The time is near - the time is near for several Microsoft exams to retire. If you have ever wanted to earn your MCDBA on SQL 2000 - you only have a few short weeks left. On March 31st, 12 Certification Exams are due to retire. These exams focus on technologies no longer included in Microsoft mainstream support, and are requirements for the Microsoft Certified Application Developer (MCAD), Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), and Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA) certifications. To complete these credentials, you must pass all required exams before they retire.
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
You can learn more about this at the Microsoft Learning Born to Learn site: http://blogs.technet.com/mslcommunity/archive/2009/02/25/exams-scheduled-for-discontinuation.aspx
Randy Muller, MCT, MCSE, MCSA, MCDST, is currently an instructor with Global Knowledge, specializing in teaching Certification Boot Camps as well as courses on Exchange, Server 2008 and Office Communications Server.
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