Microsoft has made some changes to the MCSA for Server 2012 and SQL 2012 by introducing electives. This I feel is good idea as it allows you to pick an exam that may be more relative to your job role. So in my case I will be taken the following mandatory exams:
70-410: Installing and Configuring Windows Server
70-411: Administering Windows Server 2012
and then I can decide to do 70-409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center.
For MCSA: Windows Server 2012 > Exams 410 and 411 are required. You can choose one of the following exams to fulfill the requirements for the third exam in the path:
- Exam 346: Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements
- Exam 409: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center
- Exam 412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
- Exam 462: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases
For MCSA: SQL Server 2012 > Exams 461 and 462 are required. You can choose one of the following exams to fulfill the requirements for the third exam in the path
- Exam 411: Administering Windows Server 2012
- Exam 412: Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 Services
- Exam 463: Implementing a Data Warehouse with Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Exam 483: Programming in C#