Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS)

The Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) certification is designed to validate skills in using the 2007 Microsoft Office system and the Windows Vista operating system and meeting the demand for the most up-to-date skills on the latest Microsoft technologies. This certification can help you differentiate yourself in today’s competitive job market, broaden your employment opportunities by displaying your advanced skills, and result in higher earning potential. Candidates who successfully complete the program by passing a certification exam show that they can meet globally recognized performance standards.

To get Microsoft Certified Application Specialist (MCAS) certification, you have to pass any one of the following tests:

The MCAS certification is the globally recognized standard for validating expertise with the 2007 Microsoft Office system. Reasons for Microsoft Business Certification include career advancement, personal improvement, skills enhancement, and higher salaries.

The MCAS exams are performance-based and conducted in a “live,” or simulated environment. You have to perform a series of tasks to clearly demonstrate your skills. For example, an Office Word 2007 exam might ask a user to balance newspaper column lengths or keep text together in columns.

I am an MCAS: Windows Vista. I gave the exam at the Certiport center. I passed the 77-600 exam with 837 marks out of 1000. The total number of questions were 38 and the time alloted was 50 minutes. The questions were of simulative type and multiple choice type. In the simulation questions, the environment of Windows Visted was provided and I was asked to perform a particular task. In the MCAS exam, your practical knowledge is tested.

There are a number of security and safety features of Windows Vista that are not available in prior versions of Windows operating system.

The security and safety features of Windows Vista are as follows:

1. User Account Control: User Account Control (UAC) is a security feature introduced with Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system. It helps in preventing unauthorized changes to a user’s computer. UAC asks the user for permission or an administrator password before performing actions that could potentially affect a computer’s operation or that change settings that affect other users. It improves the safety and security of the computer by preventing harmful programs from making changes to the computer. This feature works with Windows Defender and Internet Explorer 7 to help reduce the impact of viruses, spyware, and other threats.