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Windows Phone Builds some momentum

It has the apps and now corporate support is starting to tick up. What more does Windows Phone need to compete with Android?

Even in the days leading up to the Build conference, it was clear Windows Phone was getting some wind behind its back. Windows Phone has surpassed 400,000 apps and the Windows Store now gets 14 million downloads a day. IBM has sort-of endorsed WP as its mobile OS of choice, although not officially.

RELATED: Why IBM thinks Windows Phone is best for the enterprise

Now there are more endorsements coming in the form of company-issued phones. Nokia just announced it has struck a deal with Spanish financial services group CaixaBank for 30,000 Lumia 925 smartphones to be issued to staff, with options to upgrade to future Lumia models.

CaixaBank employees will also be able to acquire Lumia phones for their personal use and for their family and friends as part of this deal. This comes on the heels of a deal with Delta Airlines to provide their 19,000 flight attendants with Lumia 1520 phones.

The latest news is what I’ve been waiting for. Samsung seems finally ready to make an effort. It was supposed to jump into the WP market with the ATIV S, a Galaxy S III handset, but now The Verge reports Samsung will reportedly release the ATIV SE, a Galaxy S IV running Windows Phone 8.

Now, I know that I slagged the Galaxy S IV in the past, but that I felt was more due to Android and all of the extra stuff Samsung loaded on it. The hardware, at least on paper, should be high-performance. We’ll see if that’s the case with the ATIV SE, assuming Samsung doesn’t kill it right before shipping it like it did before.

The only area of contention, at least according to The Verge, is whether it will ship with Windows Phone 8 or 8.1, which Microsoft just announced at Build. Either way doesn’t matter much, since Microsoft plans to start rolling out 8.1 in the next few weeks.

So what more does WP need? It’s still hovering at the 3-4% mark for overall market share, even with BlackBerry out of the way.

Well, Microsoft is making headway on apps, with 400,000 (vs. one million for iOS and Android), and at Build, it announced an update to Visual Studio that will make it possible for a single code base to be easily ported between Windows 8.1, PC and tablet edition, and Windows Phone. Microsoft claims developers will be able to reuse 90% of code between the two disparate platforms.

That helps, but the big news is the new price for Windows Phone: zero. Just a few weeks ago Microsoft hinted this was coming by making Windows Phone royalty-free for some Indian handset makers. Now it has announced that anything with a screen under nine inches will get Windows for free as well, both Windows and Windows Phone, depending on the device.

That’s a smart move, because IDC’s tablet research shows the greatest interest is in devices smaller than 8 inches. The company projects tablets 8 inches and under to grow from 27% of the market in 2011 to 57% by 2017, compared with 8- to 11-inch tablets dropping from 73% of the market in 2011 to 37% in 2017. Tablets larger than 11 inches would only reach 6% market share by 2017, because who wants to carry something that big?

So Microsoft made a great strategic move. It targeted the growth market with the free OS. You could argue that it should have made the desktop OS free because it needs more help, what with PC sales in decline. But that’s a mature market and, while in decline, it will always be there and doesn’t need seeding. PCs aren’t going away. But tablets are a growth market and Microsoft is now in a position to grab some share.

 

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How Microsoft can save itself in the mobile world

Once upon a time, Microsoft encountered a foe in the PC market. What it did then is what it should do now in the mobile market.

Microsoft continues to pursue its fatal attraction to proprietary mobile devices, much like Michael Douglas pursued Glen Close in the 1987 movie Fatal Attraction.

Its earnings announcement last night exceeded analysts’ expectations, and seem to suggest that Microsoft doesn’t need to own the endpoint to thrive. But Microsoft’s odds of outflanking Apple and Google are slim.

With so many positive developments in Microsoft’s core businesses, what can possibly be gained from a small, tenuous share of the smartphone market at the risk of Nokia entering a BlackBerry-like downward spiral?

Though Nokia’s $7 billion acquisition cost is small relative to Microsoft’s wealth, competition with Apple and Google in the smartphone market confuses consumers, and likely confuses Microsoft. Microsoft should take a lesson from itself and accommodate Android and iOS in the same way it once accommodated Apple’s Mac in the PC market. It extended Office and Outlook to the Mac platform and made a great margin on every Mac that shipped to customers who needed document interoperability and email with Microsoft’s enormous base.

