Lost in the dark,Please shed some light on mcp

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hi everyone,

its been a very long time since i studied, but still have a good foundation with computers and networking.

i want to start doing the mcp, but dint know where to start , or which course would earn me an mcp.

is exam 70-290 managing and maintaining windows 2003 server a good starting point?

Thanks

 

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I'd have a good look at the microsoft cert site for a start !

Practically any M$ exam will get you MCP status with a few exceptions. Are you really asking about MCSA/MCSE ?

 

mcse would be the taget

 

Its all explained here :- http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcse/windows2003/default.mspx

Six core exams and one elective. 70-290 is a core exam so would get you started yes.

 

thanks for the link, i orginally wanted to start with the vista exam and someone told me that it wasn't a core exam,
if it is then would it be better to do the vista followed by the server 2003

Exam 70-620: TS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuring

 

Hi there and welcome

 

thanks for the link, i orginally wanted to start with the vista exam and someone told me that it wasn't a core exam,
if it is then would it be better to do the vista followed by the server 2003

Exam 70-620: TS: Microsoft Windows Vista, Configuring

 

so vista as my first exam would earn me an mcp?
sorry , just new to all this stuff
thanks

 

The 70-620 would make you a MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist?), not an MCP, as it is Part of Microsofts newer style of cert.

As far as i see it, the MCP's are the older style of microsoft certification, as are the MCSE/MCSA, and the newer ones are all MCTS and other some such acronyms.

If you took the XP client exam 70-270 (A client exam is probably where you should start, not the server exam which is 70-290) then that would make you an MCP.

 

thanks to all, i can see some light now