Description 

The Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) credential is the premium certification for professionals who design and develop custom business solutions with Microsoft development tools, technologies, and platforms. The credential covers job tasks ranging from analyzing business requirements to maintaining solutions.

Audience

The MCSD Certification is appropriate for software engineers, software applications engineers, software developers, and technical consultants, to name a few.

Prerequisites

You should be comfortable using Microsoft Office and Microsoft BackOffice and have two years of hands-on experience in development-related areas.

Certification Track

For more information on the specific courses offered in the MCSD .NET Certification track, please refer to the certification track chart below.

Acquired Skills

By passing your MCSD Certification exam, you are certified to analyze business requirements and, based on your analysis, to design, develop, and maintain leading-edge business solutions with Microsoft development tools, technologies, platforms, and the Windows DNA architecture. You can develop applications such as desktop and multi-user, Web-based, N-tier, and transaction-based applications.

Requirements

You must pass three core exams and one elective exam (which you choose from a fairly extensive list of options). The core technology exams test your competency with solution architecture, desktop applications development, and distributed applications development. The elective exam tests your expertise with Microsoft development tools.

Authorized Centers

New Horizons has the largest network of Microsoft Certified Partner for Learning Solutions (CPLSs) in the computer training industry.

For more information on the MCSD credential go to http://www.microsoft.com/learning/default.mspx.

Learning Path to Microsoft MCSD.NET

		Core Exam: Web Application Development 1 Exam Required:
			Course 2373, Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (5 days)
			Course 2310, Developing Microsoft ASP .NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET (5 days)
		70-305 (using Visual Basic .NET)	Course 2389, Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)
		- OR -
			Course 2124, Programming with C# (5 days)
			Course 2310, Developing Microsoft ASP .NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET (5 days)
		70-315 (using Visual C# .NET)	Course 2389, Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)
		Core Exam: Windows Application Development 1 Exam Required:
			Course 2373, Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (5 days)
			Course 2565: Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (Visual Basic .NET) (5 days)
		70-306 (using Visual Basic .NET)	Course 2389, Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)
		- OR -
			Course 2124, Programming with C# (5 days)
			Course 2555, Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (5 days)
		70-316 (using Visual C# .NET)	Course 2389, Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)
		Core Exam: XML Web Services and Server Components Development 1 Exam Required:
			Course 2524, Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP .NET (3 days)
			Course 2557, Developing Component-Based Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services (5 days)
		70-310 (using Visual Basic .NET)	Course 2389, Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)
		- OR -
			Course 2524, Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP .NET (3 days)
			Course 2557, Developing Component-Based Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services (5 days)
		70-320 (using Visual C# .NET)	Course 2389, Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)
		Core Exam: Solution Architecture 1 Exam Required:
		70-300	Course 2710, Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures (5 days)
		Elective Exams 1 Exam Required:
			Course 2071, Querying MS SQL Server 2000 with T-SQL (2 days)
		70-229	Course 2073, Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database (5 days)
		70-230	Course 2379, Developing and Deploying Microsoft Biztalk Server 2000 Solutions (5 days)