Nokia’s performance last quarter was dismal. Radio Free Mobile predicted smartphone revenues to grow by 12% in this last quarter. In comparison Nokia revenue declined by 2%.

Radio Free Mobile’s Richard Windsor noted four main problems described in Microsoft’s earning’s announcement.

“Android is getting better at the cheaper price points, making the Lumia 520 not such great value at $135. Low-end Lumia needs to be refreshed to re-extend the gap to Android.

“Microsoft continues to make a total mess of telling users why they should buy a Lumia device, meaning that there is very little pull for the ecosystem from the handset end.

“The app store is still woefully inadequate when compared to iOS and Android and this is a major turn off for prospective buyers of the devices.

“The change in ownership may have distracted the business from pushing the devices to the best of its ability. I am hopeful that this quarter will see this fix.”

Windsor also noted the truly bright side of Microsoft’s performance:

“Microsoft reported excellent results and guidance, confounding the PC skeptics.”

Revenues and earnings exceeded analysts’ expectations thanks to Microsoft’s strong performance in enterprise, cloud and even consumer segments. Xbox and Microsoft Office shipments were both strong, for example.

Windsor expects a rebound in the PC market due to the end of life and support for Windows XP. Corporations have limited alternatives to remaining on XP. Though locked down, proprietary configurations of XP images may prevail for some time within a well-defended enterprise perimeter, without security available after April of this year, this strategy is a ticking time bomb beyond the short-term transition to Windows 7.

The Nokia business will never produce great margins. If small initial margins were the price for dominating the world’s pockets with Nokia smartphones the way Microsoft once dominated the desktop, the endeavor would be worth it for Microsoft. It is hard to imagine a scenario where that will happen, though.

However, Microsoft could create its own bright mobile future if it would just follow what it learned with the Mac and extended all of its core businesses to integrate seamlessly with iOS.

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Ballmer’s last decisions at Microsoft prove to be his best

Ballmer’s last decisions at Microsoft prove to be his best
Departing CEO Steve Ballmer knew needed to change Microsoft, but couldn’t change himself. So he fell on his own sword.

An amazing article in Monday’s edition of the Wall Street Journal gives insight into what happened to precipitate Steve Ballmer’s departure from Microsoft. As many have speculated, Ballmer is not leaving because he’s ready. But what is interesting is the process that led to his departure.

The Journal’s article is built on interviews with Ballmer and Microsoft board members, not a bunch of anonymous sources. The story begins in January 2013, with Ballmer on a conference call with the board, who were pushing him hard to make changes far faster than he had been prepared to make.

“Hey, dude, let’s get on with it,” lead director John Thompson says he told him. “We’re in suspended animation.”

(Seriously? These are adults talking to each other like that?)

RELATED: Microsoft employee on stack ranking and the company’s ‘most universally hated exec’

They were getting impatient with Microsoft’s repeated missing the boat on things like smartphones and tablets, not to mention Windows 8 stinking up the market. Ballmer had a vision but it was taking too long. The directors didn’t push Steve to step down “but we were pushing him damn hard to go faster,” Thompson told the WSJ.

Thompson isn’t a lightweight. He was a former IBM senior executive and was the long-running CEO of Symantec before retiring several years ago. He is now heading up the CEO search committee. So he’s someone who could speak honestly and bluntly to Ballmer.

Ballmer said “I’ll remake my whole playbook. I’ll remake my whole brand.”

But he couldn’t. Ballmer eventually told the Thompson and the board “At the end of the day, we need to break a pattern. Face it: I’m a pattern.” And that was what led his decision to retire earlier than he wanted to.

“Maybe I’m an emblem of an old era, and I have to move on,” Ballmer told the Journal. “As much as I love everything about what I’m doing, the best way for Microsoft to enter a new era is a new leader who will accelerate change.”

That is remarkable, especially when you contrast it to the buck passing going on in Washington over the epic fail of HealthCare.gov. There you have a case of no one taking responsibility and no one resigning or being fired. Yet Ballmer, the number two shareholder at Microsoft who would not be easy to remove, looks around at a profitable company, says I am the problem, and steps down. You have to respect that and wonder if there isn’t another CEO or two who needs to make the same admission.

