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New Security Exam Under Development (Update)
Beta testing for new MCSA/MCSE elective expected in November; plus, certification program unlikely to include lab element in the near future.
Last week, Microsoft released information on development of a new
security-based exam. According to the exam objectives guide posted at
http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/exams/70-214.asp,
Exam 70-214, Implementing and Administering Security in a Windows 2000 Network
is an MCSA and MCSE elective that's expected to be released in beta form in
November 2002.
The exam follows on the heels of comments that Microsoft's training and certification
group made earlier this year regarding possible development of a security certification
(see "Microsoft
Considering Desktop, Security Certs" by CertCities.com Editor
Becky Nagel, in the News archive).
In other certification-related news, Dan Truax, Microsoft's certification skills and assessment-strategy group manager, said it’s unlikely Microsoft will be adding a lab element to certification tests. “We have no specific plans to launch a lab exam, although we’re continuing to explore exam innovations,” Truax said. He said Microsoft has had success with simulations within exams, and “we’ll continue our heavy emphasis on it.” He also mentioned the possibility of having more product interaction within the tests.
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