Types Of Available MCTS Courses
If you are reading this article that means you have decided to take the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer course also known as MCTS Training. To get yourself equipped with the MCTS courses you will need to clear seven exams. Out of these seven four exams are specifically targeted at the networking part while one each is for designing and operating system. Seventh exam is an elective one and you can choose according to your interests.

In the Operating system as well as designing exam you will get the option to choose from the two options. As far as operating system is concerned you can choose either from the Windows Vista or Windows XP. You will also get the option to choose for the designing exam either an active directory or security for the Windows server 2003. You can make an educated choice about the platform and part you are comfortable with.

In the elective you will get many choices to choose from. As per your interest you can choose the course which will provide you the expertise in the field which will compliment your IT training.

Now the networking part of the MCTS courses will consist of the four exams. All of these four exams are based on the Windows Server 2003, an operating system for the servers developed by the Microsoft. Majority of the servers worldwide run on the Windows Server 2003. While studying the curriculum of these exams you will get to know about the environment in which the Windows Server 2003 operates. Other areas that will be explored are the network and active directory infrastructure. This is most important part of the MCTS courses. After you are done with this part you will have in depth knowledge about the planning, implementation and management stages related to the windows server 2003 systems. To make it clear you can’t skip any of the exams. All seven exams are compulsory and are to be cleared to get the MCTS certification.

All though you can also study the MCTS courses on your own also but still it is better that your enroll with some reputed training institute. Some of the MCTS courses are not that easy as they might look. So you should look for a reputed institute which will provide you with the in depth knowledge of these courses. You can interact with the faculty about the courses they are offering. This important to assure that what the institute is offering is latest in the MCSE, as the curriculum of the MCTS keeps changing from time to time with the changing market conditions.

As a precautionary measure before enrolling for the course you can check out all the courses that are being offered to you as you might find some of the other courses like CCNA and MCSA as per your likings. When you are done with all these MCITP Certification you will be able to jump the queue of the job applicants and start your career at an advantage.