| Ying Nip 2002-12-20, 5:23 pm |
| I found this somewhere.
What do you guys think of this?
Ed Tittel
17 Oct 2002, Rating --- (out of 5)
Late last month, Microsoft released objectives for the
last missing piece of its Certified Solution Developer
(MCSD) and Microsoft Certified Application Developer
(MCAD) credential: Exam 70-300 "Analyzing Requirements and
Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures." The dates
for the beta version of this exam will run from Nov. 4
through 8 under Exam 71-300.
The "Architecture" exam -- as it's often called in the
Microsoft developer community -- has the reputation of
being one of the most difficult and demanding of all MCP
exams. This reputation derives from the huge body of
information, and the amazing collection of details that
this exam covers. This difficulty rating is reflected in
Microsoft's unabashed recommendation for three instructor-
led classes to help candidates prepare for this exam (One
or two exam recommendations are more typical for most MCP
exams):
o Course 1846: Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF)
Essentials
o Course 2710: Analyzing Requirements and Defining
Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
o Course 2090: Modeling Business Requirements to Create a
Database Using Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise
Architect
Please note that in addition to the courses you'd expect
to see -- namely, 1846 and 2710, both of which touch on
key framework and .NET solution architecture elements --
that 2090 adds a database element along with Microsoft's
key .NET development toolset, Visual Studio .NET.
To the core requirements carried over from 70-300's
predecessor, 70-200--which covers creating solution
concepts and evaluating feasibility, scope and risks,
gathering and analyzing business requirements and
developing specifications --70-300 adds thorough grounding
in and coverage of the .NET framework, key APIs and tools,
and .NET-oriented design and development techniques.
Standards and processes now also include Visual
Studio .NET Enterprise templates and other .NET-specific
design standards, processes, and metrics. If anything,
this takes an already challenging exam and raises the bar
to make sure that MCSDs understand the ins and outs and
design ramifications of the .NET framework and associated
toolsets. Thus, it should be both an interesting and
challenging exam for .NET MCSDs.
Finally, setting beta dates for Nov. 4-8 means the exam
should go live no later than January or February 2003.
Also, the release of the exam objectives and specification
of training courses means that pro-active .NET MCSD
candidates can begin boning up for the "mother of all MCSD
requirements." Those invited to the 70-300 beta may
attain .NET MCSD status by the end of 2002; those not
invited may still attain the .NET MCSD before the end of
the first quarter of 2003.
For IT administrators, the obvious corollary to this
observation is that these dates lend credibility to
speculation that Microsoft Windows .NET Server will indeed
be ready for release early in 2003.
>-----Original Message-----
>I just passed fourth of five required for MCSD.Net exam.
Now I have to wait
>for the last one 70-300. Could anybody who took beta 71-
300 tell me if it's
>similar to the old 70-100?
>Thank you
>Vlad
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