Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

re: Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

Gerry O'Brien — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:42:53 GMT

Hi Jason,

You beat me to it. I am about to make an announcement on the beta exams for VS2010.

They should be available in the March time frame but I need to lock on the dates first.

Expect a post today or tommorrow.

Gerry

re: Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

Jason Mitchell — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 14:55:40 GMT

Hi Gerry, when will the new exams for WCF be available?

Regards,

Jason Mitchell

re: Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

Gerry O'Brien — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:26:20 GMT

Hi Steve,

I'm not certain where your local testing centers are getting their information from but it is unfortunately incorrect.

We will not be offering an upgrade path directly from .NET 2.0 to .NET 4. We don't upgrade across two versions due to the complexity involved in providing an adequate upgrade exam that covers the technology changes.

You will need to upgrade to 3.5 first, then to 4.

Gerry

re: Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

Steve Green — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:06:06 GMT

Will it be possible to upgrade from 2.0 to 4? There has never been any study material released for 70-567 and for the longest time now the local certification centers have been maintaining this is because Microsoft will be offering a 2.0 to 4.0 exam, has this whole upgrade path been abandoned now?

re: Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

Gerry O'Brien — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 16:23:39 GMT

Hi Peter,

If you hold the MCPD Enterprise Developer 3.5 cert, you will be able to upgrade to either the Web or Windows MCPD for .NET 4.

Nothing special required, just take the appropriate upgrade exam.

You will likely be better positioned to pass the exams as well because of the coverage on WCF and ADO that will on these upgrades.

Gerry

re: Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

Peter Moss — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 05:18:12 GMT

Gerry,

Since there won't be MCPD Enterprise 4.0, would

there be an upgrade from MCPD EAD 3.5 to MCPD Windows or MCPD Web 4.0?

I'm also on MCPD EAD 3.5 track and I'm just wondering

if maybe I should just complete Windows and Web 3.5 MCPDs so that I can upgrade them to 4.0 when the time comes.

Thank you,

Peter

re: Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

Gerry O'Brien — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:36:35 GMT

Hi Jason,

Nothing will happen to the MCPD Enterprise 3.5 in the near future. When Microsoft ends support for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET 3.5, we will retire the exams accordingly but that's a long way out yet.

There won't be an upgrade path at this time for an Enterprise cert on .NET 4 because there is no exam or cert for that in 4.

No reason for you to not continue and complete the enterprise cert on 3.5 though. It's still valid and relevant.

Gerry

re: Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

Gerry O'Brien — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 16:33:00 GMT

Hi Sergey,

Monitor this blog and I will post announcements when the beta exams are available along with the codes for registering.

Gerry

re: Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

Jason — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 03:19:42 GMT

Gerry,

What will happen then to MCPD Enterprise 3.5 certs? I've been on a certification path for the 3.5 Enterprise cert but now I'm questioning whether or not that's a good idea if there won't be an upgrade path. Recommendations?

Thanks,

Jason

re: Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

Sergey — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 21:41:53 GMT

Hi Gerry,

How to get on the beta testing?