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Microsoft Certification Step-By-Step Road Map for .NET Development, SQL 2008 Server, Team Foundation and Sharepoint

by Fred Mastro 6. January 2010 22:13

I’ve put together, from the Microsoft Site a Step-By-Step plan for getting certifications by Microsoft in the areas of .Net 3.5 Development, Team Foundation Server, Sharepoint and SQL 2008.

I’ve listed in order that you need to study and take exams that makes the most sense. The links go back to the Microsoft site Training/Certification pages.  This list is to make it easy.  Just follow it down and you study the book or e-learning class, then you take the listed exam and you get the listed certification.

Step Order

Study Press Book or E-Learning

Take This Exam

Get This Certification
 

.NET 3.5 Development Track (See Notes for 2.0 Track)

    

1

Microsoft Press Book

· MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-536):
Microsoft .NET Framework--Application Development Foundation,
Second Edition

Microsoft E-Learning

· 5161AE: Advanced development with the Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 Foundation (16 Hours)

· 5160AE: Core development with the Microsoft .NET
Framework 2.0 Foundation (14 Hours)

Exam 70-536

  

2

Microsoft Press Book

· MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-562):
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - ASP.NET

Microsoft E-Learning

· 6463AE: Visual Studio 2008: ASP.NET 3.5 (20 Hours)

Exam 70-562

MCTS: .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Applications

3

Classroom Training

· 01: Learning Plan for Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications
Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (Exam 70-564) (1 Forms)

Exam 70-564

MCPD: ASP.NET Developer 3.5 on Visual Studio 2008

Note: 2.0 Track

Since the previous exam has no book at this time, you can also take the .NET 2.0 Track Instead take Exam, Exam 70-528 and Exam 70-547 instead for 2.0 Certification.

 

MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0, ASP.NET Applications
AND
MCPD: Web Developer on Visual Studio 2005

4

Microsoft Press Book

· MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-505):
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 -- Windows Forms Application Development

· MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-526):
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Windows-Based Client Development

Microsoft E-Learning

· 2546AE: Core Windows Client Development with
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (18 Hours)

· 2542AE: Advanced Data Access with
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (12 Hours)

· 2547AE: Advanced Windows Client Programming with
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (12 Hours)

· 2541AE: Core Data Access with
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 (16 Hours)

Exam 70-505

  

5

Classroom Training

· 001: Learning Plan for Designing and Developing Windows
Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (Exam 70-563) (1 Forms)

Exam 70-563

MCPD: Windows Developer 3.5 on Visual Studio 2008

Note: 2.0 Track

Since the previous exam has no book at this time, you can also take the .NET 2.0 Track Instead take Exam, Exam 70-526 and Exam 70-548 instead for 2.0 Certification.

  

MCPD: Windows Developer on Visual Studio 2005

6

Microsoft Press Book

· MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-561):
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - ADO.NET

Microsoft E-Learning

· 6464AE: Visual Studio 2008: ADO.NET 3.5 (20 Hours)

Exam 70-561

  

7

Microsoft Press Book

· MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-503):
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.0—Windows Communication Foundation

Microsoft E-Learning

· 6461AE: Visual Studio 2008:
Windows Communication Foundation (20 Hours)

Exam 70-503

  

8

Classroom Training

· 01: Learning Plan for Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications
Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 (Exam 70-565) (1 Forms)

Exam 70-565

MCPD: Enterprise Application Developer 3.5 on Visual Studio 2008

Note: 2.0 Track

Since the previous exam has no book at this time, you can also take the .NET 2.0 Track Instead take Exam ,Exam 70-529 and Exam 70-549 instead for 2.0 Certification.

  

MCPD: Enterprise Application Developer on Visual Studio 2005
 

SharePoint Certifications

    

9

Microsoft Press Books

· The Microsoft SharePoint Step by Step Kit:
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 Step by Step
and Microsoft Office SharePoint Designer 2007

Microsoft E-Learning

· 5403AE: MCTS (Exam 70-631):
Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0, Configuring (12 Hours)

Exam 70-631

MCTS: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Configuration

10

Microsoft Press Books

Inside Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

Microsoft E-Learning

· 5404AE: MCTS (Exam 70-630):
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Configuring (12 Hours)

· 3376AE: Implementing Enterprise Search Using
Sharepoint Technologies (8 Hours)

Exam 70-630

MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Configuration

11

Microsoft E-Learning

· 5392AE: Developing and Extending Microsoft Windows SharePoint
Services 3.0 with Visual Studio 2005 (12 Hours)

