Hi,
I am not sure, but at the moment it sounds like you try to start from the wrong side.
- Normaly you first know what you want to do.
- Then you collect some experience
- When you got some experience, you start certification
It is not recommend to get a certification without knowing a subject at all. So if you have no experience at all with the new area: I would ask myself why you want to work in that area. In germany we have a saying that "the gras on the other side of
a fence is always greener". So you might have a wrong picture of the area ....
I would recommend to find out more about the area you want to work in. In case you have some spare hardware to play with, you could start downloading trial versions Microsoft offer. So you simply start building up your own WIndows Server with your own domain
and add some clients. Then you can decide to install other services. Get some more experience with it. Read on technet, what you want to know. Maybe you buy some books to read. I like the self-paced training kits. But please be aware: You need practice! So
play around. It is not enough to set up a domain once and heya - it seems to work. You should play around a lot. Setup different things. Build multiple servers with a forest of domains. Check out different szenarious! There is so much!
After playing around a little, you might find out, that you are interested in special things. Maybe it is the core windows server (with all parts included e.g. Network Settings or AD!) or you find Exchange or Sharepoint of interest....
Then you can concentrate on one area. Check the skills measured on the exam page. And then read on technet all about the points. Play around! Really find out, how it works. You should know exactly what each setting mean. And what happens if you select this
or that!
And of course: it is not an easy way. But that way you learn it. (I think it is the complete wrong way to try to get the certifications first. It might be possible to get the certification for a lot of exams through braindumps, but I don't think that you
will win anything! You get yourself in a bad position. Just imagine the situations:
a) You got an interview to an interesting job. (Yes, the certification will really help you to get the interview!) But then people will ask you questions. And sorry - there are no braindumps for these questions. It is more or less guaranteed, that you will
completly fail. And people will laugh about you .... (And the certifications will be worth much less afterwards because these people think: all idiots will get the exams ...)
b) Imagine, the people doing the interview were unable to fidn out that you have no knowledge. For your job you need the knowledge! So you will fail. And colleague will laugh about you - the person with certifications who knows nothing ... a bad situation for
you in my eyes ....
So how is it working?
Normaly you always start as a junior ... the company will not pay you much but they spend time on teaching you. You get experience! That is the correct start. With the time you get more and more experience, maybe you get some certifications. And heya: One day
you are a senior who earns the money you want to get. I fear that there is no "shortcut" or something like that.
With kind regards,
Konrad
