MCITP Inquiry

SojuBrewMaster

Hello Sir's and Ma'am's,

Just a quick question regarding the pathway and certifications of Windows 7. I checked the website below:

Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)

The client exams lists 680 685 for MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician on Windows 7 and 680 and 686 for MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7.

So how does this work? I see an overlap of 680 so if I take the 3 exams do i get 5 certs? 1 in each individual and 2 MCITP's? I'm sorry if this is all confusing or maybe I'm just thinking too hard (all these acronyms )

Also, how difficult is the 680 to Comptia's exams? Thank you so much everyone

cyberguypr

Any one of 680, 685, or 686 by themselves give you a Microsoft Certified Professional status. If you complete all of them you get that plus MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician on Windows 7 and MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7. So 3 designations total.

SojuBrewMaster

Hey Cyberguy,

Thanks for the quick response! really appreciate it. How would you rank them in terms of difficulty? Do you need the 680 prior to the 685 or 686?

SweenMachine

cyberguypr wrote: »

Any one of 680, 685, or 686 by themselves give you a Microsoft Certified Professional status. If you complete all of them you get that plus MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician on Windows 7 and MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7. So 3 designations total.

You actually get:

MCP for passing any of them
MCTS for the 680
MCITP if you complete the 680 and the 685 (or 686) (or TWO MCITPs if you complete all three)
MCSA if you complete the 680 and the 685.

So, if you did the 680 and the 685, you would get 4 qualifications. The MCITP expires on July 31st, 2014.

-scott

Jamm1n

Microsoft exams are tuff I think, my problem is I have my own way of doing it and not Microsofts way.

SojuBrewMaster

Hey SweetMachine,

First of all thank you very much for the detailed explanation! My "potential" employer wants me to get these certs in. But with the MCITP expiring in a few months I wonder what the reasoning is behind the requirement. I understand the adoption to Windows 8 isn't gonna be the quickest thing in the world but 3 1/2 months?

Also Shoutout to everybody who also responded. Thanks for taking care of this noob!

SweenMachine

SojuBrewMaster wrote: »

Hey SweetMachine,

First of all thank you very much for the detailed explanation! My "potential" employer wants me to get these certs in. But with the MCITP expiring in a few months I wonder what the reasoning is behind the requirement. I understand the adoption to Windows 8 isn't gonna be the quickest thing in the world but 3 1/2 months?

Also Shoutout to everybody who also responded. Thanks for taking care of this noob!

The MCITP retires, the MCSA doesn't. The MCSA is the more current version of the same certification essentially.

The only difference is if you take the 686, the MCITP retires but the 686 is not an MCSA qualification.
If you took the 685, you get the MCSA and MCITP -- The MCITP retires and becomes legacy, but the MCSA lives on as current.

A lot of people didn't notice or see the changes, these are pretty recent changes. My employer told me to go get the MCITP and the 681 to meet qualifications for their partner status. I did my own research and showed them they changed the qualifications in Jan...

-scott

SojuBrewMaster

SweenMachine wrote: »

The MCITP retires, the MCSA doesn't. The MCSA is the more current version of the same certification essentially.

The only difference is if you take the 686, the MCITP retires but the 686 is not an MCSA qualification.
If you took the 685, you get the MCSA and MCITP -- The MCITP retires and becomes legacy, but the MCSA lives on as current.

A lot of people didn't notice or see the changes, these are pretty recent changes. My employer told me to go get the MCITP and the 681 to meet qualifications for their partner status. I did my own research and showed them they changed the qualifications in Jan...

-scott

Once again thank you so much! At this route it seems going for the 680+685 combo would be the logical choice.

srabiee

The 680+686 will also yield the MCSA: Windows 7. That's the route I went.

MCSA: Windows 7 Certification | Microsoft

Click the link called "Additional options and information."

SweenMachine

srabiee wrote: »

The 680+686 will also yield the MCSA: Windows 7. That's the route I went.

MCSA: Windows 7 Certification | Microsoft

Click the link called "Additional options and information."

I stand corrected!

thanks!