Re: Can Exam 70-621 be used in place of 70-620

Harald Rüdinger wrote:
Hi all.

Are you really sure, that the MCDST-Upgrade (70-621) isn't worth the 70-620?
When I look at this: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-621.mspx I read the following:
Credit toward certification
This exam is only relevant to MCDST customers. When you pass Exam 70-621 UPG: Upgrading Your MCDST Certification to MCITP Enterprise Support, you complete the requirements for the following certifications:

. Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Support Technician

. Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Vista, Configuration





So I read : passing the 70-621 makes you MCTS - Vista Configuration and this is the point the original poster wanted to know.
In my opinion this must be enough to fullfil the need for the client OS ?!?

And the original MCDST cert would fill the elective exam for the MCSA.


Okay, that's strange ....


Harald (MCDST in Germany ;o) )




"Mostly Gizzards" <mostlygizzards@xxxxxxxxx> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:e24Fiub6HHA.3740@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Travis wrote:
Okay, thanks. How can you tell if an exam is a client exam or not?

-Travis

"catwalker63" wrote:

=?Utf-8?B?VHJhdmlz?= <Travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> prattled
ceaselessly in news:3C240B38-92A4-489F-BAFB-69EFB63140A4@xxxxxxxxxxxxx:
If I'm already an MCITP: Enterprise Support, because I took the 70-621
exam, do I still have to take 70-620 to fulfill the client operating
system requirement for an MCSA or can I substitue 621 for 620? The
reason I ask is because passing either 620 or 621 both qualify you for
the Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Vista,
Configuration Certification. So it seems reasonable that since either
test gives the same certification than either test could be used to
fulfill the client operating system requirement for an MCSA.

-Travis

"AJR" wrote:

Exam 70-621 is a specific exam to upgrade current MCDST status to
MCITP. Repeat "current status as MCDST is required".

It does not sustitute for initial certification requirements.



"Travis" <Travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:1A601633-F313-4B33-971F-D4990AE3779F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
If I take the upgrade exam 70-621, then it is supposed to complete
the requirement for the following certification - Microsoft
Certified Technology
Specialist: Windows Vista, Configuration (which is what exam 70-620
is). So
can 70-621 be used in place of 70-620 for the client operating
system requirement for an MCSA?

-Travis

Once again. 621 is NOT a client exam. It's an upgrade exam -- it
upgrades your MCDST to and MCITP. 620 is a client exam for VISTA, and
as such qualifies as a client option for any cert that requires one. 621 is not listed as a client exam for the MCSA.
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcsa/windows2003/default.mspx

As an alternative, you can use the MCDST cert as an elective for the
MCSA. A complete list of certs you can sub is at the bottom of the
page.


--
Catwalker
MCNGP #43
www.mcngp.com
"Definitely not wearing any underwear."

Well, the link Catwalker posted for MCSA shows "Core exams: client operating system (one exam required)" and has a list of Exams that qualify.

MG




No, the question asked was "So
can 70-621 be used in place of 70-620 for the client operating system
requirement for an MCSA?"

Which it can't. You're confusing the elective requirement for MCSA with the client OS requirement. They are both required, and having MCDST only fulfills the elective. The ONLY exams you can use to fill the MCSA client OS requirements are 70-620, 70-270, and 70-210. Please read this link (yes the same one posted earlier) for the requirements to attain MCSA on Windows Server 2003. http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcsa/windows2003/default.mspx

MG
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