Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) for Microsoft .NET candidates are required to pass four core exams and one elective exam. The core exams provide a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise in developing and maintaining enterprise applications that are based on Microsoft development tools, technologies, and platforms. The elective exam provides proof of expertise with a specific Microsoft server product.
An MCSD for Microsoft .NET candidate should have two years of experience developing and maintaining solutions and applications.
Core Exams - 4 Exams Required
Elective Exams - 1 Exam Required
Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (M2373)
Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET (M2310)
Programming ADO.NET (M2389)
Programming with C# (M2124)
Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (M2389)
Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (VB.NET) (M2565)
Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (Visual C# .NET) (M2555)
Programming with XML in the Microsoft .NET Framework (M2663)
Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP.NET (M2524)
Building COM+ Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services (M2557)
Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Transact-SQL (M2071)
Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database (M2073)
Deploying and Managing Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 (M2185)
Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET(M2341)
* This exam can count as an Elective if not already used above to satisfy Core Web or Windows Application Development exam requirement.