Re: Mcsa Windows 8 Certification Exam 70-687 Book 21
Julia Heaslet
As operating system exams go, Exam 70-687 is one of the easier exams that Microsoft has created in quite some time. A good bit of the exam subject matter is left over from Windows 7, so those who are proficient with Windows 7 will likely do very well on this exam.
The only real trouble spots on this exam are the questions that deal with the Metro interface and the app store. Administrators in corporate environments tend to work with Windows 8 primarily in Desktop mode. However, there are several questions on the exam which require familiarity with Metro style apps.
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When you think about it, the pending retirement of the MCSA: Windows 8 credential, along with its replacement by MCSA: Windows 10, one distinctive feature is about to vanish from the Microsoft certification landscape at the same time that another one appears. Thus, it should come as no big surprise to anybody that Microsoft has issued a new (Technical) Certification Roadmap in PDF Format, which lays out a current snapshot of that landscape. I've provided a snippet from that document (which is too big to reproduce in readable fashion here, hence just a piece rather than the whole thing) because:
As such roadmaps go, this one is quite readable and intelligible (especially when compared to some roadmaps from years gone by), especially because of the visual vocabulary it provides for the symbols it uses. Here's a full-size snapshot of the key that explains the symbols that you see in the foregoing screencap:
This visual vocabulary makes it easy to see what's what on this latest roadmap, and I have to applaud Microsoft for putting in the effort to build something that's easy to follow (as a roadmap should be). Thus, looking at the Windows (Desktop) path at the top of the preceding screencap, you can see that three exams (70-687, -688, and -697) get you to the MCSA: Windows 10.
Of those three exams 70-697 also confers a Specialist certification in and of itself. From there, exams 70-695 and 70-696 lead to the MCSA: Enterprise Devices and Apps. The MCSA is clearly marked with an encircled star, while the MCSE is likewise emblazoned with an encircled starburst. Easy-peasey.
Overall, the new roadmap lays out six paths to Microsoft certification, labeled as Windows (Desktop), Windows Server, Office 365 (which branches into three MCSE paths for Communication, Messaging, and SharePoint), SQL Server, Microsoft Azure (no MCSA or MCSE just yet, though they may still be coming), plus a plethora of development paths (six in all, each culminating in an MCSD of some kind).
Grab yourself a copy of the roadmap to revel in those details. And kudos to Microsoft for finally providing a crystal-clear and entirely useful roadmap for all of its technical certifications!
Any Windows Server-based hardware will be heavily virtualized, so the MCITP: Virtualization Administrator certification is essential if you want your CV to even make it to the sifting pile. So that means three Windows Server 2008 exams:
To manage a virtualized server estate, you still need to manage the host servers. This requires certain certifications that IT technicians must pass in order for a hosting provider to offer a managed server hosting plan using a Windows dedicated server. So MCSA: Windows Server 2008 and MCITP: Enterprise Administrator certifications will work nicely. The MCSA used to be called MCITP: Server Administrator, and requires three Windows Server 2008 exams:
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