Microsoft Certifications

Learn About Development for the Next Generation of Windows Phone

2010-01-27T16:08:15Z

Just when you didn’t think it could get any better, we took it to the next level. At MIX10, learn about developing applications and games for the next generation of Windows phone. We were serious when we said you’d be learning the “future” of development—you really don’t want to miss this. MIX10 favorites Scott Guthrie and Bill Buxton have been announced as keynote speakers at this year’s conference—don’t miss the opportunity to hear from these experts and others on UX, design, Windows phone,...(read more)

Passionate About the Web?

2009-12-08T21:32:00Z

Join us for MIX10, a 3 day event full of inspiration, content, and networking. MIX10 is a 72 hour conversation to learn about Microsoft's web platform and tools such as Windows Mobile, Silverlight, Expression, and ASP.NET. Register by January 15th and receive a $600 discount off your pass and $196 off at Mandalay Bay. Gerry...(read more)

Windows Mobile 6.5, Configuring Beta Exam Invite

2009-11-24T22:42:18Z

Register for Beta Exam 71-579, TS: Windows Mobile® 6.5, Configuring You are invited to take beta exam 71-579, TS: Windows Mobile® 6.5, Configuring. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form. The 71-xxx identifier is used for registering for beta versions of MCP exams, when the exam is released in its final form the 70-xxx identifier is used for registration. By participating in beta exams, you have the opportunity...(read more)

Windows Mobile 6.5 Developer Beta Exam Invite

2009-11-24T22:38:00Z

Register for Beta Exam 71-580, TS: Windows Mobile® 6.5, Application Development You are invited to take beta exam 71-580, TS: Windows Mobile® 6.5, Application Development. If you pass the beta exam, the exam credit will be added to your transcript and you will not need to take the exam in its released form. The 71-xxx identifier is used for registering for beta versions of MCP exams, when the exam is released in its final form the 70-xxx identifier is used for registration. By participating in beta...(read more)

More Developer Training from Channel 9

2009-11-18T00:35:44Z

Sitting here at PDC this week and watching the loooooonnnng line for the Azure hands-on labs. Wow! Not at PDC, or perhaps you are but you don’t think the camera or mouse is worth the wait? Try out the new training from Channel 9 online. On Tuesday, November 17 th , Channel 9 launches 3 additional online training courses created by developers for developers. Channel 9 has always been about giving direct access to the engineers and future technologies from Microsoft. ...(read more)

New Training on Channel 9

2009-11-09T17:11:20Z

Are you trying to find more information to help you prepare for certifications? Perhaps you would like to go a little deeper on some of the technologies. Channel 9 has always been a great go-to place for developers looking for the latest information and now, they’ve added some great training content as well. Today Channel 9 launched three new training courses created by developers for developers. Channel 9 has always been about giving direct access to the engineers and future technologies...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 Exams Update

2009-10-30T15:47:32Z

We are just finishing up week two of intense exam design sessions today. Last week we created the outline for the MCTS Windows and Web exams. Lots of great discussion by a group of excellent subject matter experts for each session. Please know that these people are rock stars and they have your best interest at heart. They fight for what is right and what will make a great exam experience for you and the industry. This week, we are finalizing details on the outline for the...(read more)

Win 7 and VS2010 Training Courses LIVE

2009-10-21T19:23:01Z

Want to learn more on the latest versions of Visual Studio and Windows coming out of Redmond? Do you like how-to videos and hands-on labs? Just got word on some Visual Studio 2010 and Windows 7 training from Channel 9. Check out these resources. Explore Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 with a new training course on Channel 9 The developer evangelists who bring you the 10-4 Show are providing videos and labs for you to get familiar with .NET Framework 4 and Visual Studio 2010. This...(read more)

Dates Set for Visual Studio 2010 Exam Design

2009-08-29T00:01:50Z

October and November will be busy months around here as we start design on the Visual Studio 2010 exams. These sessions will be a little different than what we did for VS2008 as we are working with our Portfolio Design team on a combined effort using our USD 3.0 processes. USD stands for Unified Skills Domain and its main purpose is to ensure alignment across the entire portfolio for exams and training. The sessions create an exam design known as an Object Domain(OD) and a complete portfolio...(read more)

Developer Certification Changes

2009-07-07T21:10:57Z

Early information but at this point, it looks as though there will be two new exams for SharePoint developers coming. An MCTS and an MCPD for Office SharePoint Server. Some of you asked for the MCPD at PDC and I indicated at the time that it would require audience research. The SharePoint folks have provided that and as a result, there will be new exams forthcoming. Unfortunately, it appears as though there always has to be a negative side as well. At this point, unless we...(read more)

Windows vs WPF

2009-06-12T21:10:27Z

Wow, what a lot of feedback on both blogs around the Windows Forms vs WPF debate. All good comments and excellent feedback folks, thanks very much. For those who haven’t read or partaken in the discussions, allow me to provide some background. Our current set of certifications and exams for the developer community contain MCTS exams for Windows Forms and Windows Presentation Foundation. Our MCPD exams currently provide for Windows Developer, Web Developer and Enterprise Developer. ...(read more)

Visual Studio 2010 Exams Are Changing

2009-05-28T21:21:51Z

Well, just a little. After much thought, and then some more, along with discussions with the community, the product groups for Visual Studio and .NET 4, our own internal folks and anyone else who wanted to chime in, we have finally decided on most of the new developer certification plan. Here are the 99% definite exams; MCTS Web Developer MCTS Windows Developer MCTS Connecting to Data (ADO.NET) MCTS WCF MCPD Web Developer MCPD Windows Developer Here are the 50% definite exams; MCTS Workflow MCPD...(read more)

Certification Update and Small Survey

2009-04-14T01:26:11Z

We are almost locked on our Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.0 certification track. Lots of discussions around this internally and a potential change in the landscape. At this point in time, it’s looking like the MCPD track will change and exam 70-536 will not move forward. That means there will not be a prerequisite for the MCTS developer exams. That’s about all I can offer into that picture for the time being. My second reason for posting today is a small survey. ...(read more)

All is Quiet on the Cert Front

2009-03-06T20:55:25Z

Too quiet actually. I know a lot of people are waiting to see what the new cert plan will be for Visual Studio 2010 and .NET 4.0. I can’t tell you yet because we are working on it now. The main reason for this post and the title is more related to a SQL Server exam, 70-433. I know it is no longer in beta which means it’s no longer free but……. If you know of Database Developers who are thinking of certification, give them a little shove that way if you would please. We are looking...(read more)

Exam 70-565 Prep Guide

2009-02-11T19:39:33Z

Some of you are asking about information on what this exam will cover and the prep guides are not updated on the public pages yet. In the meantime, I have posted the prep guide information here. Target Audience Candidates for this exam work on a team in a development environment that uses Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET 2008 and the .NET Framework 3.5 to build enterprise applications. Candidates should have at least one to two years of experience developing enterprise applications by using...(read more)