Appendix D. Overview of the Certification Process | MCAD/MCSD Training Guide (70-310): Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Visual Basic(R) .NET and the .NET Framework

Certification Requirements

The following sections describe the certification requirements for the various types of Microsoft certification.

NOTE

Discontinued Exams An asterisk following an exam in any of the following lists means that it is slated for retirement.

How to Become an MCP

Passing any Microsoft exam (with the exception of exam 70-058, "Networking Essentials") is all you need to do to become certified as an MCP.

How to Become an MCSA

You must pass three core exams and one elective exam to become an MCSA. The following sections show both the core requirements and the electives you can take to earn this certification.

MCSA Core Exams

You must pass three core exams from the following list to earn credit toward the MCSA certification:

70-210, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional"

or

70-270, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
70-215, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Server"

or

70-275, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows .NET Server"
70-218, "Managing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Environment"

or

70-278, "Managing a Microsoft Windows .NET Server Network Environment"

MCSA Elective Exams

You must pass any one of the exams from the following list of electives exams to earn credit toward the MCSA certification:

70-028, "Administering Microsoft SQL Server 7.0"
70-081, "Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5"*
70-086, "Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0"
70-088, "Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0"*
70-214, "Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network"
70-216, "Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure"
70-224, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server"
70-227, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-228, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-244, "Supporting and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Network"
The CompTIA exam "A+" and "Network+"
The CompTIA exams "A+" and "Server+"

The MCSA is the first Microsoft certification to recognize some third-party certification exams as electives.

Two particular combinations of exams from CompTIA qualify as MCSA elective exams.

How to Become an MCSE

You must pass five core exams (four operating system exams and one design exam) and two elective exams to become an MCSE on Windows 2000.

The following sections show the core requirements and the electives that you can take to earn MCSE certification.

MCSE Operating System Exams

You must pass these four core requirements to earn credit toward the MCSE certification:

70-210, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional"

or

70-270, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional"
70-215, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Server"

or

70-275, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows .NET Server"
70-216, "Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure"

or

70-276, "Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows .NET Server Network Infrastructure"
70-217, "Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure"

or

70-277, "Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows .NET Server Directory Services Infrastructure"

MCSE Design Exams

You must pass one of the design electives on this list to earn credit toward the MCSE certification:

70-219, "Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure"
70-220, "Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network"
70-221, "Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure"
70-226, "Designing Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Technologies"

MCSE Elective Exams

You must pass two of the following elective exams to earn credit toward the MCSE certification:

70-019, "Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0"
70-028, "Administering Microsoft SQL Server 7.0"
70-029, "Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0"
70-056, "Implementing and Supporting Web Sites Using Microsoft Site Server 3.0"*
70-080, "Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 by Using the Microsoft Internet Explorer Administration Kit"*
70-081, "Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5"*
70-085, "Implementing and Supporting Microsoft SNA Server 4.0"*
70-086, "Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Systems Management Server 2.0"
70-088, "Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Proxy Server 2.0"*
70-214, "Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network"
70-218, "Managing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Environment"
70-219, "Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure"
70-220, "Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network"
70-221, "Designing a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure"
70-222, "Migrating from Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 to Microsoft Windows 2000"
70-223, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Clustering Services by Using Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server"
70-224, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server"
70-225, "Designing and Deploying a Messaging Infrastructure with Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server"
70-226, "Designing Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Technologies"
70-227, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-228, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-229, "Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-230, "Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-232, "Implementing and Maintaining Highly Available Web Solutions with Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Technologies and Microsoft Application Center 2000"
70-234, "Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000"
70-244, "Supporting and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Network"

You cannot count the same exam as both a core exam and an elective exam to obtain MCSE certification.

How to Become an MCAD

You must pass two core exams and one elective exam to earn MCAD certification.

The following sections show the core requirements and the electives that you can take to earn MCAD certification.

MCAD Core Exams

You must pass two of the following core exams to earn credit toward the MCAD certification:

70-305, "Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"

or

70-306, "Developing and Implementing Windows-Based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"

or

70-315, "Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"

or

70-316, "Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET"
70-310, "Designing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework"

or

70-320, "Designing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework"

MCAD Elective Exams

You must pass one of the following elective exams to earn credit toward the MCAD certification:

70-229, "Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-230, "Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-234, "Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000"

You may also count as elective one of the four core exams 70-305, 70-306, 70-315, and 70-316. The elective exam must be from the opposite technology as the exam that you counted as core. For example, if you take the Visual Basic Windows-based Applications exam (70-306) as a core exam, you can take either the Visual Basic Web Applications exam (70-305) or the C# Web Applications exam (70-315) as an elective.

