Microsoft Certification in .NET - Visual Studio 2005 & 2008 - MCPD

MCPD - Microsoft Certified Professional Developer

This is the expert level of certification offered by Microsoft for .NET and Visual Studio. There are six different MCPD certifications available in Visual Studio 2005 and 2008 combined together. There are certain prerequisite exams for all these exams, which all are MCTS exams and links for more information about these exams are available in my previous post about MCTS.

Please find the MCPD exams available below:

1. Visual Studio 2005
• MCPD: Web Developer (Prerequisite: Exam 70-536 and Exam 70-528) - Exam 70-547: Designing and Developing Web-Based Applications by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
• MCPD: Windows Developer (Prerequisite: Exam 70-536 and Exam 70-526) - Exam 70-548: Designing and Developing Windows-Based Applications by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
• MCPD: Enterprise Application Developer (Prerequisite: Exam 70-536, Exam 70-526, Exam 70-528 and Exam 70-529) - Exam 70-549: Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 
2. Visual Studio 2008
• MCPD: Windows Developer 3.5 (Prerequisite: Exam 70-536 and Exam 70-505) - Exam 70-563: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
• MCPD: ASP.NET Developer 3.5 (Prerequisite: Exam 70-536 and Exam 70-562) - Exam 70-564: Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
• MCPD: Enterprise Application Developer 3.5 (Prerequisite: Exam 70-536, Exam 70-505, Exam 70-562, Exam 70-561 and Exam 70-503) - Exam 70-565: Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5. This is the most difficult one as of now. Six Exams in a row!!!

More information about these exams you can find at Microsoft Learning Web Site. Wish you all the best in your path of certification.