Hi Bill,
Since you last certified Microsoft has changed the program significantly on two occasions. The first change involved the MCPD and MCTS certifications. The MCTS exams focused on the implementation details of features while the MCPD exams asked you to
choose the correct technologies based upon a business scenario. You can still take the exams for the Visual Studio 2010 products through next July.
The most recent change just recently took effect. For developers, you can earn a Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD) certification for the Windows track (in either C# of HTML5/JavaScript, no VB.NET) or the Web track. This is not the "same" MCSD
as before. The certification requires some knowledge of related technologies (basic SQL queries, Azure, WCF, Skydrive, etc.) It also will require re-certification because technologies in use will change. For example, you can expect SkyDrive and Azure to gain
importance over the next few years.
The new exams are outlined here:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-vstudio.aspx.
www.Microsoft.com/Learning is the official channel to learn about Microsoft certifications. Plese let me know if you have additonal questions, and welcome back!
Mike
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