MCSA (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate) is a certification program intended for people who seek entry-level jobs in an IT (information technology) environment. MCSA is a prerequisite for more advanced Microsoft certifications.
MCSA certification requires IT professionals to complete two or three exams, depending on the specific certification path. The Windows 8 and Office 365 paths each require passing two exams; the rest of the MCSA credentials require three exams.
MCSA Certification requires passing three or two core exams depending on specialisation you choose. You can take these at Pearson VUE testing centres at the cost of $80 per exam (Cost for India). Specific courses vary as per each certification requirement and eligibility criteria.
There are different types of MCSA certifications:
- MCSA – BI Reporting
- MCSA – Data Engineering with Azure
- MCSA – Machine Learning
- MCSA – Microsoft Dynamic 365
- MCSA – Microsoft Dynamic 365 for operations
- MCSA – Office 365
- MCSA – SQL 2016 BI Development
- MCSA – SQL 2016 Database Administration
- MCSA – SQL 2016 Database Development
- MCSA – SQL Server 2012/2014
- MCSA – Universal Windows Platform
- MCSA – Web Applications
- MCSA – Windows 10
- MCSA – Windows Server 2012
- MCSA – Windows Server 2016
1. Installing windows server 2012(Day1)
2. Disk Management – MBR, GPT, VHD, Basic disk, Dynamic disk, storage pool, disk pool(Day2)
3. NTFS file system and its features – file permissions, quota, VSS, offline files(Day3)
4. Hyper-V – Creating and Configuring(Setup) virtual machines(Day4)
5. Hyper-V – Creating and Configuring(Setup) virtual machine storage(Day5)
6. Hyper-V – Creating and Configuring(Setup) virtual networks(Day6)
7. IPv4 and IPv6(Day7)
8. DHCP(SERVER) – Deployment and configuration(Day8)
9. DNS(SERVER) – Forward and reverse lookup, primary/secondary/stub zone, forwarders, root hints, caching only DNS(SERVER), Dynamic DNS(SERVER).(Day9)
10. Installing Active Directory(Microsoft)(Microsoft) domain controllers(Day10)
11. Active Directory(Microsoft)(Microsoft) user, group, OU management(Day11)
12. Create and manage Group Policy objects (GPOs)(Day12)
13. Configuring security policies(Day13)
14. Configuring application restriction policies(Day14)
15. Configuring Windows Firewall(Day15)
1. Deploy and manage Windows Deployment Services (WDS)(Day16)
2. Install and Configuring Windows Server Update Service (WSUS)(Day17)
3. Configuring DCS to monitor servers, VMs, networking, real time performance(Day18)
4. Configuring Distributed File system (DFS)(Day19)
5. Configuring File Server Resource Manager (FSRM)(Day20)
6. Configuring file and disk encryption(Day21)
7. Configuring routing(Day22)
8. Configuring NAT(Day23)
9. Configuring VPN(Day24)
10. Configuring RADIUS servers(Day25)
11. Configuring Network Access Protection(Day26)
12. FSMO roles(Day27)
13. Active Directory(Microsoft) backup and restoration(Day28)
14. Active Directory(Microsoft) task delegation(Day29)
15. Active Directory(Microsoft) object and container level recovery(Day30)
16. Advance Group Policy Object configuration and management(Day31)
1. Configuring Network Load Balancing (NLB)(Day32)
2. Configuring failover clustering(Day33)
3. Manage Virtual Machine (VM) migration(Day34)
4. Configuring advanced file services(Day35)
5. Implement Dynamic Access Control (DAC)(Day36)
6. Configuring and optimize storage(Day37)
7. Configuring(Setup) Windows server backup tool(Day38)
8. Bare metal recovery(Day39)
9. Understanding Windows booting and troubleshooting booting issues(Day40)
10. Configuring(Setup) Hyper-V site level fault tolerance(Day41)
11. Advanced DHCP(SERVER)(Day42)
12. Advanced DNS(SERVER)(Day43)
13. Active Directory(Microsoft) Forest trust relationship(Day44)
14. Active Directory(Microsoft) sites and services(Day45)
15. Active Directory(Microsoft) Certificate services(Day46)
16. Active Directory(Microsoft) Rights Management Services (ADRMS)(Day47)