And in the process, he’s taking the loathed stack ranking employee rating system with him. Microsoft announced its demise last week, and that memo was promptly leaked to the entire world.

I checked with my contact that provided so much valuable insight the last time we discussed stack ranking. This person said most people were taking a wait and see attitude, because they had been made so many promises before. HR head Lisa Brummel, whom my contact called “the most hated exec” in Microsoft, was described as looking “happy, very happy…if not relieved to change the subject.”

Microsoft’s board is meeting this week to whittle the list of candidates down to three to five, with outsiders leading the charge. The feeling is that an outsider is needed to shake things up. I couldn’t agree more.

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Why I abandoned Windows Phone 8

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I recently acquired a Nokia Lumia 920 to experiment with Windows Phone 8. But a few weeks in, I’m already back to my Android-based device.

A few months ago, I forced myself to switch to Windows 8 on my desktop system (and laptop) and ended up liking the operating system very much. Once I got used to the quirks and garish look of the new Start screen and learned many of the shortcuts built into Windows 8, I found myself enjoying the operating system and was more than pleased by its myriad of enhancements and performance improvements.

I initially made the switch to Windows 8 because I wanted to fully immerse myself into the OS before formulating any strong opinions. Considering how much I ended up liking Windows 8 on my desktop, I thought I would conduct a similar experiment with my smartphone. For the last few years, I have been deeply entrenched in the Android ecosystem and have experience with a multitude of devices. I enjoy installing custom ROMs on the devices and have experimented with countless apps and utilities. At this point my smartphone is an integral part of my day-to-day computing, and I’ve grown fond of a handful of apps and the convenience of always having my inboxes and access to the web in my pocket.
I picked up a [Windows Phone 8-based Nokia Lumia 920 and was initially impressed. The hardware itself is excellent. The Lumia 920’s camera is top notch. The device is obviously well-built. The screen looks great, and navigating through Windows Phone 8 was smooth as silk. At first, my Android-based device (currently a Samsung Galaxy Note II) remained my daily driver. I kept the Lumia 920 handy until I felt I was comfortable using its email client, browsing the web. But eventually I customized the Start screen to my liking and got a good feel for what Microsoft and Nokia were trying to accomplish with the phone. I installed only a couple of apps and got comfortable with them too.

After a couple of weeks and a good initial impression, I decided to dive in head-first and make the Lumia 920 my daily device. At first, I was happy with the decision. I dug the Live Tiles and the Lumia 920 never lost its luster; it’s a great phone.

But as I started to install more and more apps and dig deeper into the Windows Phone App Store, I was regularly disappointed. There seemed to be three kinds of apps available for Windows Phone 8:

Apps specifically designed for the OS that showed signs of greatness
Quick-and-dirty ports of apps obviously designed for other platforms
Kludges that were nothing more than wrappers for mobile websites

The apps designed with Windows Phone 8 in mind were mostly great. I especially liked the IMDB app, which blows away its counterparts on other mobile platforms. The Facebook app was also very fast and responsive, but it wastes a TON of screen real estate with larger-than-necessary fonts in the navigation menu and wasted white space in the feed. There were times when I could only see a single post in my news feed because of all the wasted screen real estate. I’m not sure what the app developers were thinking with that one.

Then there were the obvious ports that just didn’t look right on Windows Phone 8. One in particular, Words with Friends, comes to mind. I know it’s an older title and games aren’t a necessity, but I enjoy playing Words with Friends; it’s a nice break in the day. Anyway, fonts (like the one used to display the score) were nearly illegible and the game is just plain broken. As of a couple of weeks ago, you couldn’t use words with the letter “Z” and the main screen wouldn’t update when it was your turn. You’d think with the amount of complaints logged in the app store someone at Microsoft would fix the game, but no such luck.

And then there’s apps like YouTube, which seem to be little more than wrappers for the YouTube mobile site. Minimal effort was put into optimizing the app for Windows Phone 8, and it shows.

