Certification to become MCSA: Windows 7

What certification do I need to require the title MCSA: Windows 7 (after 31th of January 2014)?
Do I need to require 70-680 + 70-685 + 70-686

From the certification page:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/mcsa-windows-7-certification.aspx
you need exam 70-680 plus either 685 or 686 (not both).
Apparently, the only change after January 2014 is that these exams will no longer give you the MCTS and MCITP certifications, but the requirements for the MCSA will be unchanged (in other words, the sentence that says "Exams 680, 685,
and 686 will still be required for the MCSA: Windows 7 certification" seems to be in error, or at least in contradiction with the main content of the page -- the "and" should be an "or").

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MCSA: Windows 7 to MCSA: Server 2012 (70-417)

Hello,
I currently have the 70-680 certification.
I have read that the MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician on Windows 7 (70-680 + 70-685) will retire 31 januari.
I have read that the MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7 (70-680 + 70-686) will retire 31 januari.
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What is the easies way to upgrade to MCSA: Windows Server 2012?
I have read that if you have MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Administrator on Windows 7 you can upgrade it by passing the 70-417 exam. Is this also possible with the MCSA: Windows 7 after 31 januari or with the MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician on
Windows 7 before 31 januari.
I hope someone can clear this out for me, i looked on the internet for it but i only can find an upgrade path from 70-680 + 686
Kind regards,
Ronald

Hi, Ronald.
Yes - all remaining MCITP certification titles will be retired on February 1st, 2014. On February 1st, no one can earn these titles any more. These certification titles will remain active on transcripts for people who earned them - just no longer
attainable.
IMPORTANT: Since you have already passed 70-680, if you pass 70-685 or 70-686 before February 1st, 2014, you will earn
both the MCSA: Windows 7 and the associated
MCITP title! If you pass 70-685 and 70-686 before February 1st, 2014, you will earn all three (3) certification titles. Learn more about the Desktop MCITP titles here:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/mcitp-certification.aspx#item-ID0EEAAAABCA
Yes - you can upgrade to MCSA: Windows Server 2012 just by passing the 70-417 exam. However, you need to have already passed 70-686 before February 1st, 2014. If you look at the upgrade options on the following web page, it states that MCITP: Enterprise
Desktop Administrator can be upgraded. However, not the MCITP: Enterprise Desktop Support Technician title! Think about it; a desktop administrator has more administrative responsibilities than a desktop support technician.
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/mcsa-windows-server-certification.aspx#upgrade
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Hi, Telinh.
Assuming you haven't passed any other exams, you will to pass 70-680 and
70-685.
Here are the exam details. Under the Skills measured section of each exam, it lists everything you will be tested on:
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http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/exam-70-680.aspx
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"An untrusted cartification authority was detected while processing the domain controller certificate used for authentication. Additional information..."
The only thing that comes to my mind is my SubCA.
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I guess that all Windows before Windows 2012 R2 build certyficafion chain from valid (second #1) certyficate. Windows 2012 R2 take first and we have:
"A certification chain processed correctly, but one of the CA certificates is not trusted by the policy provider.
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This is a bug or feature?
How I can fix this without removal Certificate #0 from my SubCA?
Best regards
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Hi,
I run a certutil.exe -scinfo on both Windows 2012/2012R2 servers.
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Exclude leaf cert:
b4 44 8f fb fb b4 5f 03 39 76 dc cc e8 da 02 e0 d0 cc b6 32
Full chain:
c8 3d 07 12 ea 4d 0e 5a 8c 50 fc 56 2e 51 f1 68 6a 26 90 77
Verified Issuance Policies: None
Verified Application Policies:
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On Windows 2012 R2:
Exclude leaf cert:
78 7e 6c 60 3f 20 c6 f6 e8 74 c8 36 e3 d3 88 ac 12 60 41 32
Full chain:
b8 a9 fa 6c db 07 cd 32 86 17 8c 88 02 ba d0 4b 8c ac 2d 58
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SubjectAltName: Other Name:Principal Name=XX@XX
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1d 2a bb dc 2a 9c 70 0d b5 35 47 44 ee 61 60 ab 71 97 66 ff
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I run a certutil -verify xx.cer on both Servers 2012/2012R2 and on both servers have the ~exact same thing.
Windows 2012:
Exclude leaf cert:
f6 0e 96 da c7 08 9a 78 12 97 a6 b6 22 df 57 9d e7 03 41 df
Full chain:
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Exclude leaf cert:
84 18 5b 9d 06 61 60 73 c6 37 80 f4 25 33 c4 d3 5e ef 4a 93
Full chain:
63 8e 9e 37 78 c9 93 bb 4d da f4 e3 4b 7e 2b 14 49 28 0f 5d
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Verified Application Policies:
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