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by nonameten

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Well, i need suggetion and advice from you all.

I am planning to earn MCSE 2000 cert although i am lack of experience from this area. I am planning to buy a PC for testing and practice.

What i know is Microsoft will going to launch its new OS call XP, i am confuse with this two OS: 2000 and XP. I know that Microsoft will going to change the cert again. What i am cunfuse here is do i need to take MCSE cert or only get a MCP cert or wait for other cert that is for XP?

Thank you for all to help me.

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by tony.colgrove

The Win2000 and WinXP cert will be interchangable. If you get an MCSE on Windows2000 you will NOT be required to renew this exams with Windows XP exams. You will be able to mix and match. In theory you could pass Windows2000 server and WinXP Pro exams or Whistler Server (XP is only the name of the desktop product, the server product is yet to be named) and Win2000 Pro.
Passing one exam will get you an MCP. You need to pass a collection of 7 to receive the MCSE.
Check out:
www.microsoft.com/mcse for more information
My thoughts are go continue to get a MCSE on Win2000, if you get all the way through and the XP exams are out and you're bored and have extra money to burn, take the XP exams also.

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