As you probably guessed by now, my little experience was a failure. I’m back to my Android device and don’t plan to give Windows Phone 8 another try for a few months. If Microsoft wants people to give Windows Phone 8 serious consideration, they’ve got to get serious about offering quality apps for the platform. It’s not just about the number of available apps, it’s about the quality, and at this point in time Windows Phone 8 trails in both departments.

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Mcitp Training Online: Learn At Your Own Pace In Your Own Home

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Mcitp Training Online Learn At Your Own Pace In Your Own Home

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MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, 70-647):

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MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, 70-647):

Windows Server® 2008 Enterprise Administrator Core Requirements 3400 pages |
Microsoft Press; Pap/Cdr edition (July 14, 2008) | 0735625727 | PDF | 49 Mb Your
all-in-one kit for the skills measured by the core exams for Microsoft Certified
IT Professional: Enterprise Administrator certification and on the job. Covering
Exams 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and 70-647, these four official Microsoft® study
guides provide in-depth exam prep plus practice tests to help maximize your
performance.

This kit comes packed with the tools and features that exam candidates want most
including self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous,
objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors;
and customizable testing options. It also provides labs and exercises for skills
and expertise you can apply to the job.

Focusing on Windows Server 2008 enterprise administration, topics include
configuring, managing, and supporting user accounts, computer accounts, groups,
Domain Name System (DNS) zones and client settings, group policy objects, Active
Directory Lightweight Directory Service, and Active Directory Rights Management
Service; configuring remote access, Network Access Protection, Network
Authentication, IPv4 and IPv6 addressing, and DNS Replication; working with
Terminal Services, Web services infrastructure and security, Media Server,
Windows SharePoint® Services server options, File Server, Print Services,
network maintenance, and Simple Network Management Protocol; planning networks
and application services; designing core identity and access management
components; implementing PKI; and designing virtualization strategy.

You ll work at your own pace through the lessons and hands-on exercises. Then
assess yourself by using more than 1200 practice and review questions on the CD,
which features multiple, customizable testing options. Choose timed or untimed
testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives or
chapters. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers including
pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an evaluation version
of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition and an exam discount voucher making
this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.


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Can I Get appointed to this Dream job

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Can I Get appointed to this Dream job

Server and Network Engineer
Job Title: Server and Network Engineer
Location: Miami
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: $155000.00 – $1440000.00 per annum

Job Description:
We are looking for an experienced Server and Network Engineer who is capable of
managing and maintaining an IT department.

– Management of all IT related aspects of the department’s IT systems including
support and maintenance of the current server and network infrastructure.
· Definition, and ongoing management, of processes to cover all aspects of
operation including the following:
o Data management; including capacity planning and backup configuration
o Disaster recovery testing
o Licensing and software administration; tracking of all software and associated
licensing requirements including liaison with Software Licensing manager where
required.
o Management of user accounts and access control across the department’s IT
environment; including firewall  access, domain accounts, etc.
o Setup and maintenance of a structured environment for projects, covering data
storage areas and development  software environments.
· Generation of client datasets as required.
· Assist with system upgrades and designs.
· Maintaining system documentation.
· Processing incidents & problems escalated from the Helpdesk within clearly
defined processes aligned to ITIL  best practice.
· Liaison with other support teams to ensure that incidents are escalated and
resolved within the Service Level  Agreements.
· Flexibility to work occasional overtime and on-call may be required from
time-to-time
· Flexibility to work at other locations may be required from time to time.

The Individual
· Extensive experience of server operations and support. Further experience
could be substituted for  educational qualifications; ideally further
professional qualifications
· MCSE 2003, IT or numerate discipline degree as a minimum
· Experience of supporting common server applications and operating systems
including software and hardware configuration.
· Methodical self starter able to meet objectives in a timely and effective
manner.
· The ability to quickly assimilate new technologies and to solve complex
problems is a must.
· Excellent communication and customer facing skills.
· Calm under pressure with well developed prioritization skills.
· A willingness to take on ownership of problems to resolution.
· MCSE would be beneficial but is not essential.

