Whilst searching through all the options for your MCSE qualification, you're likely to get punch-drunk with information overload. So here's a nice and simple outline about choosing the most up-to-date, user friendly training available.
Home-based learning can be split into two groups: The first is disc-based - only consider fully interactive training; it's reasonably priced and does the job well. If it's not interactive, don't touch it. The other is college based training built around books, manuals,and classroom visits. To do this type of course well is expensive as you have to include the cost of the college overhead and the course materials. You also have to spend more money travelling to and from the centre for classroom visits.
Modern training methods are much more convenient for you the student, as there's no need to travel long distances, pay accomodation costs and take time off work for your MCSE qualification training sessions.
With quality training on discs, the process of learning is from full-motion videos of instructors teaching and demonstrating. It's very user friendly and available whenever you want it. But where this type of training really takes off is in the cutting-edge interactive labs. Here you can gain a 'hands-on' learning experience - a good package will enable you to interact with software without it being loaded onto your PC.
Avoid those dull 'grey' corporations that just exist to sell you stuff, and find a company whose sole aim is to give good advice and value for money. You should expect to be advised on the right way forward for you, asked questions about your personality, and your likes and dislikes in the working environment.
You need to be sure that this is the right role for you - that you can actually look forward to going to work on Monday mornings. Once that bit's sorted, you need the right training for you to achieve your goals, with the qualifications employers are looking for.
If you've been doing your research, you'll know that getting decent support outside of office hours in the IT training industry seems almost impossible to find. At best, with most providers, you're given the ability to leave a message and be called back in the next day or three.
The cutting edge companies offer access to help from around the world in different time zones, so they're always open to assist you. This is the only sort of support you can really rely on to be there for you when working on your MCSE qualification -literally anytime of day or night.