How long are Certifications valid for?

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  1. Yosh1

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    Hi all,
    I was wondering how long Certifications are valid for?
    I heard that the CCNA was only valid for 3 years but I cant find confirmation anywhere.
    Validity periods on the following would be appreciated

    MCDST
    CCNA
    A+ (and the other 2 comptia certs if possible please)
    Thx all

    Yosh
     
    Certifications: HNC Computing
  2. greenbrucelee
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    The A+ and N+ are valid for life and all other compTIA certs are for life as far as I am aware. The MCDST is for life.

    The CCNA expires every 3 years.
     
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  3. Yosh1

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    Thanks very much for that :D
     
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  4. Kitkatninja
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    Certs validaity is governed by the individual exam vendor:

    Comptia does not have an expiry date of their cert, they do have a "valid thru" date for the exam material that you were tested on though, for an example:

    And it applies to all Comptia certs, see here.

    Cisco certs

    See here.

    Microsoft certs

    For the certs on the older MCP->MCDST->MCSA->MCSE route

    See here.

    For certs on the newer MCTS->MCITP route

    See here.

    Hope this helps, the best place for info is direct from the source :)

    -Ken
     
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