Key technologies:
Hardware
· HP ProLiant Servers
· HP StorageWorks SAN
· Cisco networking equipment
· Nokia firewalls running Check Point Firewall-1

Software
· Windows Server 2003, including Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, etc.
· Symantec Backup Exec
· Perforce
· Ipswitch WS_FTP server

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The New Microsoft IT Pro Certifications and Exams

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The New Microsoft IT Pro Certifications and Exams

Introduction
f you have been in the IT field for any length of time, you are more than
aware of the plethora of certification providers and their certifications.
Trying to fathom what each certifications means; the worth of a certification,
and how a certification from one vendor compares to a certification from other
vendor (where applicable, ofcourse – having a certification on MS SQL cannot
readily compare to having a certification with Juniper Networks). One question
that is asked repeatedly by both employers and IT pros is whether there is value
or worth in obtaining a certification. This question comes from a number of
different quarters. To answer the question succinctly: yes, certifications are
valuable, to both employers and for IT pros. This white paper will address why
certifications are valuable. It will also cover the new Microsoft certifications
in general and the MCSA/MCSE Windows
Server 2003 to MCTS/MCITP Windows
Server 2008 upgrade path specifically



Microsoft Certifications
Reasons Why You Should Get Certified
There are a number of valid reasons why an individual should certify, and
why companies should encourage their employees to become certified and hire
certified individuals. Several studies show that companies that hire certified
individuals and encourage their employees to earn certifications do prosper
better than companies that don’t.


Top Ten Reasons To Hire a Microsoft Certified Profession (MCP)

1. Improve Project Deployments
Independent research1 has shown that organizations with a majority of their
teams certified by Microsoft reported significant improvements in delivering
projects on time and within budget.

2. Increase Customer Satisfaction
Certified staff help to increase customer satisfaction through improved
service, higher productivity, and greater self-sufficiency.

3. Improve Support Costs
Independent research2 has shown that organizations with certified staff
experience less network downtime and lower dependency on unplanned support.


4. Validate Vendor Qualifications
When outsourcing projects, certification provides assurance of vendors’
technical qualifications.

5. Gain a Competitive Advantage
Employees who hold Microsoft certifications bring more advanced skill sets
to provide higher levels of service and productivity, giving your business a
competitive advantage.

6. Benefit by Investing in Your Staff
Organizations that invest in certifying internal technicians generally
attain successful revenue results 3. 7. Increase Employee Satisfaction Employee
satisfaction and retention are higher when management facilitates employees’
career goals.

8. Objectively Benchmark Your Staff’s Talent
Certification serves as a reliable benchmark for hiring and promoting staff
employees, and ensures your organization is built on top-quality technical
talent.

9. Reward Employee Expertise
Certification recognizes and rewards productive employees by validating
their expertise. Certification also provides re-training opportunities so
existing employees can work more effectively with new technologies.

10. See Objective Results of Your Training Investments
Certification provides an excellent return on training and certification
investments by providing a standard method of determining training needs and
measuring results.

A November 2006 IDC study found that team performance increases when each new
team member becomes certified—every time.
• For each new team member who becomes a Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP),
team performance increases every time.
• The skill level of a team is directly responsible for how an organization
performs in several key IT functional areas.
• When you increase the concentration of Microsoft certified team members on a
team, you directly affect team performance.
• On average, MCPs make up 40 percent to 55 percent of top performing teams.
• Seventy-five percent of managers believe that certifications are important to
team performance.
• Sixty-six percent of managers believe that certifications improve the level of
service and support offered to customers.
• "…for each additional member of a team certified, team performance increases.
Whether the increase is
from 37 percent to 38 percent of the team being certified or from 60 percent to
61 percent of the team, the team performance increases overall." IDC, Value of
Certification: Team Certification and Organizational Performance, November 2009



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What you need to know about Windows Server 2008 certifications

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What you need to know about Windows Server 2008 certifications

As you have probably heard for some time now, Microsoft is transitioning away
from the MCP/MCSA/MCSE certifications to the new
MCTS (Technology Specialist) and MCITP
(IT Professional) certifications and exams. The first question you will probably
have is: "Does that mean that my current MCP/MCSA/MCSE certifications are no
longer going to be valid?" and the answer is no. Your current certifications
will still be valid and will not expire. If you are currently job hunting, the
older certifications are still highly valued, as most hiring managers are used
to sorting resumes by the old certifications and it will take them some time for
them to catch on to the new line of certifications.


