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Hi,

I have a simple questions, I'm looking into getting a MCSD certification, but I don't want to pay tons and tons of money for all the courses. Can I purchase the MS (or other) course books and then just take the exam?

Or is Microsoft REQUIRING you to attend 2 classes in order to take the exam(for each section of this certification). .. I just can't afford to spend $2000 CAD for each course..I would rather just learn from the books, then take the exam for $150 CAD or so.

Thanks!!

Not all MS books will make you pass. You need a the
little read book series, known as the Exam cram series.
So if you taking exam 70-305, just buy [exam cram 70-305]
also you might need books from que publications.

I passed using these books and some transcender cds.

Good luck

Raymond wrote:

> I have a simple questions, I'm looking into getting a MCSD
> certification, but I don't want to pay tons and tons of money for all
> the courses. Can I purchase the MS (or other) course books and then
> just take the exam?

The courses are not required, and most of us didn't take them.

I recommend the Kalani Training Guides for C#, or the Gunderloy
Training Guides for VB.NET.

Eric

Hi Eric,

I am planning to take the MCSD exams.
I have Visual Studio.NET enterprise edition.

In your opinion, do I need to purchase another PC (server) in order to pass the MCSD exams?

"Eric" wrote:

> Raymond wrote:
>
> > I have a simple questions, I'm looking into getting a MCSD
> > certification, but I don't want to pay tons and tons of money for all
> > the courses. Can I purchase the MS (or other) course books and then
> > just take the exam?
>
> The courses are not required, and most of us didn't take them.
>
> I recommend the Kalani Training Guides for C#, or the Gunderloy
> Training Guides for VB.NET.
>
> Eric
>

Glenn Shapiro wrote:

> In your opinion, do I need to purchase another PC (server) in order
> to pass the MCSD exams?

No, this is quite different from the MCSE track.

But even with MCSE, I would use VMware instead of separate physical
computers. This is because I don't like to spend a lot of money, not
because it's the best option.

Most of us use one computer that has WinXP, IIS 5, SQL 2000, and VS
2003. That's all you need.

Eric

I want to clarify - when I say WinXP I am referring to XP Pro. This is
what gives you the option of installing IIS 5.

Eric