From: Paul Jones on
On Mon, 26 Oct 2009 08:20:47 -0500, "Lawrence Garvin [MVP]"
<lawrence(a)news.postalias> wrote:

>"Matrixx333" <matrixx333(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:c4066ca2-7905-4bf2-91a9-c93d0bb6fad6(a)l35g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
>On Oct 25, 6:34 pm, Paulo <Pa...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
>>> I have passed the CompTIA Security+ exam and want it to count towards my
>>> MCSE. How do I inform Microsoft of this?
>
>>From the CompTIA Website:
>
>Thanks for the post!
>
>
>So, the short version of all this is:

And:
"Microsoft accepts the combination of CompTIA A+ with either CompTIA
Network+ or CompTIA Server+ as an elective for the Microsoft Certified
System Administrator (MCSA) certification program.
In addition, Microsoft accepts CompTIA Security+ as an elective for both
the MCSA and the Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)
certifications, and as a specialization option for the MCSA: Security
and MCSE: Security certifications."

Looks like we finally solved that little puzzle!