Why did Microsoft move to an entirely new line of certifications?
They were trying to get away from
the "one title fits all" mentality of the MCP/MCSA/MCSE tracks. For example, I
could pass the 70-270 Windows XP exam and achieve the MCP certification. You
could take the 70-291 2003 Network Infrastructure exam, a much more difficult
exam and also achieve the MCP certification. When sorting through resumes, how
does a hiring manager know that your MCP achieved through a more difficult exam
is worth more than my MCP achieved through an easier exam? They don’t – hence
the change to the new line of certifications.

The MCTS (Technology Specialist) designation is technology specific, so for
example, a MCTS in Windows Vista Configuration can be easily distinguished from
a MCTS in Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration. The MCTS
credential expires when Microsoft technical support for that product expires,
whereas there is no expiration for a MCP certification (because it is so
generic).

The MCITP (IT Professional) designation is role specific. For example, a
MCITP Sever 2008 Administrator is
distinguished from a MCITP Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator as a role that
is more akin to a junior level administrator. The MCITP certifications don’t
expire but will have continuing certification requirements to stay current.

So What is gold membership



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1. Life time membership
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3. Instant downloads
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5. Get hand on the every new study material
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So where do you get started with the Windows Server 2008 certification
process?

That depends on whether or not you are currently certified as a Windows
Server 2003 MCSA/MCSE (MCP doesn’t count). If you are already 2003 MCSA/MCSE
certified, there is a direct upgrade path to Server 2008 MCTS/MCITP. If you are
not Windows 2003 MCSA/MCSE certified, then you will have to take all the core
and required Server 2008 exams. Here’s a table that breaks it down for you:

Exams required to achieve MCTS & MCITP Certifications

  Current Windows 2003 Certification
MCTS Certification MCSA MCSE None
MCTS AD Configuration 70-648 70-649 70-640
MCTS Network
Infrastructure Configuration		 70-648 70-649 70-642
MCTS Application
Platform Configuration 		70-648 70-649 70-643
MCITP Server 2008
Administrator 		70-646 – 70-647
Plus a client exam
(70-620 or 70-624)
MCITP Server 2008
Enterprise Administrator		   70-646
Not required to pass 70-620, 70-624, 70-647 		70-647
Plus 70-620 or 70-624
Not required to pass 70-646

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As you can see from the table, the 70-648 and 70-649 exams will only upgrade
you to a MCTS designation, and you have to take additional exams to achieve
MCITP. The 70-648 exam is taken in lieu of 70-640 and 70-642 but you must
already be a Windows Server 2003 MCSA. The 70-649 exam is taken in lieu of
70-640, 70-642, and 70-643 but you must already be a Windows Server 2003 MCSE.

  • There are no upgrade paths for those who hold a Messaging or Security
    specialization in Windows Server 2003.
  • There is no upgrade path from Windows Server 2000 certifications – another
    reason to finish out the Windows Server 2003 track if you are already on it.
  • Server 2008 Upgrade
    Takes you from a Windows 2003 MCSA/MCSE to a Windows Server 2008 MCTS/MCITP.
    If you are Windows 2003 MCSA certified, you need to pass 2 exams (70-648,
    70-646) to achieve MCITP Server 2008 Administrator and if you are a Windows
    2003 MCSE you need to pass 3 exams (70-649, 70-647, 70-620) to achieve MCITP
    Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator.
     
  • MCSE 2008
    Takes you from Windows NT4/2000/no certifications to a Windows Server 2008
    MCTS/MCITP. You will need to pass 3 exams (70-640, 70-642,70-646) to achieve
    MCITP Server 2008 Administrator and 5 exams (70-640, 70-642, 70-643, 70-647,
    70-620) to achieve MCITP Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator. 70-646 is not
    required but you can optionally take it.

It has taken Microsoft five years to get to a new round of certifications.
There is a plethora of Windows 2000/2003 certified MCPs/MCSAs/MCSEs out there
competing for jobs. Achieving the 2008 certification early on will help
distinguish you from all of the other currently certified professionals. I
expect our classes will fill quickly as Certkingdom alumni finally have a new
Microsoft certification to achieve.

I look forward to seeing you in class and helping you achieve your Windows
Server 2008 certifications.