Category Archives: Certification

Microsoft Advanced Windows Debugging and Troubleshooting team disclosed the exam preparation information for 70-660 (71-660 while in beta). You’ll find what you need to know at: http://blogs.msdn.com/ntdebugging/pages/exam-preparation-information-for-exam-71-660.aspx Since there currently is no prep material, I’ll recommend some books that I … Continue reading →

Finally an exam for hardcore debuggers Registration begins: July 17, 2008 Beta exam period runs: July 21, 2008– August 5, 2008 Use the following promotional code when registering at Prometric for the exam: WINT Source: Windows Internals Beta Exam 70-660 … Continue reading →

I’m a strong believer that the only way to build really good software is knowing your platform. That’s why since from my early days of software development, I’ve made myself read at least a part of every recommended book about … Continue reading →

During the week end I learned that I passed the "70-503: Windows Communication Foundation" beta exam. Meanwhile, beta exams are still (through May 4th) available for ADO.NET 3.5 and ASP.NET 3.5. 70-561 – beta code = 561B1 70-562 – beta … Continue reading →

Microsoft Learning released the beta exam for WPF 70-502 (71-502 while in beta) and you can schedule it for free at Prometric using the following promo code: 502B1* So prepare yourself and good luck! Here are a couple of good … Continue reading →

As some of you may know, back in September I went to Redmond to help the development of the 70-503 WCF exam. Today I just learned that Microsoft Learning released the beta exam and you can schedule it for free … Continue reading →

I passed two more exams and became: MCSD .NET MCPD Enterprise Applications Developer MCTS SQL Server 2005   MCSD .NET is the top developer’s certification for .NET 1.x and MCPD EAD is the top developer’s certification for .NET 2.0.   … Continue reading →

This week I passed another couple of exams: 70-551 – UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD Web Developer by Using the Microsoft® .NET Framework 70-300 – Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures With 70-551 I became an MCPD Web … Continue reading →

Since the last time I blogged about my certification activities, I passed 70-315, 70-442, 70-549 and 70-552. Passing theses exams, I became MCAD in C#, MCTS Windows Applications and MCPD Windows Developer.      

Testing Centers recently started receiving applications for a new beta exam called "Exam 71-540 Microsoft Windows Mobile 5.0 App Development". More information can be found here.