How to Become an MCSD

There are two different tracks for the MCSD certification. The new track is for the MCSD for Microsoft .NET certification, and the old track covers the previous versions of Microsoft technologies. The requirements for both tracks are listed in the following sections.

The MCSD for Microsoft .NET Track

For the MCSD for Microsoft .NET certification, you must pass four core exams and one elective exam. Both the core and elective exams are listed in the following sections.

MCSD for Microsoft .NET Track Core Exams

You must pass four of the following core exams to earn credit toward the MCSD for Microsoft .NET certification:

70-305, "Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"

or

70-315, "Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"
70-306, "Developing and Implementing Windows-Based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"

or

70-316, "Developing and Implementing Windows-Based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"
70-310, "Designing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework"

or

70-320, "Designing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework"
70-300, "Analyzing Requirements and Defining .NET Solution Architectures"

MCSD for Microsoft .NET Track Elective Exams

You must pass one of the following elective exams to earn credit toward the MCSD for Microsoft .NET certification:

70-229, "Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-230, "Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-234, "Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000"

The MCSD Old Track

For the old track for MCSD certification, you must pass three core exams and one elective exam. Both the core and elective exams are listed in the following sections.

MCSD Old Track Core Exams

You must pass three of the following core exams to earn credit toward the MCSD certification:

70-016, "Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0"

or

70-156, "Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0"

or

70-176, "Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0"
70-015, "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0"

or

70-155, "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0"

or

70-175, "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0"
70-100, "Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures"

MCSD Old Track Elective Exams

You must pass one of the following elective exams to earn credit toward the MCSD certification:

70-015, "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0"
70-016, "Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0"
70-019, "Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0"
70-029, "Implementing a Database Design on Microsoft SQL Server 7.0"
70-057, "Designing and Implementing Commerce Solutions with Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition"*
70-091, "Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Office 2000 and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications"*
70-105, "Designing and Implementing Collaborative Solutions with Microsoft Outlook 2000 and Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5"
70-152, "Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0"
70-155, "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0"
70-156, "Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0"
70-175, "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0"
70-176, "Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0"
70-229, "Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-230, "Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-234, "Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000"

To obtain MCSD certification, you cannot count the same exam as both a core exam and an elective exam.

How to Become an MCDBA

You must pass three core exams and one elective exam to earn MCDBA certification.

The following lists show the core requirements and the electives that you can take to earn MCDBA certification.

MCDBA Core Exams

You must pass the following three core exams to earn credit toward the MCDBA certification:

70-028, "Administering SQL Server 7.0"

or

70-228, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-029, "Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0"

or

70-229, "Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition"
70-215, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows 2000 Server"

or

70-275, "Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows .NET Enterprise Server"

MCDBA Elective Exams

You must pass one of these elective exams to earn credit toward the MCDBA certification:

70-015, "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0"
70-019, "Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0"
70-155, "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0"
70-175, "Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0"
70-216, "Implementing and Administering a Microsoft Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure"
70-276, "Implementing and Administering a Microsoft .NET Server Network Infrastructure"
70-305, "Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"
70-306, "Developing and Implementing Windows-Based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"
70-310, "Designing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework"
70-315, "Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET"
70-316, "Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual C# .NET"
70-320, "Designing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework"

How to Become an MCT

To understand the requirements and process for becoming an MCT, you need to obtain the MCT Program Guide document from the following Web site:

www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcp/mct/guide

The MCT Program Guide explains the four-step process of becoming a MCT. The general steps for the MCT certification are as follows :

Obtain one of the Microsoft premier certifications: MCSE, MCSD, or MCDBA.
Attend a classroom presentation of a Microsoft course taught by a Microsoft Certified Trainer at a Microsoft Certified Technical Education Center (CTEC).
Demonstrate instructional presentation skills by attending a Train-the-Trainer course or by providing proof of experience in technical training.
Complete the MCT application, which you can fill out on the MCT Web site.

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