Elective Exam Options

Your options are abundant when choosing which electives to take for MCSE certification. Below is a list of elective exams for the Windows 2000 certification track. Exams are categorized by the product knowledge that they cover.

SQL Server 2000 and SQL Server 7.0
Exam 70-019: Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Exam 70-028: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

or

Exam 70-228: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
Exam 70-029: Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

or

Exam 70-229: Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

Site Server 3.0 Commerce Edition
Exam 70-056: Implementing and Supporting Web Sites Using Microsoft Site Server 3.0

Internet Explorer (IE) 5.0
Exam 70-080: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 by Using the Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit

Exchange Server 2000 and Exchange Server 5.5
Exam 70-081: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5

or

Exam 70-224: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server

SNA Server 4.0
Exam 70-085: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft SNA Server 4.0

Systems Management Server (SMS) 2.0
Exam 70-086: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0

Proxy Server 2.0 and ISA Server 2000
Exam 70-088: Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0

or

Exam 70-227: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000

NT Server 4.0
New exam: Covers supporting and maintaining an NT 4.0 Server
network; also covers incremental upgrades to Win2K Server*

Win2K
Exam 70-222: Migrating from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000

Exam 70-223: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Clustering Services by Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

Exam 70-225: Designing and Deploying a Messaging Infrastructure with Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server

Exam 70-226: Designing Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Technologies**

* As of January 23, 2001, this exam didn't have an official name.
** This exam will be available in its beta version in April 2001.

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