Ready for Windows 7———by yangws
Training and certification mcts exam today is all about the career path, said Bill Wall, director of certification and career excellence for Microsoft Learning. Wall has since left the company.
“If you think about how individuals can differentiate themselves from their peers, the best way to do it is to take some good training and have those skills validated by certification,” Wall said.
“We see the trend increasing that individuals are making the decision that what is best for their careers is to be certified,” he added. “Demand for certification is growing because people see it as a way to start a career, change a role or become indispensable to their employers.”
As part of a new career push, Microsoft has divvied up IT professionals by role and outlines the recommended training and certification necessary should an individual want to move into that position or become indispensable at it. “We’ve taken certification and presented it in the context of why it’s important to a person,” Wall said.
Plus, Microsoft (http://www.mcts-windows-7.com MCTS windows 7) is offering training and certification discounts of up to 25% for people working their way along a career path, he added.
Windows 7 certification, of course, provides the opportunity for IT professionals to show they’re keeping skills current. Microsoft has a variety of Windows 7-related certifications available or planned, including three each for the MCTS and the Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) levels:
MCTS: Windows 7, Configuration (70-680 Exam). This is the only exam currently available, and the one for which Global Knowledge is running that initial boot camp. The other exams will roll into the market over the next couple of months, said Jim Clark, senior certification manager with Microsoft Learning.
MCTS: Windows 7, Deploying (Exam 70-681)
MCTS: Windows 7, Pre-Installing for OEMs (Exam 70-683)
MCITP: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician (Exam 70-685)
MCITP: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Administrator (Exam 70-686)
MCITP: Windows 7, Upgrading to Windows 7 MCITP Enterprise Desktop Support Technician (Exam 70-682). Although enterprise desktop support technicians aren’t new to the IT fold, this is the first time that Microsoft has delineated this job role in a certification, Clark said.
Testing will be par for the course for anybody already familiar with the certification process, the Microsoft and third-party testers agree.
“As far as what they’re covering, the Windows 7 certification tests are not any different. There are sections on installation, migration, basic mcts certification features and how to accomplish basic tasks associated with it, for example. There’s nothing out of the ordinary,” said Brown, who has taken all the Windows 7 certification exams in beta mode.
Microsoft has yet to determine which pieces of the Windows 7 certification process will rely on performance-based testing. But, rest assured, Wall said, lab experience will play a part.”If you have to take four exams to become certified, one of the exams along the path will be lab-based,” he said. “It’s the gatekeeper. It adds a lot of credential, and differentiates job candidates.”
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