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Microsoft Certified Solution Developer

The Microsoft Certified Solution Developer credential is the premium certification for professionals who design and develop custom business solutions with Microsoft development tools, technologies, and platforms.

Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) for Microsoft .NET candidates are required to pass four core exams and one elective exam.

Core Exams (4 Exams Required)

Core Exams: Web Application Development (1 Exam Required)	Courses
Exam 70–305 : Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic® .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio® .NET	Course 2310: Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET (5 days) Course 2640: Upgrading Web Development Skills from ASP to Microsoft ASP.NET (3 days) Course 2389: Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)
Exam 70–315: Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C#™ .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET	Course 2310: Developing Microsoft ASP.NET Web Applications Using Visual Studio .NET (5 days) Course 2124: Programming with C# (5 days) Course 2389: Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)

Core Exams: Windows Application Development (1 Exam Required)	Courses
Exam 70–306: Developing and Implementing Windows®-based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET	Course 2565: Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (Visual Basic .NET) (5 days) Course 2373: Programming with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET (5 days) Course 2389: Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)
Exam 70–316: Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET	Course 2555: Developing Microsoft .NET Applications for Windows (Visual C# .NET) (5 days) Course 2124: Programming with C# (5 days) Course 2389: Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)

Core Exams: XML Web Services and Server Components Development (1 Exam Required)	Courses
Exam 70–310 : Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework	Course 2524: Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP.NET (3 days) Course 2557: Building COM+ Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services (5 days) Course 2389: Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)
Exam 70–320 : Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft Visual C# and the Microsoft .NET Framework	Course 2524: Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP.NET (3 days) Course 2557: Building COM+ Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services (5 days) Course 2389: Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET (3 days)

Core Exam: Solution Architecture (1 Exam Required)	Courses
Exam 70–300 : Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures	Course 2710: Analyzing Requirements and Defining Microsoft .NET Solution Architectures (5 days)

Elective Exams (1 Exam Required)

Elective Exams (1 Exam Required)	Courses
Exam 70–229: Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000 Enterprise Edition	Course 2071: Querying Microsoft SQL Server 2000 with Transact-SQL (2 days) Course 2073: Programming a Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Database (5 days)
Exam 70–234: Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000	Course 2185: Deploying and Managing Microsoft Commerce Server 2000 (2 days)