First of all, MCSE now stands for Microsoft Certified SOLUTIONS EXPERT, not Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. If you attain the new and re-released MCSE, you are an expert in Microsoft solutions, not an engineer. (You are an engineer if you passed a lot of physics and calculus classes.) The new MCSA is now called Microsoft Certified SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATE, instead of Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator. That also makes more sense. If you attain the MCSA you are certified in various Microsoft solutions, but not necessarily a sysadmin.
The old MCSE made you pass several tests based on the Windows operating system plus an elective subject, like Exchange Server or SQL Server. The new MCSE currently offers certifications in MCSE – Private Cloud and MCSE SQL Server 2012. Going forward, Microsoft will offer more MCSE certifications as new versions of products are released. Look for theMCSE Data Platform certification to roll out tests in June 2012.
The new MCSA is similar the old MCSA. Microsoft currently offers certifications in MCSA Windows Server 2008 and MCSA SQL Server 2012, but will offer more MCSA certifications as new versions of products are released.
To get the MCSA: Windows Server 2008, you would have to pass the following:
- Exam 70-640 – windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring
- Exam 70-642 – Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring
- Exam 70-646 – Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
Hey, wait a minute. Wasn’t there already a certification for someone who passed the above tests? Yeah, it was called the MCITP: Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008. The good news is that if you’ve been studying toward these exams, you haven’t wasted your precious certification time. The Private Cloud certification requires that you pass the following:
- Exam 70-640 – windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring
- Exam 70-642 – Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring
- Exam 70-646 – Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
- Exam 70-247 – Configuring & Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012 OR Exam 70-659 Windows Server 2008 R2 Virtualization
- Exam 70-246 – Configuring Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012
The 70-246 and 70-247 exams should be released this summer.
The SQL Server 2012 MCSE Server certification has two different platforms: Data Platform or Business Intelligence. To get the MCSE: Data Platform, you have to pass the following:
- Exam 70-461 – Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Exam 70-462 – Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database
- Exam 70-463 – Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Exam 70-464 – Developing Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases
- Exam 70-465 – Designing Database Solutions for SQL Server 2012
If you have a MCTIP: Database Developer 2008 certification or MCTIP: Database Administrator 2008 certification on SQL Server 2008, you can upgrade to the MCSE: Data Platform by passing the following:
- Exam 70-457 – Transition your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012 Part 1
- Exam 70-458 – Transition your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012 Part 2
- Exam 70-459 – Transition your MCTIP to MCSE: Data Platform
To get the MCSE: Business Intelligence, you have to pass the following:
- Exam 70-461 – Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Exam 70-462 – Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database
- Exam 70-463 – Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Exam 70-466 – Implementing Data Models and Reports with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Exam 70-467 – Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
If you have a MCTIP: Business Intelligence 2008 certification on SQL Server 2008, you can upgrade to the MCSE: Business Intelligence by passing the following:
- Exam 70-457 – Transition your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012 Part 1
- Exam 70-458 – Transition your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA: SQL Server 2012 Part 2
- Exam 70-460 – Transition your MCTIP: Business Intelligence 2008 to MCSE: Business Intelligence.
These exams should be released later this year.
This would be an excellent time to answer some questions I’m sure you have.
What about your MCTS and MCTIP certifications?
Well, you will still have those, but as time goes by they will retire.
If I get a new MCSA or new MCSE certification, will I have to recertify?
You betcha, brothers and sisters. The MCSA and MCSE certification will probably last only about 3 years before you have to recertify. What constitutes recertifying? You will have to pass a test or series of tests. The MCTS and MCTIP will become like a Cisco CCNA certification, the CompTIA A+, and other certifications where you will have to recertify every three years. Microsoft wants to keep the MCSE and MCSA certifications relevant. You can read more about this policy on Microsoft’s site.
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