MCSE with just 6 exams!!!

I'm seeing many people becoming MCSE with just 6 exams.
Did something change on Microsoft Certification Policies?
Or is Microsoft issuing certification wrongly?

Thanks!!!

Felipe

Carlos Felipe França da Fonseca

As Carlos Felipe França da Fonseca once said in
microsoft.public.cert.exam.mcse

> I'm seeing many people becoming MCSE with just 6 exams.
> Did something change on Microsoft Certification Policies?
> Or is Microsoft issuing certification wrongly?

Is is possible to take only six exams.

Details at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcse/windows2003/

kp "this is a test...had this been an actual MS exam...you would have
fialed." g

Um..no

You can do it with only 6 Microsoft Exams and a CompTIA Exam. but 7 it is.

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"Carlos Felipe Fran?a da Fonseca" <> wrote in message
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> I'm seeing many people becoming MCSE with just 6 exams.
> Did something change on Microsoft Certification Policies?
> Or is Microsoft issuing certification wrongly?
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Felipe
>

I did the 070-290 exam in which i scored 676. However i was absolutely mad.
there were 42 questions and 4 of the simulation questions didn't allow me to
answer. In effect i was only allowed to answer 38 questions and scored 676
which was brilliant. With the simulation, i read the question and clicked on
the simulation and it didn't respond there it didn't allow me to answer the
question. I got this early as question 6 and I got 3 more of this type and
in total 4. That meant i was only rally allowed to get 4 questions wrong. I
took this test at pearson vue. she saw what happened and did a incidient
report in which technical team will get back to me. I also emailed microsoft
about letting me pass this exam. Whats the point doing the exam if it won't
let me answer them. I'm sure what microsoft can do to overturn my mark to
pass. scoring 676, all i need was just one question correct. 4 of them
didn't allow me to answer. There were all simulation questions. does anyone
know what microsoft can do. i sat there for 4 hours and invested a lot of
time and effort.

"The Rev [MCT]" wrote:

> Um..no
>
> You can do it with only 6 Microsoft Exams and a CompTIA Exam. but 7 it is.
>
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> ..rev - mct.mcngp.44
> ..
> "It is the mark of an educated man to be able to entertain a thought without
> accepting it"
> ~Aristotle.
> ..
> "Carlos Felipe Fran?a da Fonseca" <> wrote in message
> news:%...
> > I'm seeing many people becoming MCSE with just 6 exams.
> > Did something change on Microsoft Certification Policies?
> > Or is Microsoft issuing certification wrongly?
> >
> > Thanks!!!
> >
> > Felipe
> >
>
>

Hey, Carlos. We had a database issue recently that awarded
MCSE 2000 to some customers who were just one exam short of their 7-exam
track, so that MIGHT be what you're hearing about or seeing. Customers who
were affected should have received an e-mail about it
last week (see full text below) and should contact their RSC
(http://www.microsoft.com/learning/support/default.asp) for more
information. Sorry for the late response to your post!! Hope this helps.
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MCSE on Windows 2000 Server Credential: Correction
Dear customer,

As you may be aware, Microsoft erroneously awarded you the MCSE on Windows
2000 Server credential, even though you have not passed all of the required
exams. This error was caused by a problem in our certification database,
which momentarily "double counted" one of your exams as both a required exam
and an elective exam.

In resolving this issue, Microsoft Learning is committed to two things:
1. Upholding the industry-recognized value of the MCSE credential.
2. Limiting any further inconvenience to you, a customer who has shown
great commitment to date in passing six of seven required exams for this
credential.

Therefore we will not withdraw the certification and materials you have been
awarded, but we ask that you pass your remaining elective exam within one
year to fully complete the MCSE on Windows 2000 Server track. To help you
with that, we'd like to offer you a free exam voucher for your remaining
exam.

If you do not complete the full track prior to June 30, 2007, we will
correct your transcript by removing the credential. We trust that you will
respect this step as a necessary measure in upholding the high standards of
the Microsoft Certification community--certified professionals and employers
alike.

This notice supersedes any previous communication from your Regional Service
Center (RSC) about this issue. Please contact your RSC at your earliest
convenience to receive your free exam voucher and get answers to your
questions.

Please accept our sincere apologies for the confusion caused by our error,
and thank you for respecting our efforts to maintain the value of your hard
work and the good name of Microsoft Certification.

Regards,
Microsoft Learning

--
Trika, Microsoft Learning, Microsoft Corp. This posting is provided "AS IS"
with no warranties, and confers no rights.


"Carlos Felipe França da Fonseca" wrote:

> I'm seeing many people becoming MCSE with just 6 exams.
> Did something change on Microsoft Certification Policies?
> Or is Microsoft issuing certification wrongly?
>
> Thanks!!!
>
> Felipe
>
>
>