How To Become MCITP Certified Server Administrator
There are over 5,000 MCITP Server Administrators worldwide.
Are you ready to be number 5,080? Ready to take your career to the next level? Ready to prove your Server 2008 leadership and problem solving skills?
Great! Now let’s see what you’ll need to become a MCITP certified Server Administrator.
MCITP: Server Administrator
The MCITP Server Administrator certification will help you develop and demonstrate your knowledge and skills in working with Server 2008 and prepare you for several different roles including:
- Windows Server Administrator
- Server Systems Administrator
- Monitoring Operator
- Network Administrator
The MCITP certification builds on a combination of MCTS (Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist) prerequisites that will allow you to develop your technical skills and knowledge and prepare you for your role as a Server Administrator.
In preparation for your MCITP you will learn how to:
- handle day to day management of the server os, file structure and directory services
- handle software distribution and updates
- monitor servers
- troubleshoot servers
- configure the server
- implement an auditing policy
- peform scheduled vulnerability assessment scans
How to Earn Your MCITP: Server Administrator Certification
There are three exam requirements for the MCITP Server Administrator certification:
- Exam: 70-642 Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring
- Exam: 70-640 Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring
- Exam: 70-646 Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
The first two exams are MCTS prerequisite exams that I mentioned above and the third is a Professional Series exam.
How to Upgrade to the MCITP: Server Administration Certification from MCSA or MCSE
If you have your Windows Server 2003 MCSA or MCSE certification, you can choose an upgrade path instead and take two exams instead of three.
To upgrade your Server 2003 MCSA you will need to pass:
- Exam: 70-648 Upgrading Your MCSA on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist
- Exam: 70-646 Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
To upgrade your Server 2003 MCSE you will need to pass:
- Exam: 70-649 Upgrading Your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist
- Exam: 70-646 Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator
By taking the first exam (either 70-648 or 70-649) you will be able to earn multiple MCTS certifications on Windows Server 2008 (shown in the diagrams above) and be only one exam away from your MCITP Server Administrator Certification.
Learn more about upgrading your Server 2003 MCSA and MCSE to Windows Server 2008 here.