Our 7-day Vista bootcamp will help you to achieve your Microsoft Certified IT Professional (MCITP) Enterprise Support Technician in Windows Vista. This camp is appropriate no matter what your current certification is. Candidates who hold the MCDST on XP certification will only need to pass a single upgrade exam, all others will need to pass two exams. The material covered and length of the camp will be the same in both cases. The certification of MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician is to Windows Vista what MCDST is to Windows XP. The upgrade exam 70-621, which is only available to current MCDST certification holders, is based on the same material and same objectives as the 70-620 and 70-622 exams.

The new generation of Microsoft certifications

With the release of Vista, Microsoft introduced a new and much more streamlined certification structure which emphasizes primary skill sets and job roles. This new structure always begins with a core certification known as MCTS, (Microsoft certified technology specialist), followed by a more specific and comprehensive set of skills known as MCITP, (Microsoft certified IT professional). This structure is being applied to all new Windows product lines. Our Vista camp follows this new structure.

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MCTS: Windows Vista, Configuration

A Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Windows Vista – Configuration certification validates knowledge and skills necessary to troubleshoot network connectivity and application issues on Windows Vista. The successful candidate should have experience resolving network connectivity issues and working with desktop operating systems, security, and applications.

MCTS candidates must pass one exam that focuses on supporting end-user issues about network connectivity, security, and applications installation and compatibility, and logon problems that include account issues and password resets.

Required Exams for MCTS: Windows Vista, Configuration

• Exam 70-620: Windows Vista, Configuring

MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician

The Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Enterprise Support Technician certification validates the knowledge and skills required to deploy and support the Windows Vista operating system. Candidates for the MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician credential should have expertise in deploying Windows client operating systems, managing security and troubleshooting network issues. Skills gained through MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician certification include the ability to:

• Manage workflow
• Install and configure desktop operating systems and applications
• Troubleshoot the desktop operating system, desktop applications, and desktop networking and connectivity
• Install and configure hardware devices and drivers (including mobile and personal devices)
• Troubleshoot hardware devices and drivers (including mobile and personal devices)
• Escalate complex issues to the appropriate administrator (for example, server administrator, network administrator, or desktop configuration administrator)
• Install and test department-specific and line-of-business (LOB) applications on end-user computers
• Change desktop configurations as needed
• Re-image desktops as needed

MCITP candidates must pass one core exam, (70-620) that focuses on responding to issues assigned or escalated from Tier 1 support, using a trouble ticket system to manage workflow, installing and configuring desktop operating systems and applications, troubleshooting desktop operating system issues, desktop application issues, and desktop networking and connectivity issues.

Successful candidates will also prove their expertise in installing and configuring hardware devices and drivers (including mobile and personal devices), troubleshooting hardware devices and drivers (including mobile and personal devices), escalating complex issues to the appropriate administrator (for example, Server Administrator, Network Administrator, or Desktop Configuration Administrator), installing and testing department-specific and line-of-business (LOB) applications on end-user computers, making necessary changes to end-user desktops, and re-imaging end-user desktops on an as-needed basis.

Required Exams for MCTS: Windows Vista, Configuration

• Exam 70-620: Windows Vista, Configuring
• Exam 70-622: Supporting and Troubleshooting Applications on a Microsoft Windows Vista Client for Enterprise Support Technicians

If you wish to follow the upgrade path, exam 70-621, you must be certified as an MCDST. You will only need to pass one exam instead of two.

If you are not an MCDST you will need to pass two exams, 70-620 and 70-622. You should have at least six months of experience working with a desktop operating system, preferably Windows XP or Vista.

Whichever path you choose, after you pass the related exams, your end result will be the MCITP: Enterprise Support Technician on Windows Vista certification. This certification is the rough equivalent of the MCDST on Windows XP certification.

• Intensive instruction from experts.
• Large and open classrooms with leading equipment.
• Small class sizes, no more than 12 students.
• Exclusive Study Guides and test preparation materials unavailable anywhere else.
• 1 or 2 exam vouchers depending on track.
• All the snacks and beverages you care to consume.
• Luxury accommodations at our corporate discount rate are available at the StayBridge Suites extended stay hotel, located directly across the street.