Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)

This review of the MCSE course is based on Windows NT, for which the course and exams have been made redundant and has been replaced by Windows 2000. This new course is apparently harder but the same principals apply. I feel it was very primature of Microsoft to do this as most business will not even conside using Windows 2000 until there have been at least another 1 or 2 service packs released. I first found out about the MCSE range of exams about 2 years ago. At the time I was working as a dead end job as an Office Administrator. After further investigation I decided that it was my only chance to get into the IT industry and into a real career with ...  Read the complete review

This is a must for anybody who takes their career in Systems support/engineering seriously. I personally am a developer and I have just achieved this certification because of the the overlap of exams with the MCDBA and the usefullness of having this certification on my CV. This is quite hard work to achieve and it is ideally done from within the framework of a role carrying out this sort of work on a day to day basis. If like myself you only touch on some of the apects of some of these subjects then you might find you need to do a lot more reading. The differnet options you can take are all detailed quite well on the Microsoft website, ...  Read the complete review

About a year ago both my husband and myself embarked on the MCSE - or Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer course. We had heard that most employers were asking for this qualification and as we were both trying to break into the IT market, we chose this form of certification. The MCSE is an exam track for the NT4 system (soon to be upgraded to the Windows 2000 system) and is a suitable qualification for those people who wish to pursue a career as an NT4 (or in future Windows 2000) network administrator. The course, which is changing soon due to the phasing out of NT4 exams and the introduction of Windows 2000, consists of 4 core units & 2 electives. The core ...  Read the complete review

It’s the qualification that more and more employers are asking for, but how do you pass your MCSE? The key is to find the right method for you, and what works for someone else may not work at all for you. There are 3 main ways to study and I will detail the pros and cons of each. (Note: For the purpose of this review the MCSE is for NT4 and I’ll update it when I’ve completed the Windows 2000 upgrade exams) Home Study Pros: The least expensive option, around £500 will get you all the study materials you need. You choose the pace of the study and the times when you can do it. Cons: Least likely way of ...  Read the complete review

I gradually worked my self towards MS cert but found the actual course rather difficult. /Not that I am simple, I have a maths degree, it was just that the teaCHER RELIEd to much on people second guessing where he was going. I think it might have just been him as others I know who did the cert had great times. Well any way I did pass and now teach for a company that work in many fields. If you can stick with it and get a good pass then it will open many doors, go for it. ...  Read the complete review