The following are some suggested supplemental references to further your retraining effort.
.NET Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/dotnetmag/
Visual Studio Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/vsm/
XML & Web Services Magazine:
http://www.fawcette.com/xmlmag/
The .NET Compact Framework ”Overview:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/device/compactfx.asp
.NET Enterprise Servers Overview:
http://www.microsoft.com/servers/evaluation/overview/
.NET Training Roadmap:
http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/training/roadmap/chart_tabloid.pdf
Microsoft .NET Basics: What Is .NET?:
http://www.microsoft.com/net/defined/
Microsoft .NET Language Partners :
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/partners/language/default.asp
Microsoft Certifications:
http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcp/default.asp
Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN):
http://msdn.microsoft.com/
Microsoft Windows Updates:
http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com/
Visual Studio .NET Professional 60-Day Trial Edition:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/productinfo/trial.asp