MCSA Courses: Will They Further Your Career?

The Microsoft Certified System Administrator is aservices.
user who is certified of having knowledge in SystemElective Exams
Administration of Microsoft Windows OperatingMicrosoft Exchange Server 2003 70-284 Series
System. The MCSA certifies the user as the oneThe course consists of managing exchange recipient
having the skills in implementation, management andobjects, address list, policies, computer performance,
troubleshooting of the rising needs of Microsofttroubleshooting and security.
Windows operating systems.Microsoft Server 2003 Administration 70-290 Series
The MCSA course consists of two exams to beThe course consists of managing of physical and
successfully completed. The two exams are the Corelogical disks, configuring, monitoring and
and the Elective exams. Both the courses consist oftroubleshooting, managing computer accounts and
different areas of expertise. The MCSA courseusers, configuring terminal services, using server
exams are as follows:management tools, managing the web services with
Core Examthe IIS 6.0, management of performance and
Windows XP Professional 70-270 Seriessecurity, planning and implementation of disaster
This includes the installation, administering resource,recovery.
configuring desktop, configuring hardware, optimizing,Windows 2000 Network Administration 70-216 Series
networking and securing the system.The exam contains working with DNS and DHCP,
Windows 2000 Server 70-215 Seriesremote access, network protocol, WNS, NAT, IP
This course consists of installation, hardware, controlrouting and certificate services.
sources to files, folders, web and printers, optimizingExchange 2000 Administration 70-224 Series
server, troubleshooting, implementing remote accessThe course consists of installation and co-existence,
and terminal services, configuring disk and drives,creation and management of recipient objects, group
networking server and using security features.and connectors, deployment of internet messaging,
Windows Server 2003administration of chat services, security,
The course consists of installation, upgrades,performance, working with clients and backing up of
managing disk and hardware, administering resourcedata.
and shared resource, networking, optimizing systemServer 2003 Security Administration 70-299 Series
and configuring desktop, using TCP/IP and securingThe test is made up of implementation, management
system.and troubleshooting of security policies, network
Windows Server 2003 Networking Managementcommunications security and patch management, PKI
70-291 Seriesadministration, IPSec troubleshooting,
The test consists of TCP/IP protocol, IP addressingSOL Server 2000 Administration 70-228
and routing, classless subnet masking and clientThe course is of installation, advanced installation,
address notification, dynamic host configurationcreating and managing the databases, extracting and
protocol, domain naming system concept and server,securing data and its integrity, automation and
security template, software updating, troubleshooting,performance.
LAN/dial up services and security.Upon successful completion of the course in security
Windows 2000 Network Management 70-218 Seriesor messaging in which five of the above test is to be
This test contains installing devices, managing grouppassed, the user is certified as an MCSA. The
policy, resources, permissions, TCP/IP, remotecompletion of MCSA course is an added advantage
access, controlling file and web access, monitoringfor IT professionals across the world.
and backing up files, configuring VPNs and terminal