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Hello all,

I've been out of work the last 2 years due to an
accident I was in and haven't been in touch the
certification scene lately.

My question is I became a MCSE in Windows NT 4.0 back in
July of 1998 and was cusious if I'm still an MCSE or has
the NT4 MCSEs' been retired?

Also I am getting ready to enter the job market again
soon, Lord willing and recently passed W2K Pro and Svr
exams. Since I was or still maybe an MCSE, am I suppose
to recieve a welcome kit from Microsoft since passing the
first W2K test? I'm thinking I should have a new MCP
status for Windows 2000 Professional, is this correct?

Thanks in advance,

Paul

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcp/mcse/faq.asp

"Paul" <> wrote in message
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> Hello all,
>
> I've been out of work the last 2 years due to an
> accident I was in and haven't been in touch the
> certification scene lately.
>
> My question is I became a MCSE in Windows NT 4.0 back in
> July of 1998 and was cusious if I'm still an MCSE or has
> the NT4 MCSEs' been retired?
>
> Also I am getting ready to enter the job market again
> soon, Lord willing and recently passed W2K Pro and Svr
> exams. Since I was or still maybe an MCSE, am I suppose
> to recieve a welcome kit from Microsoft since passing the
> first W2K test? I'm thinking I should have a new MCP
> status for Windows 2000 Professional, is this correct?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul

Hi Paul

You are still an MCSE in NT 4.0, although the exams have now been retired.
To the best of my knowledge you won't receive a further welcome kit,
although you have passed the W2K exams. You can now consider yourself an MCP
in W2K as well as an MCSE in NT 4.0 and put this on your CV. I think you
will receive a welcome kit if you achieve MCSA in W2K, but don't think you
would receive a further kit if you get W2K MCSE. You should be able to view
and print your transcript for all the exams you have passed from the MCP
secure site; this will be enough to show potential employers.

Good luck getting back into the job market.

Andrew Stevens.

"Paul" <> wrote in message
news:00e601c349c1$e6c01690$...
> Hello all,
>
> I've been out of work the last 2 years due to an
> accident I was in and haven't been in touch the
> certification scene lately.
>
> My question is I became a MCSE in Windows NT 4.0 back in
> July of 1998 and was cusious if I'm still an MCSE or has
> the NT4 MCSEs' been retired?
>
> Also I am getting ready to enter the job market again
> soon, Lord willing and recently passed W2K Pro and Svr
> exams. Since I was or still maybe an MCSE, am I suppose
> to recieve a welcome kit from Microsoft since passing the
> first W2K test? I'm thinking I should have a new MCP
> status for Windows 2000 Professional, is this correct?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul

You are eligible for a W2K MCP welcome kit for passing any W2K exam. There
has been a change, you will need to contact MS and request that it be
sent...it is no longer automatically forwarded to your listed address (too
many "claimed lost kits"). You should have received an email notice of the
status change explaining all this to you within 4 to 6 weeks after your
achievement.

You need to visit the Microsoft training and certification site, you can use
your old MCSE # and apply that with a "Passport" account to enter the
secure site. If you have problems entering the secure site, just go to the
public site then find an follow directions on how to resolve the problem.
"Paul" <> wrote in message
news:00e601c349c1$e6c01690$...
> Hello all,
>
> I've been out of work the last 2 years due to an
> accident I was in and haven't been in touch the
> certification scene lately.
>
> My question is I became a MCSE in Windows NT 4.0 back in
> July of 1998 and was cusious if I'm still an MCSE or has
> the NT4 MCSEs' been retired?
>
> Also I am getting ready to enter the job market again
> soon, Lord willing and recently passed W2K Pro and Svr
> exams. Since I was or still maybe an MCSE, am I suppose
> to recieve a welcome kit from Microsoft since passing the
> first W2K test? I'm thinking I should have a new MCP
> status for Windows 2000 Professional, is this correct?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Paul

Hi Paul

Why dont you just take the upgrade exams ? I think theres
just 2 to take if you are already an NT MCSE . You will
then be a 2000 MCSE.

Best Regards


>-----Original Message-----
>Hello all,
>
> I've been out of work the last 2 years due to an
>accident I was in and haven't been in touch the
>certification scene lately.
>
> My question is I became a MCSE in Windows NT 4.0 back
in
>July of 1998 and was cusious if I'm still an MCSE or has
>the NT4 MCSEs' been retired?
>
> Also I am getting ready to enter the job market again
>soon, Lord willing and recently passed W2K Pro and Svr
>exams. Since I was or still maybe an MCSE, am I suppose
>to recieve a welcome kit from Microsoft since passing the
>first W2K test? I'm thinking I should have a new MCP
>status for Windows 2000 Professional, is this correct?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Paul
>.
>

The upgrade exam from NT to 2000 was only available for a limited time, so I
think that starting from scratch is the only way for an NT MCSE to become
2000 MCSE. It will be possible to take 2 exams to go from 2000 to 2003, when
the exams become available.

Regards,
Andrew Stevens.

"Dogbert" <> wrote in message
news:0bc101c34ac8$ee9a7380$...
> Hi Paul
>
> Why dont you just take the upgrade exams ? I think theres
> just 2 to take if you are already an NT MCSE . You will
> then be a 2000 MCSE.
>
> Best Regards
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hello all,
> >
> > I've been out of work the last 2 years due to an
> >accident I was in and haven't been in touch the
> >certification scene lately.
> >
> > My question is I became a MCSE in Windows NT 4.0 back
> in
> >July of 1998 and was cusious if I'm still an MCSE or has
> >the NT4 MCSEs' been retired?
> >
> > Also I am getting ready to enter the job market again
> >soon, Lord willing and recently passed W2K Pro and Svr
> >exams. Since I was or still maybe an MCSE, am I suppose
> >to recieve a welcome kit from Microsoft since passing the
> >first W2K test? I'm thinking I should have a new MCP
> >status for Windows 2000 Professional, is this correct?
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >
> >Paul
> >.
> >