The MCSE 2000 is a specialized and high-level Certification for the Windows 2000 track, which enables employers to assess prospective employees on their knowledge and expertise in Windows 2000 server for leveraging and optimizing its various features for maximum productivity. For preparing for this certification, the candidates can make use of a large variety of online resources or enroll for a MCSE course offered by number of training institutes. This article will briefly describe the prerequisites, the exams required and the nature of the exams themselves, so that the candidates can suitably prepare themselves for getting a MCSE certification in Windows Server 2000.

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) candidates preparing for the MCSE 2000 track are required to pass seven exams or the equivalent that include the following:

Core exams (five exams required)

• Four operating system exams:

  Candidates must pass one exam from each set of operating system exams—client operating system and networking system.

• One design exam:

  Candidates must pass one exam that provides proof of expertise for design skills for specific Microsoft server technologies.

Elective exams (two exams required):

The elective exams provide a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise in solution design and implementation. MCSE candidates should also have at least one year of experience implementing and administering a network operating system, implementing and administering a client operating system, and designing a network infrastructure.

In an attempt to make the exams more difficult a number of different types of questions are asked and the questions are more often than not, very verbose. The idea behind making the questions very wordy is to make the candidate use up more time in understanding the questions. The best way for candidates to get around this wordiness to ignore all the names of companies, names of people, roles of people and other superfluous words and get to the crux of the question as quickly as possible. Hence, a choice of a good and latest preparation material based on MOC (Microsoft Official Curriculum) is essential for ensuring success in the MCSE Examinations.

If a candidate satisfies the prerequisites, getting certified in MCSE 2000 is a matter of clearly understanding the objectives of the various examinations and systematic preparation using current materials which guide you through the different types of questions. Once certified, the candidate has also got the option of upgrading to the newer technology of MCSE 2003 by taking only two other additional examinations.

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