 Certification ? [Microsoft] |
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  Dec 9 2004, 04:50 PM
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MCSA, MCDST, MCTS (vista), A+ (2003)  Group: Members Posts: 726 Joined: 1-September 04 From: Montréal, Québec, Canada Member No.: 29668 OS: Vista Ultimate x86 
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Post what exam you did.
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Dec 9 2004, 04:51 PM
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SEARCH!!! SEARCH!!! SEARCH!!  Group: Super Moderator Posts: 6461 Joined: 2-September 02 From: Montreal, Toronto, & Waterloo, Canada Member No.: 1828 OS: XP Pro x86
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How do you apply? I'd like to do one of these exams... See how smart I really am!
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Dec 9 2004, 04:55 PM
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MCSA, MCDST, MCTS (vista), A+ (2003) Group: Members Posts: 726 Joined: 1-September 04 From: Montréal, Québec, Canada Member No.: 29668 OS: Vista Ultimate x86
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Buy a book, Go to Microsoft Click Prometric (that's the one i used). There's several school in montréal that can evaluate you. It cost about 200$ each exam
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Dec 9 2004, 10:03 PM
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MSFN Addict!!!! Group: Members Posts: 514 Joined: 1-September 04 From: Mumbai, India. Member No.: 29592 
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HEY army20, why dont you also post a description and details or atleast weblinks about these exams.
ill try researching on these and post links when i have the time. IF i have the time. |
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 Dec 10 2004, 02:10 AM
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MCSA, MCDST, MCTS (vista), A+ (2003) Group: Members Posts: 726 Joined: 1-September 04 From: Montréal, Québec, Canada Member No.: 29668 OS: Vista Ultimate x86
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Dec 10 2004, 03:31 AM
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MSFN Addict!!!! Group: Members Posts: 514 Joined: 1-September 04 From: Mumbai, India. Member No.: 29592
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Thanks
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Dec 10 2004, 12:32 PM
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Your Comp, My Bitch! Group: Members Posts: 234 Joined: 30-August 04 From: Thousand Oaks, California Member No.: 29387 |
What about MCP, for the people who haved passed some tests in MCSA or MCSE.
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Dec 10 2004, 12:48 PM
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MCSA, MCDST, MCTS (vista), A+ (2003) Group: Members Posts: 726 Joined: 1-September 04 From: Montréal, Québec, Canada Member No.: 29668 OS: Vista Ultimate x86
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I know I forgot to include this line in my poll, sorry.
@ChunkDog: What exam have you completed ? |
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Jan 22 2005, 10:13 PM
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MSFN SuperB Group: Members Posts: 5758 Joined: 24-June 04 Member No.: 23344 OS: none 
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Don't have one. I dispise M$.
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Jan 23 2005, 12:22 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 513 Joined: 7-November 03 From: Puerto Rico Member No.: 9138
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I don't have any certification, but planning to get at least the MSCE+I on 2003 and A+ and Network+
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Jan 23 2005, 02:53 PM
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Elaborate Dreamer Group: Members Posts: 1836 Joined: 25-September 03 From: Indianapolis, IN Member No.: 7388 
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QUOTE (army20 @ Dec 9 2004, 05:55 PM) Buy a book, Go to Microsoft Click Prometric (that's the one i used). There's several school in montréal that can evaluate you. It cost about 200$ each exam What ever happened to "get real world knowledge?" I hate book certified people. I have worked with too many of them. Here I am with no certs... I had people comming to me with certs asking me how to do things... Why? Because while they had read about it, they had never done it. Think you could read a book about driving and get in a car and drive it right away? Probaly not. Maybe you could read a book about brain surgery and be saving people's lives over night. Certifications just show you have the dedication to cram a crap load of information into your head in a short period of time. Real world experience will win every time. |
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Jan 23 2005, 08:34 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 513 Joined: 7-November 03 From: Puerto Rico Member No.: 9138
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QUOTE Real world experience will win every time That's my attitude now. I have also seen too many cert guys, asking me how to do things they should know! Things as basic as how to set up a login script for users!. That's something I learned a loooong time back with NT 3.5! Geez Thing is that many employers look at the papers and not necessarily the experience, that's why I'm gonna try to get at least 1 certification. Not to "prove" that I know something, just to have equal opportunity when the time comes to look for a new job. |
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Jan 28 2005, 01:20 AM
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.:nosce te ipsum:. Group: Members Posts: 58 Joined: 25-February 04 From: USA Member No.: 14882
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none as of yet, but probably some of the material on those certification exams are here on msfn.
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Jan 28 2005, 12:38 PM
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Panjabi By Nature Group: Banned Posts: 815 Joined: 27-August 04 From: Panjab, UK Member No.: 29095 
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I want to do this exam MCAD: Microsoft Certified Application Developer.
But I don't have a certification with Microsoft. Wish I did. May be in the future. Too expensive. |
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Feb 18 2005, 01:07 PM
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Web Guru Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 17-August 04 From: Southwest of the U.S. Member No.: 27853 OS: none
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I completely agree with un4given1 100%.
Theres no point to a certification. I mean there just papers saying you have some knowledge of computer. But how MUCH knowledge. And thats what most of the companies look for now-a-days. Just for a cert. And i was thinking of getting a small one from Cisco. And when i get older i dont know. I might get anyother because thats what good companies look for. But of course un4given1 got to build high-end servers without a cert. And work at big computer corporations. So hey anything is possible! |
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Feb 18 2005, 02:05 PM
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MSFN SuperB Group: Members Posts: 5544 Joined: 13-October 03 From: in front of the computer Member No.: 8053 OS: Vista Ultimate x86 
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i'm currently on MCSD.NET / MCP / MCAD certificate, well going to school for it, i've 300hours to the completion
 & just have to pass the exams erm there is a little point in these certifications u guys are missing out, when an empoyer comes and asks u what u can do, u can show them your certificate, so its the same BS as high school/univercity diploma |
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Feb 18 2005, 03:26 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 627 Joined: 9-October 04 From: Farnborough Member No.: 33234 |
The best preparation for these certificates is probably a mixture of both experience and book-reading. You can pass these tests by just reading books because you take an online exam and not a practical test. If you had to demonstrate your skills, then the pure book-readers would probably fail, but it's just questions in an online test.
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