Microsoft Certified IT Professional - Server 2008

The Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) certification provides the ideal way to demonstrate your ability to use Windows Server 2008 to excel in a specific, market-relevant job role. We offer two paths: each builds on MCTS prerequisites and is relevant to professional roles in today's IT marketplace. Use the following table to identify the certification that best fits your current role and career goals.

Note The MCITP certifications will be retired when Microsoft discontinues mainstream support for the related technologies.



MCITP: Server Administrator

Validates your ability to handle day-to-day management of the server operating system, file structure, and directory services; handle software distribution and updates; monitor servers; provide tier-2 troubleshooting support; support engineering and change-management projects; build and configure servers; implement auditing policy; perform scheduled vulnerability-assessment scans; and monitor logs for firewalls and intrusion-detection systems.
Exam 70-646: PRO: Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator

MCTS prerequisites:

Exam 70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring

and

Exam 70-642: TS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring

MCITP: Enterprise Administrator

Validates your ability to design Windows Server infrastructures; evaluate and recommend new technology solutions; serve as an escalation point for infrastructure issues; develop client and server best practices for other teams, such as engineering, development, and operations; keep policy current for authentication, identity, and access management; provide guidance in implementing security policies that affect the infrastructure on multiple levels; participate in application reviews on security; and ensure that the applications adhere to standard security guidelines and practices.
Exam 70-647: PRO: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator

MCTS prerequisites:

Exam 70-640: TS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring

and

Exam 70-642: TS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring

and

Exam 70-643: TS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring

and either

Exam 70-680: TS: Windows 7, Configuring

or

Exam 70-6811: TS: Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deploying

or

Exam 70-620: TS: Configuring Windows Vista Client

or

Exam 70-6242: TS: Deploying and Maintaining Windows Vista Client and 2007 Microsoft Office System Desktops