MCSA 2003 exam path question

[haku04]

Hi there, i wonder if someone can help me clear up a bit of confusion i'm having at the moment.

I started studying the MCSA 2003 (eventually mcse 2003) exams at the start of last year, and my course instructor told me i would need the following exams to be a qualified MCSA :

70 270 (or the 2000 client exam)
70 290
70 291
70 293
70 294

And this was reinforced by all literature and websites i read at that time. However... when browsing the MCP pages recently on microsofts website.. i came across the seemingly updated MCSA 2003 page which informed me i needed :

70 270
70 290
70 291
and then one elective from a list (i imagine i will take 70 299 if this is the case)

And then i would be an MCSA.

Does anybody know which of these lists is correct? which exams DO i need to be an MCSA?

(i understand i still need 293 and 294 for mcse anyway, but i'm just confused about when i'll become an mcsa)

Thanks for any help you can provide!

 

[jrbarnett]

The latter one is correct. 70-293 and 70-294 are not required or on the electives list for an MCSA.

John

 

[wasisnt]

And if you have certain combinations of the CompTIA certs then you can skip the elective.

http://www.onlinecomputertips.com

 

[haku04]

Thanks for the information guys. Do you know if this changed recently? or if i was given the wrong info on my course... i'm sure i read a microsoft page that told me otherwise at first :S

Either way... thanks for the quick reply.

 

[mrdenny]

It's been this way for a while. When it comes to Microsoft certs the Microsoft site

http://www.microsoft.com/mcsa

is the correct info.

Denny
MCSA (2003) / MCDBA (SQL 2000) / MCTS (SQL 2005)

--Anything is possible. All it takes is a little research. (Me)

http://www.mrdenny.com

 

[BigFinn]

Oh cool! I'm an MCSA and I didn't know it!

 

[mrdenny]

Log into the MCP site and check out your transcript. It will tell you what certs you hold. They also have a certification planner that while confusing at first will tell you what you need to get the next cert.

Denny
MCSA (2003) / MCDBA (SQL 2000) / MCTS (SQL 2005)

--Anything is possible. All it takes is a little research. (Me)

http://www.mrdenny.com

 

[Wishdiak]

BigFinn,

You could be an MCSA and not be aware of it. Log into the MCP member site at microsoft.com/learning and go to your certification planner. Select MCSA (and your server OS version) and it will tell you if you've fulfilled all the requirements.

If you have, go order that Welcome kit and you'll have a nifty Microsoft MCSA pin to impress your co-workers.

Wishdiak
A+, Network+, Security+, MCSA: Security 2003

http://www.wishdiak.com