Dear Microsoft Certified Professional,

This e-mail is to inform you of Microsoft® Certified Professional (MCP)
exams that will be retired one year from now in June 2004. We are providing
you with this early information so that you can manage your training
schedules and certification plans.

Microsoft is committed to ensuring that MCP certifications are at all times
relevant, valued, and respected credentials that identify skilled and
experienced information technology (IT) professionals and developers. The
MCP program continually monitors current industry trends and makes
appropriate changes to keep Microsoft certification requirements in line
with technology advancements.

As part of this process, Microsoft develops new exams and discontinues
others to ensure that all exams reflect current job roles. Announcements of
exams that are scheduled for discontinuation will be made once a year in
June to MCPs who subscribe to the MCP NewsFlash e-mail. This information
will also be available on the Microsoft Training & Certification Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/...mstoretire.asp.

June 2004 Exam Retirements

The following Exams are scheduled to be discontinued in June 2004:

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

70-028 Administering Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

70-029 Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0

70-100 Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures

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 Distributed 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

For more details about discontinued exams, including current exam
retirements for June 2003, and information on how the discontinuations might
affect your certification, please visit the Microsoft Training &
Certification Web site:

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/...us/retired.asp.

If you have questions or comments about these exam discontinuations, your
certification status, or the MCP program, please contact your nearest
Microsoft Regional Education Service Center:

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/...worldsites.asp.

Microsoft Communities is your launching pad for communicating online with
peers and experts about Microsoft products, technologies, and services:

http://communities.microsoft.com/home/default.asp

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