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Yesterday I passed the last exam I needed to gain Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) status. It’s taken me a long time (four years to be exact) to get here but I’ve finally got it.

These are the exams I passed and the certifications I picked up along the way…

• Aug 2001 – 70-210 – Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Professional (First MCP)
• May 2003 – 70-215 – Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Server
• Aug 2003 – 70-218 – Managing a Windows 2000 Network Environment
• Sep 2003 – 70-216 – Implementing and Administering a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Network Infrastructure, A.K.A. The Beast (MCSA status)
• May 2005 – 70-224 – Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft® Exchange 2000 Server (MCSA Messaging Specialist status)
• Oct 2005 – 70-217 – Implementing and Administering a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure
• Oct 2005 – 70-219 – Designing a Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure (MCSE status)

Next, I’ll be looking to do the two upgrade exams to bring up to the 2003 track. I’ve just bought the self-paced training kit from Amazon and will be reading through that over the next few months with the aim of doing the exams early next year.