Path to MCPD Certification Revised!

Whoa was I off... In one of my previous postings I outlined the steps to achieving an MCPD in Enterprise Applications. While legitimate, it is leveraging exams that focus on .NET 1.1 and are not part of the "new" stream of MCP exams. If you actually read the page for the MCPD requirements (as I apparently did not) it indicates that for individuals with no previous certifications, it really takes 5 exams (see plan below). This new path cannot, sadly, leverage my MCTS in BizTalk Server and does not have any intermediate certifications besides a .NET MCTS, but it only takes 5 exams rather than the 7 I had outlined before.

Exam	Certification Awarded
70-536
70-528	MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications
70-526	MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Windows Applications
70-553	MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Applications
70-549	MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer

If you like, you can also get the specific MCPD after each of the MCTS if you don't intend on going as far as the MCPD Enterprise Applications.

Certification requirements:

• MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Applications
  http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/distapps/default.mspx
• MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Windows Applications
  http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/winapps/default.mspx
  
• MCTS: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications
  http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/webapps/default.mspx
  
• MCPD: Enterprise Applications Developer Requirements
  http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcpd/entapp/default.mspx