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MCSD Certification for Not Yet Techies

The major change here has come with the introduction of
Microsoft's .NET Framework and the many changes and
additions associated with it. It's a comprehensive
plan that encompasses all their software.

They came out with a very different version of Visual
Basic -- now called VB.NET -- for it. Plus created two
new languages, C# (C Sharp) and J# (J Sharp) for it, to
attract C and Java programmers.

So software development using Microsoft technologies is
now much different than it was prior to .NET.

You must pass 3 required core tests and 1 elective.

Core Exams: Desktop Applications -- pass one of these two

Exam 70-016: Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++® 6.0
Exam 70-156: Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro® 6.0

Core Exams: Distributed Application Development -- pass one of these two

Exam 70-015: Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Exam 70-155: Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0


Core Exam: Solution Architecture

Exam 70-100: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures

Elective Exams:

Exam 70-015: Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Exam 70-016: Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++® 6.0
Exam 70-019: Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server™ 7.0
Exam 70-029: Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Exam 70-057: Designing and Implementing Commerce Solutions with Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition
Exam 70-091: Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Office 2000 and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
Exam 70-105: Designing and Implementing Collaborative Solutions with Microsoft Outlook® 2000 and Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
Exam 70-152: Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft Visual InterDev® 6.0
Exam 70-155: Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0
Exam 70-156: Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro® 6.0
Exam 70-175: Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
Exam 70-176: Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic® 6.0
Exam 70-229: Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
Exam 70-230: Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft BizTalk® Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
Exam 70-234: Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000

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Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer / MCSD
- posted by RickStooker @ 5:44 AM