Virtualization is the foundation for the future. With virtualization, skilled IT professionals are more effectively able to use infrastructure, skills, and data to respond to new business opportunities and adapt to change. Are you ready?
Businesses depend on highly reliable, scalable, and manageable data centers and employ skilled IT professionals to help them realize large scale benefits such as improved utilization, reduced floor space, and reduced power costs. Read on to learn how you can join the ranks of skilled virtualization IT professionals.
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Use the following table to identify the certification that best fits your current role and career goals.
Your profile
Recommendations
You currently work with or plan to work with Windows Server 2008 R2
Learn about virtualization certification options and requirements (see below)
You already hold an MCITP Enterprise Administrator certification
Learn about virtualization certification options and requirements
You currently work with VMWare
Start learning about Hyper-V technology
You manage client computers and devices in an enterprise
Learn about virtualization for the desktop with Exam 70-669
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Available certifications for virtualization:
The MCSE: Private Cloud certification helps validate your knowledge and skills to configure, deploy, monitor, and operate a Microsoft private cloud solution, which transforms the way IT services are delivered.
To achieve the MCSE: Private Cloud certification, you must successfully pass five exams.
Required exams
Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate: Windows Server 2008:
and
Exam 70-246
plus either
Exam 70-659
or
Exam 70-247
Monitoring and Operating a Private Cloud with System Center 2012
TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization
Configuring and Deploying a Private Cloud with System Center 2012
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, including server virtualization and desktop virtualization.
To achieve the Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator certification, you must successfully pass three exams.
Exam 70-669
Exam 70-693
Exam 70-6521
TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization
PRO: Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator
TS: Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring
1This exam retired as of September 30, 2011, but if you have already passed the exam, it may be counted as credit towards the MCITP certification.
Note These certifications will be designated legacy certifications when the primary technology is two versions old.
Help validate your expertise as a virtualization administrator working with Windows Server 2008, including Windows Server 2008 R2 environments, Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008, and Hyper-V Server 2008 R2.
Required exam
Note This certification will be designated legacy when the primary technology is two versions old.
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), and Windows Server 2008 R2 environments with Hyper-V.
If you already work with Microsoft Virtualization technologies, review the exam objectives and register for your exam today.
We design these exams for professionals like you, so there’s no need to wait.
If you’re just getting started, we suggest using our training resources below. Our exams aren’t easy, but we want you to be successful—and so do our Learning Partners, who offer our award-winning instructor-led training.
Certification Track
Exam
Classroom training
Microsoft E-Learning
Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP)
Exam 70-693: PRO: Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator.
Course 50273A: Planning and Designing Microsoft Virtualization.
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Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
Exam 70-659: TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization.
Course 10215A: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Server Virtualization (five days).
Collection 10215AE: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Server Virtualization.
Exam 70-669: TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization.
Course 10324A: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Desktop Virtualization (five days).
Collection 10324AE: Implementing and Managing Microsoft Desktop Virtualization.
After you determine which exam you need to achieve your Microsoft Certification, register for and schedule your exam. All exams for Microsoft Technology Specialist and Professional Series certifications are administered by Prometric, an independent testing organization with more than 3,000 locations worldwide.
