MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator vs the New MCSE Messaging Certification

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For Microsoft Exchange server 2010, the existing certification is MCITP Messaging Administrator featuring 2 exams, Exam 70-662 and 70-663. In the meantime, a new certification is introduced on the messaging platform called MCSE (Microsoft Certified Solution Expert) Messaging https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/mcse-exchange-certification.aspx.

The pre-requisite certification for MCSE Messaging is the essential MCSA (Microsoft Certified Solution Expert) on Windows Server 2012, so this is an integral certification pre-requisites for various new MCSE tracks.

After earning your MCSA on Windows Server 2012, the journey towards MCSE Messaging is to completion of 2 more Exchange 2013 exams - Exam 70-341 Core Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013 and 70-342 Advanced Solutions of Microsoft Exchange Server 2013.

Skills being measured on Exam 70-341 are here https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-341. MOC (Microsoft Official Curriculum) topics on this exam are here https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=20341A&Locale=en-us

Skills being measured on Exam 70-342 are here https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-342.  

However, if you do not want to miss the MCITP Enterprise Messaging Administrator on Exchange 2010, these 2 exams are for you:

Exam 70-662 https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-662 and MOC topics in here https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=10135B&Locale=en-us 

Exam 70-663 https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-663 and MOC topics in here https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Course.aspx?ID=10233B&Locale=en-us.

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More self-guided learning can be found in here https://www.microsoftvirtualacademy.com.  

Ken Sim

MCT, MCSE (Solution Expert) Server Infrastructure (Windows Server 2012), MCSE Desktop Infrastructure, MCSE Private Cloud (System Center 2012), MCSE Data Platform (SQL 2012), MCSA (Solution Associate), MCSE+Internet, MCSE+Security, MCSE+Messaging, MCITP Enterprise Admin, MCITP Virtualization Admin (Hyper-V), MCITP Database Admin, MCITP Messaging Admin (Exchange 2010), MCITP Sharepoint Admin (Sharepoint 2010), MCTS, MCDBA, MCSD, MCPD