so they're just looking for MCSA or better. You're ahead of the curve the way I look at it, take the time to study for the MCITP: EA and by the time you get there maybe more jobs will open for you. The EA will go a lot further than the SA anyways.
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  • Daniel333Daniel333 Member Posts: 2,077 ■■■■■■□□□□
    What do you want to do? And what is in demand at your work place?

    I would consider CCNA: Security next if you I were you. VPNs, Firewalls etc are the perfect fundamental complement to strong Windows Server basics.
    -Daniel
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  • badboyeeebadboyeee Member Posts: 348
    I'd say CCNA if you are interested in Networking or EA since your Server 2008 is still fresh in your mind. Depends on what your interested in and your career goal.
    2011 Certification Plans so far:
    [Cisco: CCENT (ICND1)-> CCNA (ICND2)]
    [MS: MCP-> MCDST-> MCTS / MCITP:ESDT7-> MCITP:EDA7]

    Class taking:
    [Cisco NetAcademy - Network Fundamentals (35%)]

    Video currently watching:
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  • teksource1984teksource1984 Member Posts: 100
    I see.

    So, my options are to pursue a CCNA or :EA ? correct ?
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  • darkerzdarkerz Member Posts: 431 ■■■■□□□□□□
    No reason why you can't do both at once? :)
    :twisted:
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