-- Posted by ManicD at 10:08 am on Jan. 4, 2008 Well, Passed my Microsoft 70-270 (Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional) today, YAY. I'm now a Microsoft Certified Professional - Sounds good don't it!!! Now onto the 70-290.... -- Posted by dimebagmatt at 10:09 am on Jan. 4, 2008 Sounds good, did you actually learn anything though? :P -- Posted by bg kNIFE at 10:09 am on Jan. 4, 2008 Great. Microsoft sucks. I can do most things without any certificate. My job requires it. -- Posted by ManicD at 10:10 am on Jan. 4, 2008 Quote: from bg kNIFE at 6:09 pm on Jan. 4, 2008 Great. Microsoft sucks. I can do most things without any certificate. My job requires it. What job? -- Posted by dimebagmatt at 10:14 am on Jan. 4, 2008 Quote: from bg kNIFE at 6:09 pm on Jan. 4, 2008 Great. Microsoft sucks. I can do most things without any certificate. My job requires it. Now see, I refrained from being horrible about it. I work as an 'IT Repair Technician', full time, and I don't have a M$ cert. I will however, by the end of the month, have the A+, Network+, and A+ Remote support Technician certifications. Huzzah. -- Posted by ManicD at 12:11 pm on Jan. 4, 2008 Quote: from dimebagmatt at 6:14 pm on Jan. 4, 2008 Quote: from bg kNIFE at 6:09 pm on Jan. 4, 2008 Great. Microsoft sucks. I can do most things without any certificate. My job requires it. Now see, I refrained from being horrible about it. I work as an 'IT Repair Technician', full time, and I don't have a M$ cert. I will however, by the end of the month, have the A+, Network+, and A+ Remote support Technician certifications. Huzzah. Yeah, i just got a job as a IT Tech in a school, the certs are for my own progression really, i wanted a fast way to learn the details, certs was it, and it looks good on a CV for future employers. I already have my A+ & N+, unfortunately with them i didnt learn anything i would class as overly useful. i was already pretty competent in repairing computer hardware and software and basic networking, and alot of the A+ & N+ i found to be OTT technical in how things actually work but not in a way that could be put to much use. Things like, I now know how memory addressing works, but the likelihood of me able having the facilities to repair a problem of this sort is zero, if it fails you buy a new component. The things i have learnt on the Microsoft cert has been far more useful. -- Posted by dimebagmatt at 12:16 pm on Jan. 4, 2008 Quote: from ManicD at 8:11 pm on Jan. 4, 2008 Quote: from dimebagmatt at 6:14 pm on Jan. 4, 2008 Quote: from bg kNIFE at 6:09 pm on Jan. 4, 2008 Great. Microsoft sucks. I can do most things without any certificate. My job requires it.    Now see, I refrained from being horrible about it.    I work as an 'IT Repair Technician', full time, and I don't have a M$ cert. I will however, by the end of the month, have the A+, Network+, and A+ Remote support Technician certifications.    Huzzah. Yeah, i just got a job as a IT Tech in a school, the certs are for my own progression really, i wanted a fast way to learn the details, certs was it, and it looks good on a CV for future employers. I already have my A+ & N+, unfortunately with them i didnt learn anything i would class as overly useful. i was already pretty competent in repairing computer hardware and software and basic networking, and alot of the A+ & N+ i found to be OTT technical in how things actually work but not in a way that could be put to much use. Things like, I now know how memory addressing works, but the likelihood of me able having the facilities to repair a problem of this sort is zero, if it fails you buy a new component. The things i have learnt on the Microsoft cert has been far more useful. Interesting, I heard pretty much the opposite. As a techie, you pick up an awful lot about the way the operating systems work, know where to find tasty morsels, etc. With networking, I have a limited knowedge, purely because I don't often work out subnets, or work out in which layer certain actions take place. :P We'll see. Anyway, yeah - congratulations on yet another cert.   -- Posted by BBallAsh23 at 8:02 pm on Jan. 9, 2008 Congrats... I think I will start getting certs within the next year, maybe over summer. -- Posted by ManicD at 4:36 pm on Jan. 10, 2008 Quote: from BBallAsh23 at 4:02 am on Jan. 10, 2008 Congrats... I think I will start getting certs within the next year, maybe over summer. cool, shout me if you need any help/advice -- Posted by lucky015 at 5:44 am on Aug. 14, 2008 Congrats, Almost time to do 70-620 (Vista) lol -- Posted by jamescoleman at 2:56 pm on Nov. 26, 2008 Sweet! Are you going the 2003 server route? I plan on going that way but with Vista instead of XP -- Posted by ManicD at 4:14 pm on Dec. 20, 2008 Quote: from jamescoleman at 10:56 pm on Nov. 26, 2008 Sweet! Are you going the 2003 server route?   I plan on going that way but with Vista instead of XP Yes, i just completed my 2003 MCSE. I'll do the vist a upgrades, but i'm glad i did the xp course remember LOTS of businesses are refusing to upgrade to vista and many companies are on server 2003 still or even previous, was talking to a company the other day still on an NT4 Domain, i was like, wtf? but they have no reason to upgrade, what they have works thats all they care. -- Posted by jamescoleman at 6:45 pm on Jan. 2, 2009 Yea, I was thinking about people no upgrading but I know Microsoft is going to somehow force people to upgrade. Maybe I won't do the vista exams because of windows seven coming out. It doesn't look all that great anyways. -- Posted by Ted79 at 2:03 am on May 8, 2009 I want the certificate from Microsoft on Oracle, prompt please as it is possible to receive it and where?