CompTIA Certs transfering to MCP transcript?

Macpro76

I have just transfered my A+, Net+, Server+, Security+ to my MCP transcript.
I talked to the MCP rep about how this benefits me?
This is what he emailed me back with:

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"Hello,

This is a follow up response to your phone call regarding upgrade path from MCSA 2003 certification.

Once you would achieve MCSA and MCSE certification on Windows server 2003, you may only take Windows server 2008 transition exam 70-649 in order to achieve following MCTS certifications as there would be no need to take exam 70-648:

MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration
MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration
MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure Configuration

You may then take these exams to upgrade to MCITP: Enterprise Administrator certification on Windows server 2008:

1 Windows T Configuring exam ? 70-680.
1 Professional series Enterprise Administrator certification ? 70-647

MCITP: Enterprise Administrator 2008 certification will be retired on July 31, 2013. You must meet all of the requirements for this certification prior to July 31, 2013, in order to earn this certification.

If you would take the exam 70-646 with all these exams, you would also achieve MCITP: Server Administrator certification on Windows server 2008.

By passing the exams for this certification, you?ll earn your MCSA: Windows Server 2008 certification.

To upgrade MCSA: Windows Server 2008 Certification and MCITP: Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008, you can take exam, 70-417 Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012.

Please visit the below mentioned link to confirm the above information and to check the details for the upgrade exam:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/mcsa-windows-server-certification.aspx

In case you want to upgrade to MCSE 2012 after you achieve MCSA Windows Server 2012, you will have to take two exams:

70-413 and 70-414.

For more information and about the direct path for MCSE: Server infrastructure, please visit the below given link:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/mcse-server-infrastructure-certification.aspx"
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Has anyone else done this recently? What was your outcome? How did you these as 'electives' towards MCP certs?

ps. If this post is in the wrong heading, please move it.

Budzy

As far as I'm aware, 3rd party certs only count towards the Windows Server 2003 series of certifications as electives. As an example, to earn the MCSA 2003, you would have to do two specific server/networking exams, one desktop exam and then one elective exam. The list of possible elective exams is about as long as my arm (I did the Vista MCTS exam here). Since then, the newer certs (2008 onwards) tend to be a lot more restrictive in terms of exam requires which include no mention of 3rd party vendor certs.

Macpro76

That is true, the third party list is long. I wish I knew of this a while ago, since the deadline is July 31.
Thats why I am starting with MCSA windows 8 then server 2012.

taternuts666

Macpro76- I heard somewhere that they extended this deadline to Feb of 2014. Can anyone confirm that or did I possibly dream that up?

Macpro76

Oh wow! if thats the case then maybe I can use my Comptia certs after all. I will send Microsoft an email and confirm. Will post results.
thanx.