Microsoft Certified Careers

My son is now interested in becoming a PC Repair Technician. My question is -
would a MCP certificate benefit him more than a CompTIA A+ certificate? If
so, what are the advantage(s)?

visuals4u

In fairness he'd need both

The Comptia A+ will give your son the advice and knowledge of what
components do each function and what go where, how to install these and so
on, the microsoft ones only cover the microsoft software (support &
deployment of xp etc). depending on where you are, i'm in the uk, most local
colleges do night classes for a few quid, or he can look on the microsoft
learning pages for the microsoft text books for example 70-270 and self study
to save money. if self studying he can book through prometric himself,
microsoft exams cost £88 and i think comtia a+ was £125 last i checked. (some
colleges include exams in courses so check if applying/paying!! save getting
stung later)

i self studied in this order

A+
mcp 70-271
mcp 70-272 (mcdst acredation gained)
mcp 70-270

and now i'm doing the server 2003 70-290

hope this helps.

by the way a friend of mine has decided to start this career path too and
i've advised him to do a+ and 70-270 first, able to gain an entry level job
with these and gain knowledge and experience to further studies (but ya never
stop learning ha ha).

Anything else feel free to ask

"visuals4u" wrote:

> My son is now interested in becoming a PC Repair Technician. My question is -
> would a MCP certificate benefit him more than a CompTIA A+ certificate? If
> so, what are the advantage(s)?

Brian