Microsoft announces Windows Server 2003 exam dates
By Ed Tittel, SearchWin2000.com contributor
15 Apr 2003, SearchWin2000.com
Microsoft has announced hard release dates for eight of its upcoming
Windows Server 2003 certifications exams. The schedule was unveiled
at the MCP TechMentor conference last week in New Orleans.
According to product managers in the Microsoft certification program,
the beta for six exams will be released in June, followed by public
release of four exams in August.
Microsoft said there will be no separate beta exam for the upcoming
Exam 70-292, "Managing and maintaining a Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 environment for an MCSA certified on Windows 2000,"
(MCSA and MCSE, part one) and Exam 70-296, "Planning, implementing,
and maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment for
an MCSE certified on Windows 2000," (MCSE, part two). Instead,
Microsoft will use the beta results for Exam 70-290 "Managing
and maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 environment"
and Exam 70-291 "Implementing, managing, and maintaining a
Windows Server 2003 network infrastructure" to drive the final
form of the 70-292 exam.
Likewise, it will combine 70-293 "Planning and Maintaining
a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastucture" and
70-294 "Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure" to drive
the final form of the 70-296 exam.
The release date schedule for specific exam titles is listed below:
Exam 70-290: Managing and maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server
2003 environment. Beta release, June; public release, August.
Exam 70-291: Implementing, managing, and maintaining a Windows
Server 2003 network infrastructure. Beta release, June; public release,
August.
Exam 70-292: Managing and maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server
2003 environment for an MCSA certified on Windows 2000. Final date
to be announced.
Exam 70-293: Planning and maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server
2003 network infrastructure. Beta, June; public, August.
Exam 70-294: Planning, implementing, and maintaining a Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 Active Directory infrastructure. Beta, June;
public, August.
Exam 70-296: Planning, implementing, and maintaining a Microsoft
Windows Server 2003 environment for an MCSE certified on Windows
2000. Beta, June; public, to be announced.
Exam 70-297: Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory
and network infrastructure. Beta, August; public October.
Exam 70-298: Designing security for a Microsoft Windows Server
2003 Network. Beta, September; public, December.
Ed Tittel runs a content development company in Austin, Texas and
is the series editor of the Que Exam Cram 2 and Training Guide series.
He's worked on many books on Microsoft, CompTIA, CIW, Sun/Java,
and security certifications.
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