MCSA: Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator

Introduction
The Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA) certification will advance your career by ensuring you have the skills to successfully manage and troubleshoot system environments running on the Microsoft Windows operating system. Typically an MCSA has the relevant skills to deploy and manage a multiple site network of up to 500 users. All examinations that are required lead onto the higher level certifications such as MCSE. This is the recommended certification to get you started in IT if you’re new to the job sector.  You will be required to pass 3 core examinations and 1 elective examination from a choice of specialisations.

Req. Exams	Recommended Training
Choose 2:	Networking
70-290	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment Management and Maintenance 2.0
70-291	Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Services Management 2.0
Choose 1:	Client OS
70-210	Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional and Server Installation and Administration 3.0
70-270	Microsoft Windows XP Professional Administration and Maintenance 2.0
Choose 1:	Elective Training
70-228	Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Installation and Administration 3.0
70-284	Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Administration and Maintenance 2.0
220-301	CompTIA A+
SY0-101	CompTIA Security+