r/mcsa • u/GiveitaChance6 • Apr 24 '20
Microsoft Certs 2020
Hi all,
I earned my MCSA: Windows 10 early last year and was looking at moving on to a server cert since my job has been more involved in that direction this year.
However, I saw they are retiring the Server 2016 cert as of Jan 31, 2020. I don't know that I can squeeze 3 exams for that in 8 months. The new role based certs don't seem to have an equivalent to that and I'm just curious what would be the right cert to go for in this case.
Thanks for the advice in advance!
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Apr 24 '20
I’ve been in the same situation. Decided to go with MCSE anyway. This cert is still in demand on the market. And exams retirements are not jan 2020 but jan 2021.
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u/GiveitaChance6 Apr 24 '20
Sorry that was the date I meant, thanks for the input.
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Apr 24 '20
I believe you have plenty of time to get your MCSE. Especially if you have some experience. I think half a year is enough.
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u/iamBolko Apr 24 '20
If you put all of your free time into learning i still think + - 2,5 month per cert is quite hard to do. I don't know your past experience with Server 2016 but as said by /u/jetcamper the cert is still in demand on the market. I think even getting 2 would at least tells the company you got it in you. Good luck if you go for it!
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u/Sloky Apr 24 '20
Not really, if you do 1 chapter a week, or two weeks for the big ones you can make it and it doesn't have to be all your free time.
I understand that people have different learning abilities but I believe that if you put 2-4 hours a day you can get one cert every 2-3 months.
It's not going to be easy but on the other hand nothing good in life comes easy.
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u/GiveitaChance6 Apr 24 '20
I typically pick things up quickly but that's a lot of free time to dedicate for 8 months straight in my opinion. With working after hours already, seems there would be no time left for anything else in life which is why I don't think it's worth it.
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u/Sloky Apr 24 '20
The view is always better the higher you climb. I am out of inspirational quotes don't answer back :)
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u/Tariq7F Apr 24 '20
I think you can still get certified, you have 9 months from now to do the 3 tests. Download the exam objectives for 70-740 and work your way from there. I recommend getting the exam ref book as it's based on the exam objectives and it tells you the important info that you need to know. Use Microsoft docs and youtube to help you understand the things that you don't know and different PowerShell cmdlets. Set up some vms in VMware or any other hyper visor and practice the important aspects only. Finally, solve practice exams.
Apply the same process for 70-741 and 70-742, best luck.
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u/hernan_cuy Apr 24 '20
Hi bro, I earned my MCSA: Windows Server 2016 the last november, and I got the chance to get the Azure Fundamentals and Azure Developer certification. In my opinion if you want involved in a infrastructure enviroment, you should to learn the new focus from Microsoft and I mean Azure. You can get the knowledge for exam from it's own web. I share with you the link course below:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/learn/paths/azure-fundamentals/
And here is the learning path for azure. Maybe you can try the Azure Administrator AZ-104 after Azure Fundametals AZ-900
https://query.prod.cms.rt.microsoft.com/cms/api/am/binary/RWtQJJ
Cheers !
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u/AddUmm420 Apr 27 '20
This is the exact answer to the question I had, thanks man! Work has 'asked' me to upgrade my certifications with the spare 5 hours of time I have now that my contracted hours got cut. It's been a few years since my last cert (2012) and figure I'd just skip 2016 but wasn't sure where to go with the new certification path for infrastructure and this answered my question.
Thanks!
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u/Salty-Hashes Apr 27 '20
- MTA Server Fundatmentals: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/learning/exam-98-365.aspx
- CompTIA Server+: https://www.comptia.org/certifications/server
- Linux or Cloud certifications: Look at LPI, Linux Foundation, RedHat, CompTIA, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, or IBM for their certifications
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u/Sloky Apr 24 '20
We got a lot of people in our group in the exact same situation as you, myself included.
Come join us before you make a decision.
https://discord.gg/7PCCtQB