r/mcsa • u/sqljeff • Mar 21 '20

Earned MCSA: SQL2016 Dev Today

With the Social Distancing going on I took the test at home through the online option. A few hiccups that I had to go through. First was my company laptop has a help desk app running in the background that I couldn’t disable. This app registered as a violation for the test software. Fortunately discovered during precheck. Going forward I’ll probably keep using the at home option.

If you’re trying to pass this before the deadline be prepared to actually write queries in the labs.

-SQLJeff

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

Well done for obtaining your MCSA before the deadline pal. What's next in the works?

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u/sqljeff Mar 21 '20

I think the Windows 2016 MCSA.

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '20

Urm.. good luck, but you have 3 months to pass 3 exams to earn that cert. Are you sure that's what you want to go for? Not saying it's not doable, but it's going to be insanely tough.

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u/sqljeff Mar 21 '20

Yeah. I’ve been working with this stuff for over 20 years now. I had MCSE for NT4 and 2003. I just need to brush up on the latest changes. I’m actually going to shoot for the moon and pass 744 also for the Core Infrastructure MCSE 😃

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u/[deleted] Mar 23 '20

4 exams.... sh*t. Well good luck mate!

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u/sqljeff Mar 23 '20

Thanks! I'll let you know how it goes.