Microsoft Certified Professional Program

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD)

By earning the premier MCSD credential, individuals are demonstrating that they have the skills necessary to lead organizations in the successful design, implementation, and administration of business solutions with Microsoft products.

Candidates for this Certification should have substantial knowledge of the functionality of both Microsoft Office and Microsoft BackOffice® applications, as well as at least two years of experience in the following areas:

  • Analyzing customer needs and creating requirement specification documents for client/server solutions in multiple business domains.
  • Process modeling, data modeling, component design, and user interface design.
  • Designing, developing, and implementing a client/server solution.
  • Integrating new systems and applications into legacy environments.
  • Developing Windows-based and Web applications.

The MCSD Certification Is Appropriate for:

  • Software engineers
  • Software applications engineers
  • Software developers
  • Technical consultants

MCSD Preparation Materials

Course Technology currently offer the following materials that will prepare individuals to pass the MCSD Exam.

MCSD exam Course Technology title

Exam 70-306: Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET


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