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Link: MCAD, MCSD, SQL 2000 Exams Scheduled for Retirement

April 11, 2008 07:52 by Ryan Garaygay

Taken from Exams To Retire Page from Microsoft:

The Microsoft policy for exam retirement is modeled on the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy for technology releases. In accordance with this policy, Microsoft Learning will retire 12 exams on March 31, 2009. These exams focus on technologies that are no longer included in Microsoft mainstream support. The exams are currently required to achieve Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), and Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) certifications.

•	Learn more about the Microsoft Support Lifecycle Policy
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Developer exams that retire on March 31, 2009

•	Exam 70-300: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
•	Exam 70-301: Managing, Organizing, and Delivering IT Projects by Using Microsoft Solutions Framework 3.0
•	Exam 70-305: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
•	Exam 70-306: Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
•	Exam 70-310: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework
•	Exam 70-315: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
•	Exam 70-316: Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
•	Exam 70-320: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# and the Microsoft .NET Framework
•	Exam 70-330: Implementing Security for Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
•	Exam 70-340: Implementing Security for Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET

Microsoft SQL Server exams that retire on March 31, 2009

•	Exam 70-228: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
•	Exam 70-229: Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition

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Comments

May 28. 2008 07:30

balak ko pa naman kumuha ng certification! ano na kaya ang magandang unang kunin na exam?

MacDo

May 28. 2008 08:48

Not a problem, the newer certifications are still there of course.

Check out this link for Certifications Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/default.mspx

It's really up to you on which tracks and technology you're familiar with and start with the MCTS certifications.

If you're working with VS2008 already, it would be good to prepare for .NET 3.5 certifications (which are still in beta) or if you're working more on VS2005 and .NET 2.0 then if you study for 2.0 you can definitely still use them for .NET 3.5 certification with a few extra information.

You can also try the ongoing beta exams for ASP.NET and ADO.NET 3.5 since it's for free anyway. You can review and if you don't really expect to pass it, at least you get to be familiar with how the exams go.

Ryan Garaygay

August 6. 2009 19:50