MSCE Certification 4

[boomer32]

I need some input on the most economical resources to get my MSCE certification....what books do you recommend i am doing this on my own...starting from the ground up ...I have some knowledge of this type of training but its novice...what online course's do you recommend and can it be achieved in 6 months or less?? Thanks in advance


Boomer

 

[psasu]

I will suggest the video concept.
Try the following:

http://www.cbtnuggets.com

and

http://www.transcender.com

.I used the two and they are really good

 

[jtb]

Cheapest way is to buy 2 older PCs (look for Pentium 133 MHz / 128MB RAM/ 2GB HD/ CDROM), get the W2K eval software from Microsoft, buy a bunch of used MCSE study books online or at your local used/overstock bookstore (I've seen them as low as $0.99 each) and follow the following plan:

70-210
70-215
70-216
70-217
70-218
70-219
70-224

Then sell or donate one of your older PCs and buy a slightly newer one (Pentium III 50MHz/ 256MB RAM/ 10GB HD/ CDROM) and get the newer study books and eval software. You only need 2 more tests:

70-292
70-296

With this, you should have:

MCP 2000, 2003
MCSA 2000, 2003
MCSE 2000, 2003
MCSA: Messaging

With sufficient time to practice and sufficient self-motivation, you could easily do this in 9-12 months, assuming 1 test per month. If you have more time, energy, and pick up new concepts easily, I don't see why 6 months would be impossible... but it will be difficult...

BTW, estimated costs:
3 old PCs ~$ 350.00
Eval SW ~$ 50.00
Books ~$ 75.00
Network Gear ~$ 25.00
Tests ~$1125.00
----------------------------
Total ~$1625.00

YMMV

Good hunting!!!!!




JTB
Have Certs, Will Travel
"A knight without armour in a [cyber] land."

 

[Overclocker]

Well, not to play devil's advocate here, but are you already in the IT field, or going through a career change?

If you're not already in the IT field and have zero practical experience, you're in for a long uphill battle.

"If time travel were possible, I'd go back and choose NOT to attend SCD