Private Cloud certification

Private Cloud certification

Solutions Expert

The globally recognized standard for IT professionals

Prove your expertise in managing and implementing Microsoft private cloud computing technologies. With Windows Server and System Center, you will build your Microsoft private cloud solution to optimize IT service delivery and gain the automation and flexibility you need for your IT infrastructure, now and in the future.

Earning an MCSE: Private Cloud certification will qualify you for such jobs as server administrator, systems programmer, and network manager.

Step

Title

Optional training

Required exam

Certification earned

1

Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012

410
410
MCSE: Private Cloud Certification

2

Administering Windows Server 2012

411
411

3

Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services

412
412

4

Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012

10750
246

5

Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012

10751
247

If you didn’t earn your MCSE: Private Cloud certification prior to February 1, 2013, Exam 659 won’t count as credit toward this certification.

If you’re already certified as a Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP): Enterprise Administrator or MCITP: Server Administrator, you only need to complete steps 4 and 5 above to earn your Private Cloud certification.

Recertify

This MCSE certification requires you to show continued ability to perform in your chosen solution area by completing a recertification exam every three years.

Next

Earn your MCSM certification.

Step

Exam title

Optional training

Required exam

Certification earned

1

Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuring

6425
6426
640
MCSE: Private Cloud Certification

2

Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuring

6421
642

3

Windows Server 2008, Server Administrator

6433
646

4

Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012

10750
246

5

Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012

10751
247

You can upgrade these certifications to the MCSE: Private Cloud certification.

  • MCSA: Windows Server 2008

  • MCITP: Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008

  • MCITP: Enterprise Administrator on Windows Server 2008

  • MCITP: Virtualization Administrator on Windows Server 2008 R2

  • MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator 2010

  • MCITP: Lync Server Administrator 2010

  • MCITP: SharePoint Administrator 2010

  • MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7

Step

Title

Optional training

Required exam

Certification earned

1

Upgrading Your Skills to MCSA Windows Server 2012

417
417
MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure

2

Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012

10750
246

3

Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012

10751
247

According to IDC research, there is no area of the IT organization that will be unaffected by a transition to cloud computing, and cloud-related skills represent virtually all of the IT growth opportunities worldwide through 2015. Read the IDC white paper, Climate Change: Cloud's Impact on IT Organizations and Staffing.

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