Re: Overlap between 290 and 270
- From: catwalker63 <_catwalker63_@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 09 Apr 2005 00:51:52 -0500
"blastingfonda" <blastingfonda@xxxxxxxxx> prattled ceaslessly in
news:1113018456.468241.324890@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:
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> I see the exams as discrete exams. The .NET exams for example have
> nothing to do with supporting XP Pro, which has nothing to do with
> managing a SQL Server. On the MCSE track there is some overlap... more
> between 70-291 and 70-293 for example... but I think that's more to do
> with the fact that planning a network and maintaining a network are
> highly interrelated disciplines - in other words, to support a network
> properly, it helps to know how to set things up, and to set things up,
> it helps to have had real-life experience supporting and
> troubleshooting a network.
>
> I'm not sure the same is true though with client / server interaction.
> You can be an excellent client-side support tech without having
> touched a server, and you can be a server admin guru who would be at a
> loss when resolving client-side issues... though most admins can
> generally handle both disciplines...
>
I'm going to disagree with you again. While there may be some truth to
what you say, learning the client OS will help you with server and
learning the server OS will help you with the client, especially in this
instance where they are both MS and have many of the core elements in
common. That doesn't mean everything is the same, but they many
similarities and many of the same tools. Maybe I'm just more of a big
picture type person, but I prefer to see the network and the
certification as a whole and the client, server, and each exam as pieces
that belong to the whole. (We are talking about the MCSE/MCSA
certification and I don't remember the OP mentioning anything about .NET
exams and knowing server will have a huge impact on learning SQL server.)
Like a puzzle, the exam topics interlock. The more you know about all
the topics, the better you will do on each exam.
I actually started my study with Active Directory since it was the major
change in between NT4 and 2000 and I think it was a good decision. I
didn't take the AD exam until much later, but I think it was critical to
my understanding of server and the role it plays on the network. Every
exam I've taken has built on knowledge and experience I have gained from
studying for the previous exam. My experience managing a network also
helped trememdously even though it is with NT4, Netware, and IBM
AS400/Mainframe server systems. I'm not saying you can't pass the client
exam without all the other stuff, I'm just saying the many of the skills
overlap, which is what the OP was asking. I'm also suggesting that the
goal for the certification shouldn't just be to get the cert but to
really learn the material and be able to apply what was learned.
--
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