Microsoft Exams

tommycahir

i not surew if this the right place to have this thread so if not then please feel free to move it!

i am thinking of starting to study towards getting microsoft certification shortly but have simply no idea where to start so what i need to know is:

1 which form of certification should i go for?
2 which books/study guides to use?
3 how much use is the certification to me in the work place ?

i already have a degree in sofware engineering and would like to build on that so any/all informnation would be greatly appreciated

tanx

tommycahir

*bump*

dabhal

Totally depends on what sort of job you want to go for,
If you see yourself as a network engineer go for mcse and cisco ccna
If you want to get knee deep in databases etc go for mcse with sql.

tommycahir

would actaully like the development part of the certification cos i hoping to get into the development side of things soon

thanks for the info

any ideas on books etc would be great cos there is such a wide choice of them out there

dabhal

I've always found sybex to be good.
try and get ur hands on a troytech guide aswell.

hshortt

I got an MCSE in Windows 2003. It took me 7 months of evening study, to complete 7 exams and I used the offical microsoft press books.

I had already good experience and I considered myself an advanced user / administrator before the exams, I took them as a personal challenge to myself and to assist with career development.

That said I have all the offical exam books for sale now if you are interested, I can also claim that they work ;-)

Cheers

Cork Skate

Stop you whining and get round to Exam King

dabhal

Cork Skate wrote:

Stop you whining and get round to Exam King

What a crap site, r u on commision or what?

ramo

hey hshortt, are those mcse 2003 books still available?