I've been doing quite a bit more research on the certification paths associated with Server 2008. I managed to pull the following set of images out of a webcast put on by Microsoft at TechEd that go far in explaining how the new certs are currently set up.

I'll post these as a three-part series. The first part will show how the new overall certification program is structured. Part II will discuss specifics about the MCITP and MCTS certs and the exams you need to take to achieve the cert. Part III will show the upgrade path for these certs assuming you currently have a MCSE 2003 or MCSA 2003.

For each I have one image that I'll put on the front page and one or two more below the fold. Click the "Continue Reading" link to see the additional images. Sorry about the quality of the images. I had to squish them down so they'd fit in the column space I have.

Remember, as with any certification program, its all up in the air until its officially announced.

UPDATE: My original posting of the images took them outside the right boundary of the column, so I had to update them to be a little smaller. If you can't see them well, right-click to download them. I've used HTML tags to make them smaller so the true images are a little bigger.

Click below for the second image...