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Qualifications for Microsoft Certified Solution Developer and Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer

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MCSD. These are both well respected and may be seen as enhancing the creditability and employability of any individual that gain these qualifications. If we wish to consider these in  more detail we can look at what they are, how they may be gained, the syllabus and costs and the potential impact on salary. MCSE The exams that  are taken to gain an MCSE are designed to ensure that those who carry this qualification are able to "design, implement, maintain and support information systems in a wide range  of computing environments" (New Wave Inc , 2002). The environments covered are the Microsoft family of systems products, including Microsoft BackOffice products, Microsoft Windows 2000 Servers and the Microsoft NT  4.0 Servers (New Wave Inc, 2002). The high level of recognition of the qualification is also reflected in the way that there are more than 400,000 holders of this certificate  in the US alone (Anonymous, 2002) In gaining this qualification there will be an increased ability to demonstrate that the expertise that is required technically for a position such as  network administrator or systems engineer (New Wave Inc, 2002). In terms or realization in terms of salary, in was found in a recent survey that where an individual had both  the qualification, and this was accompanied by between three and nine years of experience the average salary was $52,750 per year (Anonymous, 2002). In order to get this qualification there  is a pattern of learning, all backed up by exams. There are some core elements that must be studied, in addition to this a number of modules are elective, meaning  that there is some flexibility for the student. There are a seven exams that need to be passed. The compulsory modules are (with the exam reference numbers in brackets); Windows