[Scukonaher]

As the title suggests, im currently not interested in the extent of the CCNP so am not applying for it?

Thanks

[Scukonaher]

Well, you have to be a CCNA before you can progress to a CCNP, but check my profile...

Thanks for the reply,

In terms of course content and the time investment involved what sort of difficulty would one be looking at. I have heard the CCNA is rather simple and the MCSA is less extensive than the MCSE but thats all i know or have heard, except well they're all ridiculously expensive, id hate to waste a lot of money on something im not sure i will eventually follow through on

What im looking at right now is package kind of course "IT professional" which if i remember correctly consists of an MCSA (implementing, managing, maintaining etc, windows server 2003 and network infrastructure, windows xp), a CCNA and a FETAC award which just covers Implementing and Managing Microsoft Exchange Server 2003

I've actually worked with Exchange 2000 and part administered, dont think 2003 is something ill be looking forward to running through in terms of content but 2000 was easy enough


Anyway any insight or advice into what i can expect is greatly appreciated, thanks

[nvideoe]

The CCNA isn't that bad. Although it has been quite a while since I was certified. It was through a highschool course about 5 years ago. I thought it was fairly simple, but only about 20% of the class got certified. If you actually know your stuff it should be a breeze to get a CCNA cert.

[Aniplinipsync]

I'm working towards MCSE, and if my company wasn't paying for it then I'd be screwed.

Some of the course sections like the WinXP one are dead simple, if you've been using WinXP with some depth. It's the sections like Domain Admin where I struggled: it's not difficult, but when I was on the couse for managing and maintaining a server 2003 environment I hadn't actually been in the position of being a domain admin. My experience with 2003 was soley from an hosting perspective (I work for a managed hosting company) not so much the admin side. So I really appricated being tought those sections from a person, rather than a book.

So what I'm saying is, if you have some prior knowledge you could just buy the books and self teach then just sit the exam, however be prepared to have to go on some courses, as it's not all as easy as you'd think (Passing an exam IMO doesn't nesscaryly mean you'll be a good admin, where the classroom teaches you things a book wont).

[Kokomoxcvcv]

As the title suggests, im currently not interested in the extent of the CCNP so am not applying for it?

Thanks

I got my CCNA cert about 3 years ago, time to recertify for me. I also have:
-Security+
-Server+
-A+
-Network+
-CISA


Working on my MCSA: Messaging now.