Total number of tests required for MCSE?
 

In order to be an official MCSE, are there seven exams I have to take in total?

4 networking
1 client operating system
1 design
1 elective

Or am I duplicating something?

Re: Total number of tests required for MCSE?
 

As Kevin Porter once said in microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse

> In order to be an official MCSE, are there seven exams I have to take
> in total?
>
> 4 networking
> 1 client operating system
> 1 design
> 1 elective
>
> Or am I duplicating something?

No one knows the answer to this. It is beyond human comprehension
to even attempt an answer. Many will try but it is pure folly.
Some things are just unknowable. Sorry.

Re: Total number of tests required for MCSE?
 

>> In order to be an official MCSE, are there seven exams I have to take
>> in total?
>>
>> 4 networking
>> 1 client operating system
>> 1 design
>> 1 elective
>>
>> Or am I duplicating something?
>
>No one knows the answer to this. It is beyond human comprehension
>to even attempt an answer. Many will try but it is pure folly.
>Some things are just unknowable. Sorry.

Rubbish, of cause it's knowable, why do you think computers were
invented? Yes, that's right, to solve such complex problems such as
those presented by the OP.

Kline Sphere (Chalk) MCNGP #3

Re: Total number of tests required for MCSE?
 

As Kline Sphere once said in microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse

> Rubbish, of cause it's knowable, why do you think computers were
> invented? Yes, that's right, to solve such complex problems such as
> those presented by the OP.


I beg to differ. Computation theory tells us that there are only
a countably infinite number of functions that are solvable by
algorithmic methods. That leaves a much larger number, uncountably
infinite, that cannot be solved by any computer. Case in point,
the famous "Halting Problem" and the equally famous "How Many Exams
To Get An MCSE Problem."

Re: Total number of tests required for MCSE?
 

kpg <no@way.com> wrote in news:Xns97B3A04DE558Bipostthereforeiam@
127.0.0.1:

> That leaves a much larger number, uncountably
> infinite, that cannot be solved by any computer. Case in point,
> the famous "Halting Problem" and the equally famous "How Many Exams
> To Get An MCSE Problem."

I just want to know one thing.

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Re: Total number of tests required for MCSE?
 

"Kevin Porter" <kporter@roux.com> wrote in message
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>
> In order to be an official MCSE, are there seven exams I have to take in
> total?
>
> 4 networking
> 1 client operating system
> 1 design
> 1 elective
>
> Or am I duplicating something?

Nope, not duplicating anything, you're correct. Go to
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcse/windows2003/

"Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) candidates on the Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 track are required to satisfy the following
requirements:
Core exams (six exams required)
Four networking system exams
One client operating system exam
One design exam
Elective exams (one exam required)
Together with the core exams, the elective exams provide a valid and
reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise in solution design
and implementation."

Good luck!

Wayne McGlinn
Brisbane, Oz
MCNGP Silver

Answer
 

:evil: When I took them, this was the smartest route:

This gets you your 2000 and 2003.
(three tests are interchangeable.)

Now, there are some Vista/Longhorn tests out, which can earn you triple worth...


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MCSE 2000 requires 7 exams. 5 core and 2 elective.

CORE: (Five Exams Required)

(Networking System - three exams required)
70-215 - Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
70-216 - Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
70-217 - Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure

(Client Operating System - one exam required)
70-270 - Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional

(Design - one exam required)
70-297 - Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure


ELECTIVE: (Two Exams Required)

(Elective Exams - two exams required)
70-285 - Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Organization
70-972 - Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active


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MCSE 2003 requires 7 exams. 6 core and 1 elective.

CORE: (Six Exams Required)

(Networking System - three exams required)
70-290 - Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment
70-291 - Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
70-293 - Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
70-294 - Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure

(Client Operating System - one exam required)
70-270 - Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional

(Design - one exam required)
70-297 - Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure

ELECTIVE: (One Exam Required)

(Elective Exams - one exam required)
70-285 - Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Organization

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