How To Get a MCSE certificate?
MCSE takes five or six core exams and two elective exams. The elective
exams determine the specialization (track). For example, candidates on the MS
Windows 2000 track are required to pass seven exams or the equivalent that
include the following:
* Core (five Exams Required): Four OS exams
* One design exam
* Elective Exams (two required): The electives give a good measure of
technical knowledge and expertise in design and implementation.
As an example of the exam coverage, the MS Win 2000 examination covers -
among others - the following skill sets that Microsoft considers essential for
any network administrator or professional:
Core Exams: Client Operating System (1 Exam Required):
Exam 70-210:
Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional
Exam 70-270: Installing, Configuring, and Administering
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Core Exams: Networking System (3 Exams Required):
Exam 70-215: Installing,
Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Exam 70-216:
Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
Infrastructure
Exam 70-217: Implementing and Administering a MS Windows 2000
Directory Services Infrastructure
Core Exams: Design (1 Exam Required):
Exam 70-219: Designing a Microsoft
Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure
Exam 70-220: Designing
Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
Exam 70-221: Designing a
Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
Exam 70-226: Designing Highly
Available Web Solutions with MS Windows 2000 Server Technologies
Exam 70-297:
Designing a MS Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network
Infrastructure
Exam 70-298: Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Network
Elective Exams (2 Exams Required)
Exam 70-019: Designing and
Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server? 7.0
Exam 70-028:
Administering Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Exam 70-029,4: Designing and
Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Exam 70-086:
Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0
Exam
70-214: Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows 2000
Network
Exam 70-218: Managing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
Environment
Exam 70-219: Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory
Services Infrastructure
Exam 70-220: Designing Security for a Microsoft
Windows 2000 Network
Exam 70-221: Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network
Infrastructure
Exam 70-222: Migrating from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to
Microsoft Windows 2000
Exam 70-223: Installing, Configuring, and
Administering MS Clustering Services by Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced
Server
Exam 70-224: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft
Exchange 2000 Server
Exam 70-225: Designing and Deploying a Messaging
Infrastructure with MS Exchange 2000 Server
Exam 70-226: Designing Highly
Available Web Solutions with MS Windows 2000 Server Technologies
Exam 70-227:
Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Internet Security and
Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
Exam 70-228: Installing,
Configuring, and Administering MS SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
Exam
70-229: Designing and Implementing Databases with MS SQL Server 2000 Enterprise
Edition
Exam 70-230: Designing and Implementing Solutions with MS BizTalk
Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
Exam 70-232: Implementing and Maintaining
Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Technologies
and Microsoft Application Center 2000
Exam 70-234: Designing and Implementing
Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000
Exam 70-244: Supporting and
Maintaining a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Network
Exam 70-284:
Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003
An alternative to the elective exams listed above, CompTIA Security+
certification may substitute for an MCSE elective.
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