MS Offers 3-for-2 Upgrade Deals for Three Windows Server 2012-related MCSE Certs

From Friday, Microsoft is now offering a nice discount - equivalent to a "buy 2, get a clearer" - evidence of three different focus MCSE on Windows Server 2012 (soon to say Windows Server 2012 R2, when the new version GA arrives date of October 17/18). Therefore, the following MCSE exams are covered:

 If you qualify for the 70-417 Upgrade exam, you can now buy into one of these MCSEs for 

• 1. MCSE: Server Infrastructure — Exams 70-413, -414, and -417 (the upgrade exam itself)
• 2. MCSE: Desktop Infrastructure — Exams 70-415, -416, and -417 (the upgrade exam again)
• 3. MCSE: Private Cloud — Exams 70-246, -247, and -417 (the upgrade exam one more time)

The obvious connection between the three credentials is the 70-417 exam whose title provides further clues as to the nature of this offer: That is, only the previous owners who are eligible for MS cert "Update your skills to Windows Server 2012 MCSA. "to take the exam 70-417 are also eligible for this deal. To clarify things out completely, it means that only those who already have one or more of the following credentials can certainly take advantage of this tasty offer:

• MCSA: Windows Server 2008
• MCITP: Virtualization Administrator
• MCITP: Enterprise Messaging Administrator
• MCITP: Lync Server Administrator
• MCITP: SharePoint Administrator
• MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator

Exercising the discount offer requires signing up for an “upgrade pack,” for which the purchase period expires on May 14, 2014. Those who buy into the deal then have until the end of 2014 (December 31, 2014 to be exact) to finish using all the exam vouchers and free retakes (each exam in the upgrade pack qualifies for Second Shot treatment, which makes a very good deal even better,