| 'Microsoft Certified System Engineer' that's | | | | certificate, a candidate must pass six core |
| what you would proudly call yourself after | | | | design exams (or papers), including four |
| attaining this highly acclaimed certification | | | | networking exams, one client operating system |
| module on offer from Microsoft. | | | | and one design exam, as well as one elective. |
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| MCSE is one of the most popular and premiere | | | | Although not offered now, MCSE NT 4.0 is |
| Microsoft certification standard, after | | | | still considered a valid certification. To |
| securing which an individual is recognized to | | | | secure this certification a candidate needs |
| be able to analyse the business requirements | | | | to pass four core exams including network |
| for information system solutions, as well as | | | | security, computer networking infrastructure, |
| design and implement the necessary | | | | active directory, Microsoft SQL server, |
| infrastructure as required. | | | | Microsoft Exchange server, and other topics |
| | | | on both general networking interests as well |
| According to the latest reports, the MCSE | | | | as some specific Microsoft products. |
| program is available for Windows 2000 and | | | | |
| Windows 2003 product lines. Each requiring | | | | With the long established dominance of |
| different set exams to be cleared to secure a | | | | Microsoft and its range of products, there |
| certificate in the same. | | | | lies little to think about the utility of a |
| | | | MCSE certified professional in a corporate |
| For MCSE 2000, a candidate needs to pass five | | | | architecture where right networking and |
| core papers, constituted by four papers | | | | information flow architecture plays |
| operating system and one on design, and two | | | | significant role in business propagation. |
| elective papers. In attaining an MCSE 2003 | | | | |