Having a tough choice on which elective to pick

longhorn79

Almost finishing my Network Administration degree and I have one elective left and have three classes to choose.

SQL Server Administration
Exchange Server Administration
Internet Security and Acceleration

Just trying to figure out which one. I figured out I would throw it up here and see any of your thoughts.

Thanks for your time

Essendon

I dont know whether you are currently employed or not, so based on you not being employed, go for Exchange Server Administration to get the most bang for your buck. This is usually a component of a system admin's job and is a sought-after skill.

ptilsen

Exchange, for sure. SQL is big, but you probably won't get the depth needed to do anything but basic database maintenance. Exchange is pretty ubiquitous in the business world, and while it has a lot of depth to it, knowing how it works at a high level and how to do the basics can get you far.

I've seen one production ISA implementation, and it hasn't been called ISA since 2009, making the curriculum disturbingly out of date IMO.

Slowhand

Yup, I'll toss in another vote for Exchange administration. Most hiring managers are going to assume some Exchange skills if you're a Windows sysadmin, they like to think that "it's all Microsoft, right?".