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Hi,
I am looking for a bit of advise on which MS courses to take.
I have been working as developer for 12 years, mainly Delphi, 3 years
ago I started using Visual Studio 2005 and C#, I have developed a couple of
CF .NET Windows Mobile apps, and several other small full .NET apps. I have
also used SQL Server 2000 and 2005 (and Express) created database, queries,
stored procs etc. All has been self taught. I have the opportunity to do
several courses and I wanted some recommendations / info on the following:-

1) SQL courses, main thing is I want to improve my knowledge here as I feel
its limited, I have looked at course
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-431.mspx
as a starting point. what would I need to get a MCITP or MCPD?

2) Winforms C#, I feel confident writing apps but would like a course to
make sure I'm doing things "right", and a formal qualification would be
useful. What about these
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-536.mspx
or
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-526.mspx


3) ASP .NET / C# Webforms, I haven't done any ASP, (some PHP and mySQL). I
want to get started in this area, but not sure where to start (well I am
going to try writing a site myself but I want to get qualification too).
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-528.mspx

4) Still a bit unsure about all the Certifications! seen this
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mc...n/default.mspx but still not sure
of the difference between "Microsoft Certified IT Professional" and
"Microsoft Certified Professional Developer" I think I should be looking at
one or more of these qualifications?

5) Will the upcoming 2008 version make a difference to what I should do?

Sorry a lot of questions, thanks in advance!

Tom