The document introduces Microsoft certifications, focusing on Windows Server 2012 and Windows 8, emphasizing the importance of the MCSA and MCSE designations for career advancement in IT. It highlights the demand for certified professionals as organizations shift to the cloud and notes significant statistics regarding the impact of certifications on hiring and salary prospects. Lastly, it provides pathways for upgrading from previous certifications and the importance of training in achieving project success.

1. Introducing Windows Server 2012 &
Windows 8
Certification and Training
Robin van den Berg

2. MCSA en MCSE
Nieuwe wijn in nieuwe zakken…

3. Microsoft certificering
Performance-
Based Testing

4. Microsoft Certified
Microsoft Certified Solutions Architect
Solutions Master
Microsoft Certified
Master
Solutions Master
Microsoft Certified Microsoft Certified
Solutions Expert Solutions Expert
Expert
Microsoft Certified
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
Solutions Associate
Microsoft Technology
Associate
Associate

5. MCSA – The Foundation for Your IT Career

6. Get an MCSA, Get Hired
Job seekers with certificates as a Microsoft
Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) are
readily identified as proficient in the latest
technologies.
Microsoft ensures its certifications are
credible and valued in the marketplace,
helping technology professionals get jobs.

7. Get an MCSE, Get Ahead
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert (MCSE) is Microsoft’s flagship certification for
professionals who lead their IT organization’s journey to the cloud.
Be indispensable to
organizations as
they shift to the
cloud

8. Get an MCSM, Get Recognized
Microsoft Certified
Master (MCM) and
Microsoft Certified
MCM certification is Solutions Master
verification of the (MCSM) certification
best in the industry is the highest level of
and is held by less technical training
than and certification in
1% of IT Microsoft server
professionals. technologies

9. MCSA: Windows Server 2012
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
+ + =
Configuring Advanced
Get Associate Level Installing and Configuring Administering Windows Windows Server 2012
Certification Windows Server 2012 Server 2012 Services
Configuring Advanced
Installing and Configuring Administering Windows Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012 Server 2012 Services Find a Learning Partner

10. Upgrade from Windows Server 2008
Step 1 The following certifications also
+ =
qualify for Exam 417:
• MCITP: Server Administrator
• MCITP: Enterprise Administrator
Upgrading Your Skills to • MCITP: Virtualization Administrator
MCSA Windows Server
2012 • MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator
• MCITP: Lync Server Administrator
• MCITP: SharePoint Administrator
• MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator
Upgrading Your Skills to
MCSA Windows Server
2012 Find a Learning Partner
Note: A number of MCITP certifications including MCITP: Server Administrator, MCITP: Enterprise Administrator, and MCITP:
Virtualization Administrator also qualify for Exam 417. For full details, please visit the Windows Server 2012 certification web site.

11. MCITP Server/Enterprise Administrator =
MCSA Windows Server 2008
Already certified as a Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator or MCITP:
Server Administrator?
You have already earned the MCSA: Windows Server 2008 certification.

12. MCSA Foundation for 6 MCSEs
The Windows Server 2012 MCSA is the foundation for 6 IT Pro MCSE Certifications

13. MCSE: Server Infrastructure
Step 1 Step 2 Step 3
+ + =
Designing and Implementing an
Implementing a Server Advanced Server
Infrastructure Infrastructure
Designing and
Implementing a Server Implementing an Advanced
Infrastructure Server Infrastructure Find a Learning Partner

14. MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure
Step 1 Step 3 Step 3
+ + =
Implementing a Desktop Implementing Desktop
Infrastructure Application Environments
Implementing a Desktop Implementing Desktop
Infrastructure Application Environments Find a Learning Partner

15. MCSA Windows 8?
Training 20687: Configuring Windows 8
Training 20688: Managing and Maintaining Windows 8

16. Upgrade naar MCSA Windows 8?
Training 20689: Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows 8

17. Get ready for
the Cloud!
Gratis ballonvlucht bij een 5 daagse
Windows Server 2012 training!
Actie is geldig tot 31 december 2012

18. Vragen?

20. Appendix

21. MCSE Private Cloud

22. MCSA & MCSE: SQL Server 2012
MCSA: SQL Server 2012

23. MCSA: SQL Server 2012
Upgrade traject MCSA: SQL Server 2012

24. MCSE Data Platform
Upgrade:

25. MCSE Business Intelligence
Upgrade:

26. 80% 3 out of 4 managers
of IT managers believe believe effective training
effective training is critical increases the chances of
to the success of a a project meeting its
project** deadlines**
89%
of IT hiring managers of IT hiring managers
say that IT certifications say that IT certifications
help confirm subject are used as a measure of
matter knowledge and a person's ability to work
expertise.* hard and achieve goals.*
Sources: **IDC MarketScape, Worldwide IT Education and Training 2012 Vendor Analysis, Feb 2012; *CompTIA, Employer Perceptions of IT Training and
Certification, Jan 2011

27. 92%
of IT Leaders indicate it
higher demand for cloud is challenging for IT
related skills versus a year organizations to secure
ago in Feb 2011** the necessary skills***
60%
of IT Cert holders say a of IT holders said a cert
certification led to a new led to a salary boost or
job* bonus*
Sources: **Wanted Analytics, Hiring Demand for Cloud Computing Skills Skyrocketing, Mar 2012; ***TEKsystems/CIO Magazine, Planning the IT Workforce, May
2011; *Network World and SolarWinds, IT Networking Study, Oct 2011