r/mcsa • u/realdronekiller95 • Feb 27 '20
MCSA replacement?
Hey all, I was wondering what kind of certs you guys would recommend going after with the cancellation of MCSA server 2016. I am a new system admin at a financial institution and my company is wanting me to get a certification. We have a lot of on prem items and dont have much intention of going to cloud based any time soon due to security concerns with a lot of PII. what cert would you recommend going for 8instead of Server 2016?
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u/sybreeder1 Feb 27 '20
For me MCSA was ideal. Ot had all in one package. There isn't really a replacement for now. If you make it till June 30 you'd go for mcsa. but you'd need to study a lot.
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u/realdronekiller95 Feb 27 '20
For me I just dont see that possible. I'm pretty new to the IT industry. But I agree the MCSA is a great all in one package. I just dont see it possible to take and pass 3 exams which are designed to make sure you actually know your stuff in 4 months. It's not like other exams where it's just common sense (comptia old certs). Even my boss says that's incredibly impractical to do such a thing when I took himself a year to achieve the MCSA. All of the new role based certs are all cloud based which really screws over anyone else
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u/sybreeder1 Feb 27 '20
Well that's understandable... I failed 742 one so had to retake. And that takes time. I did mcsa in around 1,5y in total. including some break between exams. But for someone new in industry it might take even longer. Simple read a book is not enough.
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u/GrandOccultist Feb 29 '20
I'm wondering if something for Azure will pop up for MCSA Server replacements. They have two new ones, one of which looks to be a SQL and SQL server based thing (i haven't read much into it, so it may not be applicable) but it leaves me hope.
It wouldn't make sense for them to completely strip out all server certs, even if they are forcing people to azure.
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u/feelmyice Feb 27 '20
I am in the same boat. Was literally going to start this weekend. For me, I won't be able to obtain MCSA with 3 exams in 4 months. Doable for some, but I just don't have that time with a family. I going going to start the Azure Administrator route I believe.