Retiring Microsoft Exams

[ben_ice]

Since we are coming down to the wire on a slew of exams Microsoft is about to retire, I was wondering if anyone has heard of a possible last minute extension.

Developer exams that retire on March 31, 2009

ò Exam 70-300: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures
 
ò Exam 70-301: Managing, Organizing, and Delivering IT Projects by Using Microsoft Solutions Framework 3.0
 
ò Exam 70-305: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
 
ò Exam 70-306: Developing and Implementing Windows-Based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
 
ò Exam 70-310: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework
 
ò Exam 70-315: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
 
ò Exam 70-316: Developing and Implementing Windows-Based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET
 
ò Exam 70-320: Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# and the Microsoft .NET Framework
 
ò Exam 70-330: Implementing Security for Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET
 
ò Exam 70-340: Implementing Security for Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET
 

Microsoft SQL Server exams that retire on March 31, 2009

ò Exam 70-228: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition
 
ò Exam 70-229: Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Enterprise Edition