Don't accept anything less than the most up to date Microsoft (or any other key organisation's) authorised exam preparation and simulation materials. Make sure that the exams you practice are not just posing the correct questions from the right areas, but are also posing them in the way the real exams will ask them. It throws people if the phraseology and format is completely different. As you can imagine, it's essential to make sure you're completely ready for your final certified exam before embarking on it. Revising simulated exams logs the information in your brain and helps to avoid thwarted exam entries.

To develop a really broad based combined training system you could add the MCSA or MCSE from MS to a CompTIA A+/N+ and 'Cisco' CCNA package. Always talk about your training choices with an IT-training specialist prior to settling on your way forward - it will not only save money & time, but it will make sure that you are on the right path from the beginning.

Huge changes are about to hit technology over the next generation - and the industry becomes more ground-breaking every year. We're only just starting to get an inclination of how technology will influence everything we do. Computers and the Internet will massively transform the way we see and interact with the world as a whole over the coming decades.

The money in IT isn't to be sniffed at also - the income on average over this country as a whole for a typical IT employee is considerably better than in other market sectors. It's a good bet that you'll earn a whole lot more than you'd typically expect to bring in elsewhere. Excitingly, there's no end in sight for IT industry expansion throughout this country. The sector continues to develop rapidly, and we don't have anywhere near enough qualified skilled IT professionals to fill current job vacancies, so it's highly unlikely that this will change significantly for decades to come.

Full support is of the utmost importance - find a program offering 24x7 direct access to instructors, as anything else will annoy you and definitely hamper your progress. Avoid those companies that use messaging services 'out-of-hours' - where an advisor will call back during office hours. This is no use if you're stuck and need an answer now.

Be on the lookout for study programmes that utilise many support facilities active in different time-zones. All of them should be combined to offer a simple interface and 24 hours-a-day access, when it suits you, without any problems. Unless you insist on online 24x7 support, you'll regret it very quickly. It may be that you don't use it throughout the night, but you're bound to use weekends, evenings and early mornings at some point.

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