New Microsoft certification - MCPD

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I had a voucher for a free Microsoft certification exam which I got at the MVP summit last year and it was due to expire May 31. So I went to see how can I use it. As you probably know Microsoft has launched new wave of certifications with .NET 2.0 and Visiual Studio 2005 release. So I found out that "Microsoft Certified Professional Developer" series is now my target in this game. I'm MCAD already and in order to upgrade to MCPD I have to take 3 upgrade exams (there is no single MCPD credentials, it's MCPD Web, MCPD Windows and MCPD Enterprise). The problem is that those upgrade exams aren't released yet. Happily I managed not to waste my expiring voucher though. MCPD Windows requires 3 exams and two of them I've already passed in beta form, which actually counts. So last week I took 70-526 exam, "TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Windows-Based Client Development". I don't write much for Windows these days so it wasn't piece of cake. But not a rocket engineering either. I should admit new exams are much more comprehensive and tough. Well, anyway I'm MCPD Windows now.

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I've also written about my experience with the 70-536 exam here "http://blog.cygen.com/index.php/2006/10/23/application-development-foundation-70-536/". You can also follow links from there to the MSDN study guides I've posted.

For those of us studying for the MCPD exam then i suggest giving this site a go:

http://www.accelerated-ideas.com/aiMExamsChoose.aspx

They've got 70-536 with a free pactice and 70-552 (i think). Theres a host of other free practice exams on there for MCSD and MCAD too.

All free, with no pops or ads. Unusual.

cheers
Adam

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