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Definition:
Microsoft certification is a leading credential which validates your skills and abilities to keep you competitive in today’s changing business environment.

Characteristics:
The new Microsoft certification emphasizes the primary skills to be met for different job positions, focusing on either technical bases or professional skills.

Through this certification, professional skills for a job position are validated in a better way.

This new program provides organizations with a clear form of assessment to decide the best way to apply the skills and certifications in their businesses.

Employers may select in a simpler way candidates for specific job positions..
Benefits:
  • International Recognition.
  • Validation of technical skills.

  • To provide a structure to award leadership skills.
  • To provide effective proof of your skills.
  • To provide competitive support in the labor market.

  • To provide a visible demonstration of the professional commitment to the industry.

  • To provide access to a great vast amount of technical information.

  • To provide tangible benefits (Welcome Kit, secure Web site, logos, transcriptions, career tools, community access, etc).

  • To state which candidate or employee has the develop their careers.

  • To add credibility and differentiation to the resumes contribute to the improvement of the business and be an advantage in the professional career.

  • Certifications help to increase customer satisfaction, get services to a higher level, and help to increase the competitive advantage of your organizations.

  • No, when a new certification is launched, an option is offered to update it through one or several exams, according to the requested certification.
    Exam 70-536

  • MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-536): Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Application Development Foundation

  • Programming Microsoft Visual C# 2005: The Language

  • Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language


  • Exam 70-528

  • MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-528): Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Web-Based Client Development

  • Programming Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 Core Reference

  • Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Core Reference

  • Programming Microsoft Visual C# 2005: The Language

  • Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language


    Exam 70-526

  • MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-526): Microsoft .Net Framework 2.0 Windows-Based Client Development

  • Programming Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0 Core Reference

  • Programming Microsoft Visual C# 2005: The Language

  • Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language


    Exam 70-529

  • MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-529): Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Application Development

  • Programming Microsoft Visual C# 2005: The Language

  • Programming Microsoft Visual Basic 2005: The Language


    Exam 70-547

  • Debugging, Tuning, and Testing Microsoft .NET 2.0 Applications

  • MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-547): Designing and Developing Windows-Based Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

  • Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 2.0 Applications: Advanced Topics



  • Exam 70-548

  • MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-548): Designing and Developing Windows-Based Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

  • CLR via C#: Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming, second edition

  • Debugging, Tuning, and Testing Microsoft .NET 2.0 Applications



  • Exam 70-549

  • MCPD Self-Paced Training Kit (Exams 70-549): Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

  • Debugging, Tuning, and Testing Microsoft .NET 2.0 Applications

  • CLR via C#: Applied Microsoft .NET Framework Programming, second edition



  • Exam 70-441

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Applied Techniques Step by Step

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization

  • Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005



  • Exam 70-442

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization

  • Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005



  • Exam 70-431

  • MCTS Self–Paced Training Kit (Exam 70–431): Implementing and Maintaining Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Applied Techniques Step by Step

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step

  • Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Companion



  • Exam 70-443

  • MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-443): Designing a Database Server Infrastructure by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming

  • Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Companion



  • Exam 70-444

  • MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-444): Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Administration Solution Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming

  • Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Companion



  • Exam 70-447

  • MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-443): Designing a Database Server Infrastructure by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-444): Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Administration Solution Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming

  • Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Administrator's Companion

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Programming



  • Exam 70-446

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying

  • Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Step by Step

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Step by Step



  • Exam 70-445

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Applied Techniques Step by Step

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Database Essentials Step by Step

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services Step by Step

  • Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Analysis Services Step by Step

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: T-SQL Querying

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: The Storage Engine

  • Programming Microsoft SQL Server 2005

  • Inside Microsoft SQL Server 2005: Query Tuning and Optimization
  • Practice Tests:
    On-line Resources:
    • TechNet: Designer for IT professionals, includes instructions, best practices, downloads, technical chats and more.
    • MSDN: Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is a reference for developers, contains sample codes, technical articles, newsgroups, chats and much more.
    • Certification and Entertainment Forums: ethere are forums for all Microsoft certifications allowing for ideas to be exchanged and you can ask questions to other members, including access to more than 750 MVPs worldwide.
    We are currently collecting the existing promotions in the region for certifications. Microsoft is offering the program Microsoft Second Shot.

    The requirements to become a “Microsoft Certified Trainer” are:

    1. Obtain an approved Microsoft Certified Professional (“MCP”) or Microsoft Business Solutions/Microsoft Dynamics card.

    2. Prove your skills to make in executing training presentations.

    3. Obtain an ID from Metrics that Matter.

    4. Submit an application to become an MCT and pay an annual feel.

    If you have any questions about the MCT Certification requirements, contact the Microsoft Service Center in your region

    Requirements to become MCPLS (Microsoft Certified Partners for Learning Solutions)::

    1. To have MS Certified Trainers within your staff (full-time or part-time)

    2. To have the required hardware level and facilities

    3. To plan the scope for the MVR and MTM requirements

    4. Need to have proven investment in the training industry and to beare able to deliver solution-based customized training.
    c. Have proved their skills, which may include assessment of abilities, development of an individual and organizational training plan, instructor-directed training and on-line training (facilitated electronic learning), exam preparation services, and post-learning services which establish ongoing and long-term relationships with the client.

    d. The Business Plan shall also include clear and detailed information on:

    I. Business Approach and Competitive Advantage
    II. Understanding of the opportunity and the Market size in terms of potential earnings with data supporting it.
    III. Sales forecast and information supporting them/ assumptions regarding the sales forecast.
    IV. Marketing/ business strategies and differentiation from marketing/ business strategies vs. competition.

    5. Based on fulfillment of items 1 to 4, Microsoft Caribbean and Central America shall assess the requests and shall decide, in accordance with their merits.
     

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