· 5385AE: Developing Solutions with Microsoft Windows SharePoint
Services 3.0 and Visual Studio 2005 (12 Hours)

Exam 70-541

MCTS: Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 – Application Development

12

Microsoft E-Learning

· 6071AE: Developing Solutions with Microsoft Office SharePoint
Server 2007 and Visual Studio 2005 (12 Hours)

Exam 70-542

MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Application Development
 

Team Foundation Server Certification

    

13

Classroom Training

· 6215A: Implementing and Administering
Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 Team Foundation Server (2 Days)

Exam 70-510

MCTS: Microsoft Team Foundation Server: Configuration and Development
 

SQL 2008 Certifications

    

14

Microsoft E-Learning

· 6369AE: Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2008 (16 Hours)

· 2778CE: MCTS (Exam 70-433): TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development (18 Hours)

Microsoft Press Books

· MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-432):
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - Implementation and Maintenance

Exam 70-432

MCTS: SQL Server 2008, Implementation and Maintenance

15

Classroom Training

· 01: Learning Plan for Designing, Optimizing and Maintaining a
Database Server Infrastructure
using SQL Server 2008 (Exam 70-450) (1 Forms)

Exam 70-450

MCITP: Database Administrator 2008

16

Microsoft E-Learning

· 2778CE: MCTS (Exam 70-433): TS: Microsoft SQL
Server 2008, Database Development (18 Hours)

Microsoft Press Books

· MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-433):
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 - Database Development

Exam 70-433

MCTS: SQL Server 2008, Database Development

17

Classroom Training

· 01: Learning Plan for Designing Database Solutions and Data
Access using SQL Server 2008 (Exam 70-451) (1 Forms)

Exam 70-451

MCITP: Database Developer 2008

18

Microsoft Press Books

· MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-448):
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 -
Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance

Exam 70-448

MCTS: SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance

19

Microsoft Press Books

· Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Reporting Services Step by Step

· Microsoft SQL Server 2008 MDX Step by Step

Exam 70-452

MCITP: Business Intelligence Developer 2008

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A Certified MCSE (NT4 & 2k), MCDBA (2k), A+, CCA, with over 10 years of experience with Windows Networking and Development. Developing mainly in ASP.NET, VB.NET and T-SQL. Also develops in Objective-C (iPhone), XAML (SilverLight & WPF), C#, "Classic" ASP 3.0, ADSI,  VBscript, WScript.

Non-technical hobbies include other areas such as Movie watching (action, epic, comedy, some romantic comedy, well everything), Reading (Science Fiction, Fantasy, Detective and Programming categories), Film Editing, Directing with Special effects (using Adobe Premiere and Adobe After Effects), Dungeons & Dragons (D&D 4th Edition), Auto-Cross Racing & Cars (BMW M3, MazdaSpeed's), Motorcycles (Honda CBR 600), TV Shows (Flight of the Conchords, Lie To Me, Dollhouse, BattleStar Galatica, Smallville, Alias), Music (Akon, Billy Joel, Micheal Bublé, Bid Daddy Weave, T-Pain, Barlow Girl, Notorious B.I.G and more, love all types of music), and Religion (Christianity, debating and prophecies).


Web Tools - QuickLinks

Web tools I use more then others. Some of these are on my Link Collections page, but this made it easier for me to go to my site and click a tool.

  1. Telerik Code Converter (C# to VB/VB to C#)
  2. Lorem Ipsum - Dummy Text for Prototype Apps
  3. Web Color Values
  4. Open Source Icons

 

Highlights

  • Some websites I've worked on. This is a small collection of sites I've developed or added to awhile back.
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  • Revenge Movie Trailer. Trailer I made with Adobe Premiere and After Effects. Jason Christman is the main star and I'm the director behind the camera.
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  • Essential Software For your Mac. - I'm a Microsoft geek, but I've switched over to Mac. There was a lot of stuff I needed to get installed that I missed on my Windows machine. Also I had no idea how to do it :p Here's some help.
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  • Speed Football. I wanted to make a special effect like the Smallville or Superman running fast. All the other ones I've seen, the person in the frame was the only moving object while everything else was blurred. I wanted to create the effect but interact with another normal moving object.
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  • Code Snippets and Quickies. Sometims I find something or develop something that I think is useful and it can be copied and pasted anywhere for someone to use. Here's a collection of things I've posted on.
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    Books I've Read or Reading