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From MCAD to MCPD Enterprise Application Developer...

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As I am planning my MCP certification taking plan, it would be good to take the shortest path to get the certifications I want, also can save some money...

I'll discuss cert exams for developer track here, as I am planning to finish developer track exams first and go IT track later, I might cover the IT track exams later or you can just refer to related pages.

For those of you who are starting taking MCP developer track certifications from start, I would suggest that directly take new track certification exams. One would required to only pass 5 exams to get MCPD Enterprise Application Developer.

As I am currently owned MCAD, the short-term goal is to get MCPD Enterprise Applicatin Developer (sort of like MCSD before). The shortest path seems like follows.

For getting MCAD, the following exams are required:

  • (Core) Exam 70–315*: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
  • (Core) Exam 70–316*: Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
  • (Above can electively choose Exam 70-305 and 70-306 if one wants to test using VB.Net)
  • (Core) Exam 70–320*: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# and the Microsoft .NET Framework (Exam 70-310 for using VB.Net)

After MCAD, The shortest path to MCPD Enterprise should be:

  • Exam 70–551: UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD: Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework (get this to become MCPD Web also get MCTS Web Application)
  • Exam 70–552: UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD: Windows Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework (get this to become MCPD Windows also get MCTS Windows Application)
  • Exam 70–529: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Distributed Application Development
  • Exam 70–549: PRO: Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

After above 4 exams, one should become MCPD Enterprise also get all 3 MCTS .NET Framework 2.0 related certificates, till here to finish all of those new developer track cert exams.

As I still like to get the old MCSD, I have to finish those 2 exams:

By the plan above, I can obtain most required developer track certificates. Just plus little more to get an MCITP Database Developer:

  • Exam 70–441: PRO: Designing Database Solutions by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Open License 6.0
  • Exam 70–442: PRO: Designing and Optimizing Data Access by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
  • (Exam 70–431: Already taken above.)

That's pretty about it for my cert taking plan this year, and the next step would be starting taking IT related certifications (MCITPs).

FYI

 

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  • Anonymous
    March 29, 2007
    But, since you want the "old" MCSD.Net, wouldn't it be wiser to do: 70-431 70-300 70-551 70-552 70-554 That way, you don't have to do 70-529 and 70-549, since 70-554 would upgrade your MCSD.Net to MCPD Enterprise. Reference: http://vishaljoshi.blogspot.com/2006_04_01_vishaljoshi_archive.html http://mehranikoo.net/CS/archive/2006/08/03/MCPD_MCTS_ReqsSimplified.aspx /M

  • Anonymous
    March 29, 2007
    Hi MagnusJ: As my priority is to get MCPD first and then get MCSD later if I have time, I made this steps based on the priority. But I think you are right, by taking your steps can reduce 1 exam necessary to take to complete the whole route, which economically saving some money... :p I'll think about it. also thanks for providing useful reference links... :) Rex