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Gentlemen,
So I have finally accepted that I can't be successful in the IT industry with just Cisco certifications (which sucks because Cisco is where its at!). I need to understand the server side of the equation, and Microsoft is a safe choice of certifications to acquire in order to be marketable in today's economy. With that in mind I will be pursuing the MCITP Enterprise Administrator certification and it's pre-requisites.
I have heard that Microsoft certification exams are much easier than Cisco exams in that they test you more on concepts and less on experience with the technology. So my question is this: Should I expect to spend less time stressing experience with the associated technology prior to the exam? Should I just get the concepts down and take the exam and worry about becoming proficient when I work with the technology on my own time/at a job? Can anyone provide any advice from experience on how the difficult the Microsoft certification exams are? Maybe even how they are in contrast to Cisco certification exams?
Thanks in advance for the insight/advice.
Kisses,
Brian
So I have finally accepted that I can't be successful in the IT industry with just Cisco certifications (which sucks because Cisco is where its at!). I need to understand the server side of the equation, and Microsoft is a safe choice of certifications to acquire in order to be marketable in today's economy. With that in mind I will be pursuing the MCITP Enterprise Administrator certification and it's pre-requisites.
I have heard that Microsoft certification exams are much easier than Cisco exams in that they test you more on concepts and less on experience with the technology. So my question is this: Should I expect to spend less time stressing experience with the associated technology prior to the exam? Should I just get the concepts down and take the exam and worry about becoming proficient when I work with the technology on my own time/at a job? Can anyone provide any advice from experience on how the difficult the Microsoft certification exams are? Maybe even how they are in contrast to Cisco certification exams?
Thanks in advance for the insight/advice.
Kisses,
Brian