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  • Thursday, September 11, 2008 9:06 PM
     
     
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    What Certs have a security portion to it?  I want to very much specialize in Security, so much that i am looking at obtaining a CCSP for Cisco, working towards a CISSP, and would like a MS cert in there as well. 

    At this point, I am looking at the MSITP for Windows Server 2008, it just seemed like a good place to start studying, even if I dont take the test.  Does the MSITP have a security portion.  I believe the MCSE does. 

    Any answers to this would be helpful.  I have looked at the traing path pages previously, but did not really see a ready answer to this question.

    Thanks. 
    Scotty
     

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  • Sunday, September 14, 2008 10:40 AM
     
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    Scotty,

    None of the current MCITP certifications are targeted towards security but both the MCITP Server Administrator and MCITP Enterprise Administrator certifications do have security elements embedded in the certs.  You're correct that MCSE did have targeted security certifications such as MCSE: Security on Server 2000 and MCSE: Security on Server 2003

    This link shows the required exams for the MCITP Server Administrator cert
    http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcitp/windowsserver/2008/server/default.mspx

    This link shows the required exams for the MCITP Enterprise Administrator cert
    http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcitp/windowsserver/2008/enterprise/default.mspx

    HTH,

    Darril
    Darril Gibson MCT, MCDBA, MCITP, MCSE, MCSD http://mcitpsuccess.com/ http://mcitpsuccess.blogspot.com/ Author - MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Server Administrator Study Guide: (Exam 70-646) ISBN 0470293152 - MCITP SQL Server 2005 Database Administration All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams 70-431, 70-443, & 70-444) ISBN 0071496092 - MCITP SQL Server 2005 Database Developer All-in-One Exam Guide (Exams 70-431, 70-441, & 70-442) ISBN 0071546693
     
  • Tuesday, September 16, 2008 8:30 PM
     
     
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    Thanks Darril,

    Does the MCSE for 2008 still allow to specialize in Security?  This is the path I really want to go down.

    thanks
    Scotty
     
  • Wednesday, September 17, 2008 5:46 AM
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    There is no MCSE 2008. This certification does not exist in the new generation certifications. The two link Darril provided are the closest certifications to the MCSE. Those certifications do not provide a speciality in security.
    Michael D. Alligood,
    MCITP, MCTS, MCSA, MCDST, MCP, A+, Network+

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