This certificate is designed for students who have already graduated with a degree in Computer Information Systems, Information Technology, or have significant IT industry work experience to gain the knowledge required to earn the Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP): Windows Server designation. The MCITP certificate program provides students the skills required to install and administer Windows clients and servers. In addition, the students will obtain the skills required to administer a Windows network environment and learn the fundamentals of Active Directory.

Windows clients and servers are the industry’s most widely used server and client operating systems. The Windows family includes Windows 2003 Server, Windows 2008 Server, Windows XP and Windows Vista. The tests that constitute the MCITP certification are also applicable to other Microsoft certifications. For further information on this and other Microsoft certifications, see the Microsoft website at - http://www.microsoft.com/learning/http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcp.