Tag: certified

Retiring SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 exams

Mainstream product support ends for both SQL Server 2005 and Visual Studio 2005 (.NET 2.0) on April 15, 2011. Mainstream product support for BizTalk Server 2006 and BizTalk Server 2006 R2 end on July 12, 2011. We will be retiring the SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 exams shown below on June 30, 2011. In other words, you won’t be able to take these exams after June 30th.  Continue reading “Retiring SQL Server 2005, Visual Studio 2005, and BizTalk Server 2006 exams”

Microsoft exams, how are they…..

Hi guys,

Check out this learning snack from Microsoft. It shows us how an actual MS exam looks and feels like. If you don’t know how it looks like and it’s your first exam you may be intimidated by it. Check it out and you’ll be fine.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/_silverlight/learningsnacks/certification/snack02/default.html

Register for Visual Studio 2010 Beta Exams

If you pass one of the beta exams, 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 to provide the Microsoft Certification program with feedback about exam content, which is integral to development of exams in their released version. We depend on the contributions of experienced IT professionals and developers as we continually improve exam content and maintain the value of Microsoft certifications. The following exams are a part of this beta offering.

Exam 71-511, TS: Windows Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Exam 71-515, TS: Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Exam 71-513: TS: Windows Communication Foundation Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Exam 71-516: TS: Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Exam 71-518: Pro: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Exam 71-519: Pro: Designing and Developing Web Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 4

Read more about these new beta exams here @ Borntolearn.