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Audience
The MCSD Certification is appropriate for software engineers, software applications engineers, software developers, and technical consultants, to name a few.

Prerequisites
You should be comfortable using Microsoft Office and Microsoft BackOffice and have two years of hands-on experience in development-related areas.

Acquired Skills
By passing your MCSD Certification exam, you are certified to analyze business requirements and, based on your analysis, to design, develop, and maintain leading-edge business solutions with Microsoft development tools, technologies, platforms, and the Windows DNA architecture. You can develop applications such as desktop and multi-user, Web-based, N-tier, and transaction-based applications.

Requirements
Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) for Microsoft .NET candidates are required to pass four core exams and one elective exam. The core technology exams test your competency with solution architecture, desktop applications development, and distributed applications development. The elective exam tests your expertise with Microsoft development tools.

For more information on the MCSD credential go to www.microsoft.com/mcsd.