2. Invest Big without a Big Investment
Want to build and deliver technology education with a simple,
convenient, and affordable suite of entry-level technology
certifications?
Microsoft makes it easier.
3. MTA Overview
What is Microsoft Technology Associate (MTA)?
MTA is an entry-level certification that validates the fundamental technology knowledge that students
need to start building a career in Microsoft technologies.
12 initial titles on Developer, IT Pro, and Database high-demand topics.
9 initial languages: English, Spanish, S. Chinese, T. Chinese, Korean, Japanese, German, Russian, Br.
Portuguese
What can MTA do for me?
You can offer students a solid career foundation and facilitates career exploration.
You get an education solution including learning and an industry-recognized credentials.
MTA lowers the barriers to entry to the Microsoft Certification Program by providing a stepping stone to
our professional certification.
Who needs MTA?
MTA is exclusively for academic customers: technology-focused high schools and higher education
institutions. It’s driven by Certiport partners and Microsoft’s Public Sector, Education and Evangelism
teams in the field.
How can I get MTA?
Get it through Certiport or an authorized Certiport Partner. It’s an internet-based platform that gives you
unprecedented testing flexibility. There are testing centers with educators empowered as proctors. You
receive an MTA Exam Review Kit to facilitate curriculum adoption.
4. Microsoft Certification Program
Information Worker IT Pro and Developer
Productivity Certifications Technology Certifications
Master Series Advanced Series
Overall comprehension and deep IT architects who have completed a
expertise of Microsoft Office. Requires rigorous industry-driven peer
Word Expert, Excel Expert, PowerPoint, validation process.
and Outlook or Access exams. IT experts with demonstrated
mastery of a product through
Expert Series hands-on lab-based testing.
Advanced skills in specific Microsoft
Office applications. Requires passing Professional Series
either Word Expert or Excel Expert.
Comprehensive set of
skills required to be
Specialist Series successful on the job.
Validates core skills with the
Microsoft Office suite. Technology Series
Includes exams in Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, Access, Outlook, In-depth skills working
Project, and SharePoint. with Microsoft
technologies.
Associate Series
Fundamental knowledge for
students to start building a
successful career in technology.
5. Path from MTA to MCTS to IT Jobs
• One MTA exam = One MTA certification
• MTA exams are not pre-requisite to each other or to MCTS exams
MTA Certification Paths – IT Pro and Database
7. What Does MTA Test?
Software Developer
98-361: Software Developer 98-362: Windows Developer
Fundamentals Fundamentals
Understanding core programming Understanding Windows programming basics
Understanding object-oriented programming Creating Windows Forms applications
Understanding general software development Creating WPF applications
Understanding web applications Creating Windows Services applications
Understanding desktop applications Accessing data in a Windows Forms
Understanding databases application
Deploying Windows application
98-363: Web Developer Fundamentals 98-372: Microsoft.NET Fundamentals
Programming web applications Understanding .NET Framework concepts
Working with data and services Understanding Namespaces and Classes in
Troubleshooting and debugging web the .NET Framework
applications Understanding .NET Code compilation
Working with client-side scripting Understanding I/O Classes in the .NET
Configuring and deploying web applications Framework
Exams are defined based on career tracks with high demand in the industry. Specific topics are
designed by MSL experts and vetted with college instructors.
8. What Does MTA Test?
Software Developer
98-375: HTML5 Application 98-374: Gaming Developer
Development Fundamentals Fundamentals
Understanding Platform fundamentals Understanding game design
Managing the state of an application Designing the UI
Understanding how to publish an application Understanding components
Building the UI using HTML5 Working with XNA
Understanding core CSS concepts Understanding game platforms
Understanding JavaScript for basic programing Rendering engines
Animations
Transforming objects
98-373: Mobile Development
Fundamentals
Understanding mobile device tools
Understanding design for mobile devices
Understanding basic Silverlight
Understanding mobile device APIs
Understanding mobile device controls
Building a UI
Exams are defined based on career tracks with high demand in the industry. Specific topics are
designed by MSL experts and vetted with college instructors.
