News
Developer, DBA Exams to Be Decommissioned June 2004
Microsoft plans to retire 11 exams next year, with the majority affecting the MCSD and MCDBA tracks.
Microsoft announced on its Web site that it's retiring 11 exams, many
of which are key exams for the MCSD and MCDBA on SQL 2000 titles (see
table below for list of exams and affected certifications).
As has been its policy, Microsoft typically announces exam retirements
once a year, in June, and pulls the exam off the market the following
year. As has also been the policy since October 2001, the company doesn't
require that titleholders recertify in order to maintain certification
status.
Last year, Microsoft announced retirement of nine elective exams, many
of which were part of the requirements list for the MCSE on Windows NT
4.0 and MCSE on Windows 2000 tracks (see "Exams
Retiring at End of June" in the News archive). Those nine exams
are no longer available as of the end of this month.
Exams
Retiring on
June 30, 2004 |
MCSD |
MCDBA
SQL 2000 |
MCSE
(NT 4.0, Win2K) |
70-015:
Designing, Implementing Distributed Applications with
Visual C++ 6.0 |
C,E |
E |
x |
70-016:
Designing, Implementing Desktop Applications with Visual
C++ 6.0 |
C,E |
x |
x |
70-019:
Designing, Implementing Data Warehouses with SQL Server
7.0 |
E |
E |
E |
70-028:
Administering SQL Server 7.0 |
x |
C |
E(1) |
70-029:
Designing, Implementing Databases with SQL Server 7.0 |
E |
C |
E(1) |
70-100:
Analyzing Requirements, Defining Solution Architectures |
C |
x |
x |
70-152:
Designing, Implementing Web Solutions with Visual InterDev
6.0 |
C(2) |
x |
x |
70-155:
Designing, Implementing Distributed Applications with
Visual FoxPro 6.0 |
C,E |
E |
x |
70-156:
Designing, Implementing Distributed Applications with
Visual FoxPro 6.0 |
C,E |
x |
x |
70-175:
Designing, Implementing Distributed Applications with
Visual Basic 6.0 |
C,E |
E |
x |
70-176:
Designing, Implementing Desktop Applications with Visual
Basic 6.0 |
C,E |
x |
x |
|
|
| Notes: C=core requirement for track; E=elective;
(1) also elective for MCSE+I;
(2) also an elective for MCP+Site
Building. |
For more about Microsoft's exam retirement policy, go to http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcpexams/status/retired.asp.
About the Author
Michael Domingo has held several positions at 1105 Media, and is currently the editor in chief of Visual Studio Magazine.