1. Study all training materials.
2. practice everything on your home lab for hands-on experience.
3. practice with transcender/measureup/boson/other test software until 100%
recommended you take them in rough numerical order:
For example:
[ol]
[li]70-210 Installing, Configuring, and Administering
W2K Professional[/li]
[li]70-214 Implementing and Administering Security in
a W2K Network[/li]
[li]SY0-101 CompTIA Security+[/li]
[li]70-215 Installing, Configuring, and Administering W2K Server[/li]
[li]70-216 Implementing and Administering a W2K Network Infrastructure[/li]
[li]70-217 Implementing and Administering a W2K Directory Services Infrastructure[/li]
[li]70-218 Managing a W2K Network Environment[/li]
[li]70-219 Designing a W2K Directory
Services Infrastructure[/li]
[li]70-220 Designing Security for a W2K
Network[/li]
[li]70-221 Designing a W2K Network Infrastructure[/li]
[li]70-292 Managing and Maintaining a 2K3 Environment for an MCSA Certified on W2K[/li]
[li]70-296 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a 2K3 Environment for an MCSE Certified on W2K[/li]
[/ol]
will get you MCSA W2K/2K3, MCSE W2K/2K3, MCSE+Security...
It should take about a year at 1 test per month, and run roughly $3,000 for 3-4 older PCs (think 500MHz P3s), network hubs or switches, network cables, MS evaluation software, study books, and test vouchers/fees... And if you approach it correctly, your employer will pay for all or most of it--especially if you are willing to share it with your colleagues...
When you finish this, you will have done something major to put on your resume... and proof you can do important things without direct and constant supervision...
JTB
Senior Microsoft Consultant
MCSE-NT4, MCP+I, MCP-W2K, CCNA, CCDA,
CTE, MCIWD, i-Net+, Network+
(MCSE-W2K in progress)