9. What Does MTA Test?
IT Pro Titles
98-365: Windows Server Admin. 98-366: Networking Fundamentals
Fundamentals Understanding network infrastructures
Understanding server installation o Internet, intranet, extranet, LAN, WAN,
Understanding server roles wireless, topologies, access methods
Understanding network hardware
Understanding Active Directory
o Switches, routers, media types
Understanding storage
Understanding protocols and services
Understanding server performance management o OSI model, IPv4, IPv6, names resolution,
Understanding server maintenance networking services, TCP/IP
98-349: Windows Operating System 98-367: Security Fundamentals
Fundamentals Understanding security layers
Understanding Operating System Configurations Understanding operating system security
Installing and Upgrading Client Systems Understanding network security
Managing Applications Understanding security software
Managing Files and Folders
Managing Devices
Understanding Operating System Maintenance Exams are defined based on career tracks
with high demand in the industry. Specific
topics are designed by MSL experts and
vetted with college instructors.
10. What does MTA Test?
Database Titles
98-364: Database Admin. Fundamentals
Understanding core database concepts
Creating database objects
Manipulating data
Understanding data storage
Administering a database
Exams are defined based on career tracks with high demand in the industry. Specific topics are
designed by MSL experts and vetted with college instructors.
11. MTA Campus License
You can offer up to 500 MTA exams per calendar year with just one license.
Two
All you need is a computer with internet access, and you can administer the Campuses
exam at any time! Plus, your students have unlimited access to MTA Exam = Two
Licenses
Review Kits.
12. Get Started!
1. Register as a Proctor with Certiport. Instructions are available at
www.certiport.com
2. Create a proctor pool. When you build a strong community of certification
exam proctors at your school, you help to ensure the success of your
certification offering.
3. Take the MTA exam yourself. Have a Certiport peer proctor administer the
test. This will familiarize you with the student experience and exam content.
4. Map the MTA exam objective domains to the content you are currently
teaching.
5. Use your Certification Exam Review Kits to prepare students for any exam
content not covered by your existing curriculum.
13. Get Your Students Started!
1. Send students to http://www.microsoft.com/click/areyoucertifiable/ to
practice their knowledge and challenge their peers to a game of AYC! MTA
game questions are based on MTA exam objectives.
2. Have your students register at http://dreamspark.com to download full
versions of Microsoft software and to find more student resources from
Microsoft.
3. Have students register for the exam a few days prior to administering it.
This will ensure that all students are ready to take the exam in a single class
period. (Exam time is approximately 50 minutes.)
14. MTA Student Study Guides:
IT Pro Edition / Developer and Database Edition
Available in print-ready
or study-ready format
Download free-of-charge at: www.certiport.com/mta
15. MTA Exam Review Kits
As an MTA customer, you can download review kits for free. Developed by MS Learning,
MTA Exam Review Kits are collections of 20 review lessons, 50 minutes each, covering
the topics of each individual MTA exam.
