The upgrade exam from MCPD .NET 3.5 Web Developer to .NET 4 Web Developer is now available in Prometric testing centers worldwide (Oct 2010).
In order to take this exam, you should already have passed the MCPD .NET 3.5 Web Developer certification and want to upgrade to version 4 of the .NET framework. The typical candidate for 70-523 has similar experience of web development to that of MCPD Web Developer 3 including:
- ASP .NET
- AJAX
- JavaScript
- MVC2
- Data Access ADO .NET
- WCF (Communication Foundation)
- .NET 4
If you pass exam 70-523 you also earn the following lower level technology specialist certifications:
- MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Web Applications
- MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Service Communication Applications
- MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Data Access
The exam material for 70-523 consists of topics from the following 4 exams:
- Exam 70-511: TS: Windows Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
- Exam 70-515: TS: Web Applications Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
- Exam 70-513: TS: Windows Communication Foundation Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
- Exam 70-516: TS: Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
These cover areas including:
- Windows-based applications that run on corporate servers or user desktop computers.
- Web-based applications that run on the ASP.NET platform and are hosted on Internet Information Server
- Applications that communicate with servers or other applications in a connected or disconnected state.
- Data-driven applications that access data from various sources, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Microsoft Office Access, object data sources, XML, or other flat-file sources.