There are several advantages of such a certification as the person gets an opportunity to get a competitive edge over the people in his/her organization. Also being able to trouble shoot the queries and the small administration problems helps simplifying various functions with the computers at home and in office and time lapses can also be avoided. With not many peole acquainted with such certifications people look at the mcsa certified people as experts in handling computers and this potrays a good image of the person as well. There are various position in the booming IT industry that demand professionals with such qualification posts like system administrator, network infrastructure administrator. mail server management etc. These jobs are very important in the good functioning of any organization with computers set up and if not correctly performed can lead to systems being demolished or damaged considerably.