Upgrade your certification from MCAD to MCPD
· 2007-01-06 12:17 by Thijs Kroesbergen for Brokenwire.NET
This paper guides you to the MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer certification starting from the “old” MCAD certification
Option 1: First finish MCSD, then upgrade to MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer
Requirements :
Exam 70-300: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
And one of
Exam 70-229: Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
Or
Exam 70–431: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 — Implementation and Maintenance
Then upgrade from MCSD to MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer
Requirements :
Exam 70-553: UPGRADE: MCSD Microsoft .NET Skills to MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework: Part 1
And
Exam 70-554: UPGRADE: MCSD Microsoft .NET Skills to MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework: Part 2
By taking this route, you’ll need to pass 4 exams, and you will have the following certifications:
- MCAD
- MCSD
- MCPD: Enterprise Application Developer
Option 2: Upgrade your MCAD to both MCPD: Windows Developer and MCPD: Web Developer
Requirements:
Exam 70-551: UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD: Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
And
Exam 70-552: UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD: Windows Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
Then finish with MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer
Requirements:
Exam 70-529: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 – Distributed Application Development
And
Exam 70-549: PRO: Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
By taking this route, you’ll need to pass 4 exams, and you will have the following certifications:
- MCAD
- MCPD: Web Developer
- MCPD: Windows Developer
- MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer
If you know which route is the “best”, or if you know a better route then please leave a comment!
Online Resources:
MCAD
MCSD
MCPD: Web Developer
MCPD: Windows Developer
MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer
Nice posts there – thank’s for the interesting information.
— Oleg 2009-10-01 01:01 #
Excellent posts, thank’s.
— Gard 2009-10-01 22:09 #