MCP certifications getting retired

mick.fr

Heads up on 2008 certification exam retirements

...as announced in our March Live Meeting on server certifications, Microsoft Learning will be retiring a set of exams in one year (on March 30, 2008). The retirement list will be posted on microsoft.com later this month; in the meantime here is the info we shared in the Live Meeting, plus an additional set of exams from other older technologies that will be retiring. There should be 22 exams in the list, all of which have been out for years (and years and years). Feel free to post questions in advance of the formal list going live.

* 70-292: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000
* 70-296: Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSE Certified on Windows 2000
* 70-232: Implementing and Maintaining Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server Technologies and Microsoft® Application Center 2000
* 70-210: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional
* 70-214: Implementing and Managing Security in a Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure
* 70-215: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server
* 70-216: Implementing and Administering a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Network Infrastructure
* 70-217: Implementing and Administering a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure
* 70-218: Managing a Windows 2000 Network Environment
* 70-219: Designing a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure
* 70-220: Designing Security for a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Network
* 70-221: Designing a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Network Infrastructure
* 70-226: Designing Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server Technologies

Other exams retiring next year...

* 70-222: Migrating from Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 to Microsoft® Windows® 2000
* 70-244: Supporting and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows NT® Server 4.0 Network
* 70-224: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server
* 70-225: Designing and Deploying a Messaging Infrastructure with Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server
* 70-223: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Clustering Services by Using Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server
* 70-234: Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft® Commerce Server 2000
* 70-230: Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft® BizTalk Server 2000, Enterprise Edition
* 70-227: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000, Enterprise Edition
* 70-086: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft® Systems Management Server 2.0

http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/archive/2007/04/20/heads-up-on-2008-certification-exam-retirements.aspx

aidan_walsh

And the official announcement from Microsoft Learning.

Thanks for the heads up, mick.

Static M.e.

Has anyone been following what the new exams will be like for Longhorn/Vista?

What are the upgrade paths like?

mick.fr

You know the MCSE is going to be discontinued ?
So there will be no upgrade patch from MCSE 2003 to MCSE 2007/2008.

Now the new cert path is going to be MCTS, but for Longhorn, there is going to be a cost effective path path, which is described here:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/upgrade/ws2003/default.mspx

Now if you want to know more, you could read the following blog from a Microsoft employee, as I am sure he will be much up to date than me on these questions:
http://blogs.msdn.com/trika/

Static M.e.

You know the MCSE is going to be discontinued ?
So there will be no upgrade patch from MCSE 2003 to MCSE 2007/2008.

:eek:

Thanks Mick.fr I had no idea.. time to do some reading.

Static M.e.

MCSA, MCSE, and Windows Server Longhorn certifications

• MCSA and MCSE are still the right certifications if you are working with WS2000 or WS2003.
• MCSA and MCSE will not retire.
• In one year, the WS2000 MCSA and MCSE exams will retire (that's the exams, not the credentials); more news of this to publish soon.
• If you are planning for any of the core MCSA/MCSE 2003 exams, there are offers on related training: e-learning, ALL training kits and a few reference books, and practice tests through April/May 2007. Learn more.
• There are new elective options for SA/SE tracks
• Longhorn Server certifications will be in the "new generation" structure of MCTS (3 exams) and MCITP (2 exams, respectively); no details yet on names/exam numbers/paths
• The first exams will beta at TechEd (June 2007) then MCTS exams available one month after Windows Server "Longhorn" releases to manufacturing (RTM); MCITP exams available 2 months after Longhorn RTMs. For reference RTM is in late October/early November, it sounds like.
• There is no upgrade path from MCSA/MCSE 2000 to "Longhorn"
• There is an upgrade path for both MCSA and MCSE 2003 to "longhorn"
• Customers who hold an MCSA 2003 or MCSE 2003 by June 30, 2007 are eligible for a 40% savings voucher on their upgrade exam to Longhorn. You have to register for this offer in advance.
• MCPs should see credential path details in May; public announcements in June.

mick.fr

MCSA/MCSE certs will not retired in the the sense people who hold them will keep them, but the certs will be discontinued and in a little while and it will not be possible to take them anymore.