At Microsoft, virtualization means helping IT departments maximize cost savings and improve business continuity. Our solutions address both physical and virtual infrastructures, and they can be easily managed through a single console. Learn more about our comprehensive set of certification paths and training resources that cover the entire Microsoft Virtualization solution.
Microsoft virtualization solutions provide you with the way to optimize your infrastructure by helping IT provide the services more rapidly and efficiently while allowing an organization to consume these services more effectively in a dynamically changing business climate. Help develop your expertise in advanced server and client virtualization technologies with state-of-the-art training from virtualization specialists. Choose a certification path that is relevant to your current job role or one that prepares you for your next career step.
Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certificationBy earning an MCTS certification, you can help display your in-depth technical knowledge and skill in using key technology areas in Windows client and server virtualization. You can demonstrate your depth of knowledge in one specific area, earn multiple MCTS certifications to show breadth of knowledge across different areas, or build on MCTS certifications to earn a Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) certification.
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) certificationWhen you earn an MCITP certification, you help demonstrate your expertise in using Windows server and client virtualization to excel in a specific job role. Professionals who earn the MCITP certification typically have at least two to three years of experience using the technologies covered in the exam and have already earned the MCTS certifications.
The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certifications provide the foundation for Microsoft Certification. MCTS candidates are capable of implementing, building, troubleshooting, and debugging a particular Microsoft technology.
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Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization
When you earn the Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization certification, you help highlight your expertise as a virtualization administrator with Windows Server 2008, including Windows Server 2008 R2 environments, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, and Hyper-V Server 2008 R2. You also help highlight your experience with server virtualization products and technologies, including Hyper-V, Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, and Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 R2.
Required exam
TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization
Note This certification will be retired when Microsoft discontinues mainstream support for the related technology.
Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization
By earning the Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization certification, you help validate your experience with desktop virtualization technologies, such as Windows Virtual PC, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V), Windows XP Mode for Windows 7, Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V), Remote Desktop Services, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Windows Server 2008 R2 environments, and Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2.
TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization
Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring
By earning the Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring certification, you help validate your in-depth technical skills in deploying, configuring, optimizing, and managing Microsoft virtualization technologies, including server virtualization, application virtualization, presentation virtualization, and virtualization management.
TS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring
The MCITP certifications are for IT professionals with two or more years of experience. As an MCITP, you validate your skills in deploying, designing, and maintaining Microsoft technology.
The MCITP certification on Windows helps validate your knowledge and skills in designing and deploying virtualization solutions when using Windows Server 2008 R2 in an enterprise organization.To achieve the Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator certification, you must successfully complete three exams, as shown in the following table.
Required exams
Exam 70-669
Exam 70-693
plus either
Exam 70-659
or
Exam 70-652
PRO: Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator
Exam
Classroom training
Microsoft E-Learning
Microsoft Press books
Exam 70-652:TS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring
Course 6422A: Implementing and Managing Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V (three days)
Collection 6319BE: Configuring Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 (10 hours)
MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-652): Configuring Windows Server Virtualization
Exam 70-659: TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization
Course 10215A: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Server Virtualization (five days)
None available at this time
Exam 70-669: TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization
Course 10324A: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Desktop Virtualization (five days)
Exam 70-693: PRO: Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator
Course 50273A: Planning and Designing Microsoft Virtualization Solutions (five days)
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Virtualization Certification Path Roadmap
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