Course syllabus
• Learning objectives
• Unit scope and sequence
• Pacing chart
• A mapping of the unit learning activities to the MTA exam objectives
Instructor materials
• Lesson plans for each day of instruction
• Presentation slides for each day of instruction
• Annotated speaker notes for each slide
Content delivery resources
• Occasional class demonstrations
• Occasional interactive whole-class sessions
• Guides for occasional discussions to foster dialogue about key topics
Student learning materials
• Instructor presentation slides
• In-class exercises (including the code for those exercises)
• Practical out-of-class work
• Labs as appropriate
Student assessment materials
•End-of-lesson/sub-unit questions and answers
Microsoft Official Academic Courseware available from Wiley Publishing
16. 5 Scenarios you might encounter
1.The
Perfect Fit – course maps exactly to the OD (overall
exam Objective Domain)
2.RoughAlignment – course is incomplete for some
elements of some ODs
3.Incomplete – course completely misses some ODs
4.No Alignment – course does not match OD, but
instructor provides MTA Certification opportunity
5.Independent Study – Instructor offers MTA as
independent study or to a small group
17. Scenario 1: Perfect Fit
Course maps to the complete set of ODs
Use the ERK as a review tool
Use all of the lessons as classroom activities
Use those lessons in which students need the most review
Assign lessons as out-of-class activities
Mix and match to fit the needs of individual students
Use as an individual study guide
18. Scenario 2: Rough Alignment
Course is incomplete for some ODs
Use the ERK as a basis for new learning
Select portions of the lessons to introduce new concepts
Use the structure of the lesson to build a more complete and
robust lesson
Refer to the “Microsoft resources and Web links” as tools
Use the sections that match as a review tool
19. Scenario 3: Incomplete
Course completely misses a few ODs
Use ERK as a starting point to create new units
Expand the activities to more completely introduce and teach
the new concepts
The “Microsoft resources and Web links” section provides
sources for content
Use the review lesson as a culminating review activity
Use the sections that match as a review tool
20. Scenario 4: No Alignment
Instructor wants to provide MTA course
Use as a starting point to create a new course
Develop new course that matches the OD
Combine the OD and the content in the review lessons to build
or select courseware
Use the review lesson as a culminating review activity to
measure the effectiveness of the new course
21. Scenario 5: Independent Study
MTA as independent study or to a small group
Provide the ERK to students as study guides
Enable motivated students in a class to prepare for the exam
independently or in a study group
Provide ERKs to guide their learning and/or review
Schedules a convenient time to administer the exam on the
school campus and provide proctoring
22. MTA Courseware and Additional
Resources
Vendor Courseware
• Wiley, CCI
MeasureUp Practice Tests
MTA Student Study Guides
• Available free at www.certiport.com/mta
AreYouCertifiable (AYC) Practice Game (no-charge online game)
• http://www.microsoft.com/click/areyoucertifiable
www.microsoft.com/learning/mta
•Prep Guides and Learning Plans
www.certiport.com/mta
•See marketing materials, become a test center, purchase a
license
RELEVANCE Basic, foundation level knowledge attainable to beginners with no work experience. Ideal sandbox for students exploring career concentrations. Comprehensive portfolio of IT, SW Dev and DB exams Full solution including learning content. ACCESSIBILITY Internet base platform allowing testing anytime, anywhere in the school. Unprecedented levels of flexibility. Faculty empowered as exam proctors. AFFORDABILITY Cost effective Campus License that allows a full campus to be licensed with a single purchase. Cost per exam free to students in most cases and very low for institutions.
One MTA exam = One MTA Certification MTA exams are not pre-requisite to each other or to MCTS exams. Candidates may take as many of the MTA exams they wish.
One MTA exam = One MTA Certification MTA exams are not pre-requisite to each other or to MCTS exams.
All exams are version agnostic, meaning they are not specifically about a software version. All exams are vendor agnostic with the exception of 98-362 and 98-372 which are in the context of Windows and Windows Server.
All exams are version agnostic, meaning they are not specifically about a software version. All exams are vendor agnostic with the exception of 98-373 which is in the context of Windows.
All exams are version agnostic, meaning they are not specifically about a software version. All exams are vendor agnostic with the exception of 98-349 and 98-365 which are in the context of Windows and Windows Server.
All exams are version agnostic, meaning they are not specifically about a software version.
AYC – “AreYouCertifiable” game by MSL has not been updated with the five most-recent MTA exams, but is still considered an excellent learning tool. ERKs = Certification Exam Review Kits
AYC – “AreYouCertifiable” game by MSL has not been updated with the five most-recent MTA exams, but is still considered an excellent learning tool. ERKs = Certification Exam Review Kits
Each SSG contains 20 scenarios that map to the ERK and the MTA exam. Each scenario asks the user a series of questions and includes a hint turn the page and you’ll find the correct answers, tips and additional resources.