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MCSAs, MCSEs Likely To Take Upgrade Path
4/17/2003 ¡ª According to two
recent MCPmag.com Web polls, the majority of those already certified
look favorably upon the new upgrade exams, 70-292: Managing and
Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified
on Windows 2000 and 70-296: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server
2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000, and plan
to take them when Microsoft releases them to the general public.
In a poll conducted Feb. 21-27, 64.4 percent
of the 333 who voted indicated that they have the MCSA or MCSE on
Windows 2000 and plan to continue to take the 70-292 upgrade. Another
9.9 percent said they would take the long route to completion of
the MCSA and MCSE titles. Certification or no, about 27.6 percent
are taking a break from certification.
A poll for the 70-296 Upgrade exam that was
conducted Mar. 27 to Apr. 6 showed that at least half of the 474
MCSEs who voted ¡ª 52.7 percent ¡ª plan to
take that exam. Another 11.6 percent of MCSAs and MCSEs are opting
to take the full complement of exams for the MCSE on Windows Server
2003, while 20.5 percent voted that they won't (take it.
The complete results of both polls can be
viewed online at http://mcpmag.com/polls/PollResults.asp?PollsID=105
http://mcpmag.com/polls/PollResults.asp?PollsID=107
Microsoft has indicated that these exams
will not be as long as the marathon four-hour 70-240: Accelerated
exam, which was the MCSE on Windows 2000 upgrade.
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