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Exam 70-551: UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework became available May 26, 2006. This is a Professional Developer (PRO) Upgrade Exam for those who have obtained the MCAD certification.

Audience profile

Candidates for this exam work on a team in a medium or large development environment that uses Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer or Visual Studio 2005. Candidates should have a working knowledge of Visual Studio 2005 and a sound knowledge of the new features of ASP.NET 2.0. Candidates should have at least two years of experience developing applications by using the Microsoft .NET Framework.

Candidates should have at least three to four years of on-the-job experience dedicated to Web application development. In most cases, candidates will be full-time developers who develop server-side ASP.NET code that creates the browser-based, client-side interface to an application.

Candidates should have worked in the following phases of the application life cycle:

• Technical envisioning and planning

• Design and development

• Stabilizing and releasing


Candidates should be able to design and develop the Web interface of common business applications, such as:

• Web-based client applications, both intranet and Internet, that may connect to data stores or middle-tier business logic

• Data-oriented applications that provide data entry, data analysis, and reporting capabilities

• Workflow and communication applications

• Inventory and resource planning applications

• Financial and accounting applications

• Applications for the insurance and pharmaceutical industries

• Business-to-business (B2B) applications

• Business-to-customer (B2C) applications

• Company Web sites

• Web-based shopping cart applications

Credit Toward Certification

When you pass Exam 70-551: UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework, you complete the requirements for the following certifications:

• Microsoft Certified Professional Developer: Web Developer

• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 2.0 Web Applications

Code languages

When the exam begins, you can choose the programming language in which the code segments will appear. The available code languages for this exam are:

• Microsoft Visual Basic 2005

• Microsoft Visual C# 2005