MS Certification Team

Microsoft™ has extended its Second Shot offer for certification exams.You can now take advantage of the opportunity to get a free second chanceto pass a Microsoft IT Professional, Developer, or Microsoft Dynamics™certification exam through June 30, 2008. This offer is availableworldwide, to anyone who registers for Second Shot and does not passtheir first attempt at one of these exams.It’s easy to register:

Step 1: Before taking your exam, register for Second Shot and receiveyour exam voucher number.

Step 2: Using the voucher number, schedule and pay for your initialexam via Prometric's web site, call center or test center locations. (Toqualify, you must have the voucher number prior to registering withPrometric.)

Step 3: Take your exam.

Step 4: If you do not pass on your first attempt, register for your freeretake exam via Prometric's web site, call center or test center locationsusing the same voucher number.NOTE: To allow for test results to be entered into the system, please waitone day after the failed exam to register for your Second Shot retake.For more information, or to register,
go to: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/offers/secondshot/default.mspx
The Microsoft Certification Team

MCSE

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE)

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (or MCSE) is the best-known and premiere Microsoft certification. It qualifies an individual as being able to analyze the business requirements for information systems solutions, and design and implement the infrastructure required. As of 2007, the MCSE is available for two different product lines; Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, each of which requires a different set of exams.

For the MCSE 2003, candidates must pass six core design exams (Four networking exams, one client operating system and one design exam) and one elective exam, for a total of seven exams. For the MCSE 2000, a candidate needs to pass five Core Exams (Four operating system exams, one design exam) and two electives. For the MCSE NT 4.0 (which is no longer available to earn, though it is still recognized as a valid certification), a candidate needed to pass four Core Exams (Networking Essentials, Windows NT Workstation, Windows NT Server and Windows NT Server in the Enterprise) and two electives.

The topic of these exams include network security, computer networking infrastructure, Active Directory, Microsoft Exchange Server, Microsoft SQL Server, and other topics of both general networking interest as well as specific Microsoft products.