Micrsoft released a new and improved version for the MCSA & MCSE certifications.
MCSA & MCSE gets a new name/title: reinvented for the cloud
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate
Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert
certifications track :
MCSA: Microsoft Certfied Solution Associate
there are 2 new MCSA certifications:
Windows server 2008
- 70-640: Windows Server 2008: Configuring Active Directory
- 70-642: Windows Server 2008: Configuring Network Infrastructure
- 70-646: Windows Server 2008: Server Administrator
Windows SQL Server 2008
- 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- 70-462: Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database
- 70-463: Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
MCSE: Microsoft Certified Solution Expert
MCSE Private cloud:
- 70-640: Windows Server 2008: Configuring Active Directory
- 70-642: Windows Server 2008: Configuring Network Infrastructure
- 70-646: Windows Server 2008: Server Administrator
- 70-247: Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012
- 70-246: Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012
If you have the certification for the 70-659 TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization exam then you don’t have to pass the 70-247 exam.
But beware that this “offer” ends at January 31st of 2013.
MCSE: Data Platform
For this track you need to pass the following exams:
- 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- 70-462: Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database
- 70-463: Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- 70-464: Developing SQL Server 2012 Databases
- 70-465: Designing Database Solutions for SQL Server 2012
MCSE: Business Intelligence
For the (BI) Business Intelligence track pass these exams:
- 70-461: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- 70-462: Administering a Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Database
- 70-463: Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- 70-466: Implementing Data Models and Reports with SQL Server 2012
- 70-467: Designing Business Intelligence Solutions with SQL Server 2012
MCSM: Microsoft Certified Solutions Master
All informatation Concerning the MCSM certification can be found here
MCSM: Reinvented for the Cloud
The MCSM certification will be available for the next versions of Exchange, Lync, SharePoint, Active Directory, and SQL Server. Candidates who wish to pursue an MCSM must first achieve the corresponding MCSE certification. The first two MCSM certifications will be for SQL Server 2012 tracks.
Additional information to appy for MC(S)M can be found on the MCM page :
Microsoft Certifed Master