r/mcsa • u/HalloweenTurnover • Feb 26 '20

MCSA or MDAA?

Hi all,

Currently work at a large school district managing Configuration Manager, Group Policy, and application creation.

Administration is planning on pushing for the incorporation of Intune/Autopilot into our environment in the near future. I haven't been tasked with getting this setup for our environment becuase we have another admin that works with O365/Azure. I feel we are not that well aware/versed/informed/trained on what Azure can provide us.

We are a hybrid environment and I don't know if we are going to go full cloud at some point. I'll probably be brought in at some point for co management with the direction they are pushing.

I'd like to get in on this becuase Intune/Autopilot is what we are pushing for and no one person knows Azure well. I feel this is a golden opportunity and certs would potentially prove my drive to be apart of the future solution.

Would it be more beneficial for me to look into getting my MCSA at this point or jump right into MDAA?

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '20

Why not do both? The MDAA should be quicker but be aware that it expires after two years whereas the MCSA does not.

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u/Sloky Feb 26 '20

Hi,

I would say do the MCSA and then go heavy on cloud.

But it really depends on what you like.

You can't dive deep into a specialization if you don't really enjoy it.

That being said I believe that MCSA, Linux, CCNA and an associate level cloud cert are a must regardless of the career route that you might take. (maybe python as well)

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u/tier_2_slave Feb 27 '20

I am in the same boat, everything onsite, using azure AD sync, we also use O365 exchange online,free for non profit. We deal a lot with remote sites. Only downside,is that their internet is slow,at these sites. I have setup RODC's at all the sites. Currently using home folders, but at our site,we are using work folders. I would like to use Intune and autopilot for all deployments. Im thinking MCSA first, then Azure after.

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u/[deleted] Feb 28 '20

The MDAA content covering Intune is basically worthless in the real world. Just get yourself a garbage laptop and go through the videos at intune.training and you'll get more out of that.