• Better Chance to be hired.
  Professional certification is viewed more and more by today's corporations as a quantifiable and objective measurement of skills, and is increasingly becoming an important part of the screening process.
• Higher Salaries & Industry Recognition
  Salaries for certified employees are 11.7 % higher than salaries for non-certified professionals. The average annual increase in salary for MCSEs is $7,000, while the annual salary for a MCSE is $75,000. MCSE certification also brings industry recognition of your knowledge and proficiency in Microsoft networking technologies.
• Better Consulting Jobs
  It is much easier to place certified people than non-certified people, as firms hiring contractors take confidence in that fact that the person they are hiring has Microsoft approval.
  

What's covered in MCSE?

Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers are required to pass four operating system exams and two elective exams that provide a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise. These exams are developed with the input of professionals in the industry and reflect how Microsoft products are used in organizations throughout the world. The operating system exams require candidates to prove their expertise with desktop, server, and networking components. The elective exams require proof of expertise with Microsoft BackOffice products. The requirements are outlined in the following table.