[NOS2Go4Me]

reldridge,Dec 6 2005, 04:05 PM Wrote:NOS, what cert's do you have? I could probably write my CCNA and pass without studying myself.

I've been thinking about doing my CCNA and the wireless certs...

Ryan
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Hey,

Right now I'm still a Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 2000 Server double MCP (Microsoft Certified Professional). I'm updating to my Server 2003 MCSA in the new year.

I'm also a Learning Tree-certified Exchange Professional... which has less bearing, but still. I won't need to study at this rate for any of my MS exams.

Cisco stuff is good to have, but unless you're in a fairly large environment that has a diverse WAN topology you probably won't be needing a CCNA. Even with our assortment of Cisco-supported VLAN and VoIP components I learned enough in one week to manage / admin the setup.

If you have any desire to be a Systems Admin / Network Admin for Server 2003, take at least your Server 2003 MCP exam. It's common sense that the mass majority of most enterprises that aren't HPC or government / military these days are going to be mainly Server 2003 soon if they aren't already.

There is Linux out there for the enterprise, there's other stuff (Hardk0re's a big server farm guy of sorts) but if you're staying SMB... it's pure Windows-based for the majority. I have one non-MS box at the office, our I-series AS/400 for our ERP backend database. That's it out of over 20 servers now on our LAN/VLANs. I don't touch the I-series, and I either directly admin or indirectly consult for the other 19 (only 2 I don't run, really).