what is mos?

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would I be right in thinking its some sort of advanced ms office cert? are there alot of office experts on these forums? I admit to only having pretty basic knowledge of it

 

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mos used to be called MOUS - it means Microsoft Office Specialist and are recognized for demonstrating advanced skills with Microsoft desktop software.... im not an expert on it but i think its on two levels.. specialist and expert..

 

Zimbo's got it, more info on the MS site: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/officespecialist/ and the FAQ page here :http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/officespecialist/faq.asp

 

What I don't understand is this: do you have to take all* the exams to get the MOS?
*Word, Excel, Access, etc.?
And, does one MOS exam (e.g. Word) earn you the MCP?

 

The way I read it, you can become an MOS by doing one exam in one product. You can get advanced MOS by doing an advanced exam in any product, and a master MOS by doing a combination of 4 exams.
It doesn't make it totally clear though.

Also, unusually for MS, you are not actually allowed to use the MOS logo even if you are one... According to the FAQ.

 

Thanks. I assumed as much, but I wasn't sure because I read that you only need one microsoft cert to earn the MCP. Which type of cert was not stated in the blurb.
Also, to get the MOS you need to pass only the one exam? That seems strange. Wouldn't everybody go for Word or Excel, since 80% (guessing now) of office work is probably done using those two applications?

 

Hi Ken and Frontier,

Simplified, you can become a Microsoft office Specialist by taking 1 exam from either Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Outlook or Project.

The most common form of the MOS Certification is the Microsoft Office Specialist Master, to achieve Master status you have to pass Word Expert, Excel Expert, PowerPoint Comprehensive and then you have a choice of taking either Outlook or Access core exams.

Core exams are about intermediate level.

Keimos