Hello from Spain,

i'm preparing for the 70-350 exam thinking that's my last one fot the MCSA.
I took 70-270 (windows xp) 70-290, 70-291 (core exams) and thought with
another one (the 70-350) was enough. But a friend told me there's one more
exam to take: 70-299. You have to take two exams on security (that's my
specialization). Does anyone know if that's true? And if it's true, can you
post a link with related books ?
--
the computer has been drinking

"m0rg4n" <m0rg4n@newsgroup> wrote in message
news:3D4686D3-8F94-4488-86C1-502F7BA35B66@newsgroup

> Hello from Spain,
>
> i'm preparing for the 70-350 exam thinking that's my last one fot the
> MCSA.
> I took 70-270 (windows xp) 70-290, 70-291 (core exams) and thought with
> another one (the 70-350) was enough. But a friend told me there's one more
> exam to take: 70-299. You have to take two exams on security (that's my
> specialization). Does anyone know if that's true? And if it's true, can
> you
> post a link with related books ?
> --
> the computer has been drinking

The following is the MCSA roadmap. Take a look at what you've already taken
and passed, and what else you'll need.
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en...mcsa.aspx#tab2

From what you said, you've taken the following required exams:
70-290
70-291

Then you picked a client operating system:
70-270

Now you need to pick one elective. There are over 20 of them, including if
you had already passed a CompTIA exam, which counts towards it. Click on the
link I provided to see the complete list. The two you mentioned, 70-350 and
70-299, are both electives (in the list) and either one can be chosen.

As for books, there are numerous books on the subject. You can search Google
(or Bing) for MCSA. I actually prefer the Microsoft courseware. But then
again, that's what I use all the time.

Good luck!

--
Ace

This posting is provided "AS-IS" with no warranties or guarantees and
confers no rights.

Please reply back to the newsgroup or forum to benefit from collaboration
among responding engineers, and to help others benefit from your resolution.

Ace Fekay, MCT, MCTS Exchange, MCSE, MCSA 2003 & 2000, MCSA Messaging
Microsoft Certified Trainer

For urgent issues, please contact Microsoft PSS directly. Please check
http://support.microsoft.com for regional support phone numbers.