upgrade paths to mcitp

UPGRADES FOR OLD TIMERS:-

MCSA TO MCTS
TAKE EXAM 70-648 AND RECIEVE 2 MCTS CERTIFICATIONS
TS:ACTIVE DIRECTORY CONFIGURATION
TS:NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
MCSE TO MCTS
TAKE EXAM 70-649 AND RECIEVE 3 MCTS CERTIFICATION
TS:ACTIVE DIRECTORY CONFIGURATION
TS:NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
TS:SERVER 2008 APPLICATION PLATEFORM,CONFIGURING

MCSA TO MCITP
TAKE 2 EXAMS
70-648:UPGRADE TO 2 MCTS CERTS
70-646 PRO:SERVER ADMINISTRATOR
UPGRADE TO ENTERPRISE ADMIN:ADD 2 EXAMS:
70-620:VISTA CONFIGURE
70-643:TS SERVER 2008 APPLICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
70-647:PRO:ENTERPRISE ADMINISTRATOR
MCSE TO MCITP:ENTERPRISE ADMINISTRATOR
TAKE 3 EXAMS:
70-649 : upgrade your three mcts certs
70-620 or 624 :vista
70-647 pro:PRO:ENTERPRISE ADMINISTRATOR

mcts and mcitp exams

MCTS:TKE ANY ONE EXAM FROM A LARGE SELECTION
MCITP:SERVER ADMINISTRATOR EXAMS(TREE EXAM)
70-642 : TS NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
70-640 : TS ACTIVE DIRECTORY
70-646 : PRO: SERVER ADMINISTRATOR

MCITP: ENTERPRISE ADMINISTRATOR(FIVE EXAMS)
70-620:VISTA
70-643:TS SERVER 2008 APPLICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
70-642:TS NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
70-640:TS ACTIVE DIRECTORY
70-647:TS PRO:ENTERPRISE ADMINISTRATOR

Windows Server 2008 Hardware Requirements

EDITION                     MIN RAM              MAX RAM

STANDARD                 32 BIT  512   4GB

STANDARD                 64 BIT  512   32GB

ENTERPRISE              32 BIT 2GB   64GB

ENTERPRISE              64 BIT  2GB   2TB

DATACNTRE              32 BIT 2GB   64GB

DATACENTRE           64 BIT 2GB   2TB

windows server 2008 requirements

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:-

ITEM         MIN               RECOMMANDED
HDD SPACE    10GB        AS MUCH AS YOU CAN GET
PROCESSOR    1 GHZ      2GHZ +
RAM                 512MB                 2GB + 
DVD DRIVE      REQUIRED
NETWORK CARD     REQUIRED

FLAVORS OF WINDOWS SERVER 2008

FLAVORS OF WINDOWS SERVER 2008

WINDOWS SERVER 2008 STANDARD EDITION(X86 AND X64)
WINDOWS SERVER 2008 ENTERPRISE EDITION (X86 AND X64)
WINDOWS SEVER 2008 DATACENTRE EDITION(X86 AND X64)
WINDOWS WEB SERVER 2008(X86 AND X64)
WINDOWS STORAGE SERVER 2008(X86 AND X64)
WINDOWS SMALL BUSINESS SERVER 2008(CODE NAME COUGAR)(X86 AND X64)
WINDOWS SERVER CODE NAME CENTRO(FOR MID MARKETS)(X86 AND X64)
WINDOWS SEVER 2008 FOR ITANIUM -BASED SYSTEMS(IA-64)

Exchange server 2003 installation(Requirements)

EXCHNAGE SERVER 2003 ENTERPRISE EDITION
EXCHNAGE SERVER 2003 STANDARD EDITION


MAILING FOR ENTERPRISE

MAIL SERVER

EXCHANAGE SERVER(MICROSOFT)

LOTUS DOMINOS (IBM)


REQUIREMENT FOR INSTALLATION OF EXCHNAGE SERVER

HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS:

PROCESSOR =133 MHZ MIN
RECOMMANDED=550 MHZ  (STD. EDI.)
RECOMMANDED=733 MHZ  (ENT. EDI.)

RAM=256 MB (MIN)
RECOMMANDED=512MB
PERFORMANCE=1GB-2GB


HDD SPACE  
200 MB ON SYSTEM DRIVE (BOOT DRIVE)
500 MB ON ANY DRIVE WHERE YOU WANT TO INSTALL EXCHANGE SERVER.

SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS:


WINDOWS SERVER 2000 SP3 (MINI) OR WINDOWS SERVER 2003

STANDARD ,ENETRPRISE,DATA CENTRE EDITION
WEB EDITION IS NOT USED FOR INSTALL EXCHNAGE ,BECAUSE ACTIVE
DIRECTORY IS NOT INSTALLED.



WEB COMPONENTS

IIS 6.0
SMTP
NNTP
ASP.NET
.NET FRAMEWORK 1.1 OR LATER
WWW


ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

ACTIVE-DIRECTORY  INSTALLED .
DNS CONFIGURED WITH (SRV)  RECORDS.
STATIC-IP ADDRESS.
TCP/IP INSTALLED PROPERLY.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXCHANGE STANDARD AND ENTERPRISE EDITION

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN EXCHANGE STANDARD AND ENTERPRISE EDITION.


1) STANDARD EDITION HAVE 1 STORAGE GROUP ONLY
2) ENTERPRISE EDITION HAVE 4 STORAGE GROUPS

1) STANDARD EDITION HAVE 2 STORAGE PER STORAGE
2) ENTPRISE EDITION HAVE 5 STORE PER STORAGE GROUP


TOTAL STORE ON STANDARD EDITION=1X2=2
TOTAL STORE ON ENT. EDITION=4X5=20


1) STD. EDITION NOT SUPPORT  SERVER CLUSTERING
2) ENT. EDITION SUPPORT 8 NODE SERVER CLUSTER.

1) STD. ED. SUPPORTS ONLY SINGLE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP
2) ENT. ED. SUPPORTS MUTIPLE ADMINISTRATIVE GROUP & ROUTING GROUP