It really depends on what you are interested in and where you are leaning. The MS System Center Suite of products is hot right now and a lot of the training free can be had for free or inexpensive + time. I should probably compile my list.
I am taking my VCP test in the next few days but it's a job requirement and they paid for the class. After that I am going to roll into parts of the SC suite of products as it's my current interest/responsibility. At the very least I am going after SCVMM (complement my vcp) and Operations Manager and then see what there is for Orchestrator(if anything) as it seems to be the glue that holds much of the rest together. Steven Peck http://www.blkmtn.org On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 9:47 AM, Mathew Shember <mathew.shem...@synopsys.com > wrote: > That’s the thing of it. What to chase? I have small company mentality > which basically covers all areas. We were acquired and now I am more > specialized with engineering support and citirx/vmware. The Microsoft > stuff was because they gave it to me as they are a linux shop so the linux > people didn’t want to dirty their hands.**** > > ** ** > > They gave me a bunch of training stuff for 2003 and I am wondering if that > would be a waste of time…..**** > > ** ** > > Thanks!**** > > ** ** > > *From:* Rankin, James R [mailto:kz2...@googlemail.com] > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 18, 2012 9:27 AM > > *To:* NT System Admin Issues > *Subject:* Re: Certification time?**** > > ** ** > > Depends what area you want to work in I guess. I have some legacy MS certs > but last few years have concentrated on Citrix/VMWare/AppSense because of > the relevance to the areas I wanted to specialize in.**** > > ---Blackberried**** > ------------------------------ > > *From: *Mathew Shember <mathew.shem...@synopsys.com> **** > > *Date: *Tue, 18 Sep 2012 16:07:19 +0000**** > > *To: *NT System Admin Issues<ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>**** > > *ReplyTo: *"NT System Admin Issues" <ntsysadmin@lyris.sunbelt-software.com > >**** > > *Subject: *Certification time?**** > > ** ** > > First off to avoid the question and value of certifications; I tend to > view them as resume garnish which helps get you by HR filters.**** > > ** ** > > The question is which to pursue? I think all of mine have expired and my > new organization seems to place value on them.**** > > ** ** > > They have all the training stuff for 2003 but I am thinking that’s a > little too old even though it seems to be in many places. One guy told me > why not get it and then take the upgrade test for 2008?**** > > ** ** > > Redhat Engineer? Worth it?**** > > ** ** > > The ever present CCNA and CCNP. At the moment I am out of the networking > areas but will probably reup.**** > > ** ** > > Vmware. Any value to VCP?**** > > ** ** > > Citrix?**** > > ** ** > > Any other areas? **** > > ** ** > > Thank you for donating a minute to read this.**** > > ** ** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin**** > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
