Exam Path?

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I guess the logical steps would be;

A+, N+, MCDST, and then;

70-270 / 70-620 / 70-680?

I know I ask alot of questions, I'm just looking at getting some kind of practical "path", with the skills and experience that I have, so that I have set goals, something to aim for etc!

Thanks for your patience!

 

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A+ N+ MCDST definitely, from there on in I think there is a greater degree of flexibility depending on what your working with/towards. I could be wrong though :P

 

Im sticking with what I know for now - Help Desk Technician.

I have 11 years experience in that role, so I'm playing to my strengths..

 

Yep... A+, Network+, MCDST... perhaps pursue the MCITP: DST... then wait to go any farther until you start touching servers.

 

So you dont suggest I do the 70-270 or 70-680 then Michael?

Thanks for your reply

 

I found the 70-270 to be slightly above the level of 70-620. That said, if you're routinely working with XP machines in a domain environment, the 70-270 would be OK to take.

As I haven't taken 70-680, I can't speak as to whether it's worthwhile to pursue at this point. That said, it's a new exam on a new OS. Companies aren't going to rush right out and install Windows 7, so I'd recommend leaving it on the table for that reason... at least, for the moment.

 

To be fair, it would likely be 1 or 2 years before I get the chance to do the 70-680 based on the other exams I am doing first (which is slow ).

Agreed, many places are going to keep with XP / Vista, which I guess is why you say I should do 70-620?

Thanks!

 

Then you've got 1 or 2 years to put that decision on the back burner.

Yup. Plus, the 70-620 is a lot more basic than the 70-270 exam, in my opinion. See, 70-270 was the only XP exam when it was released. 70-271 and 70-272 were released later to cover the MCDST (new, at the time). When Vista came out, they released a half-billion exams related to Vista. In doing so, they made 70-620 and 70-622 to be the MCDST "replacement"; as such, there really isn't a true replacement for 70-270.

 

Very true!

Am I correct in my thinking that 70-620 gives 2 certs?

 

It might be a component of 2 (or more!) certs... but it, by itself, doesn't give 2 certs.

 

Ah right, I just thought I'd read somewhere it did lol..

 

The 70-621 gives you two cert's- but only if you have the MCDST (it's the uprgrade exam)

I decided to take the A+, N+, MCDST and then the 70-620. I'm now studying for the 70-680. Although this means I'll be going back to an older technology when I start the 70-270 for my MCSA, by that time I'll have a decent amount of server experience (and have my desktop exams covered).