Candidates for this exam work on a team in a medium or large development environment that uses Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. Candidates have at least one year of experience developing middle-tier components. Candidates should have a working knowledge of Microsoft Visual Basic .NET.

This certification exam measures your ability to develop and implement middle-tier components, server components, and XML Web services by using Visual Studio .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework.

How to Earn Your MCSD : Visual Basic Developer

MCSD : Visual Basic Candidates

1. Earn your MCSD : Visual Basic Developer by passing the following four core exams:

2. Take the provided MCSD elective exam:

MCSD Certification - Exam 70-310
Course Name	CDs	Labs	Printable Courseware	List Price
Programming with XML in the Microsoft .NET Framework	5 CDs			$495.00
Developing XML Web Services Using Microsoft ASP.NET	6 CDs			$595.00
Building COM+ Applications Using Microsoft .NET Enterprise Services	12 CDs			$595.00
Programming with Microsoft ADO.NET	10 CDs			$895.00
Complete Training Totals:	33 CDs or 1 DVD			Retail Price Sale Price $2580 $745 You Save

This exam is a requirement for the following Certification(s):

MCSD : Visual Basic Developer Certification
MCAD : Visual Basic Developer Certification

Richard Hundhausen -Microsoft Regional Director (MCT, CTT+, MCSD, MCSE, MCDBA)
Richard Hundhausen is the founder of the Idaho Delphi and the Boise Visual Developers User Group (now the Boise Software Developer's Group) . He has been a technical editor and has collaborated on numerous .NET developer study guides for Wiley Gearhead Press, Pinnacle Publishing and New Riders. He has been working in IT for about 20 years, the last 10 as an independent consultant.

Richard is currently a Microsoft Regional Director. He has been the Key Note Speaker and trainer for Microsoft Corp. He presented a series of Windows 2003 Server and .NET 1.1 training seminars for Microsoft Asia. He has also presented Visual Studio .NET and the .NET architecture to academic audiences in Cambridge, MA (MIT, Harvard, and Boston University) and Houston, TX (Rice, University of Houston, University of Texas, Texas A&M).

Scott Anderson - Microsoft Certified Trainer ( MCT, CTT+, MCSD.NET, MCSE, MCDBA, MCSA) 
Scott Anderson of IT Centers, LLC has over 10 years training and consulting experience in the IT industry. He has developed software solutions for Fortune 1000 companies in America and Europe. His client list includes Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Northern New Jersey, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina, CIGNA, Prudential Insurance Company and New York Life Insurance Company. Scott's experience in the IT industry has stemmed from developing solutions from a vendor neutral stance, thereby providing the best possible technology result. Scott instructs MCSD.NET classroom-based Boot Camps and Seminars across the United States.

Steven Borg, Microsoft Certified Trainer, MCSD.NET
Steve has over 14 years of experience creating technical solutions to a variety of civilian and military problems. He has been the primary .NET Solution presenter for Microsoft Academic at MIT, Harvard, University of Houston and several other noted institutes of higher education throughout the United States. Steve has been requested by different courseware development teams at Microsoft to teach the Beta versions of their new courseware. Steve has taught both Microsoft Official Curriculum (MOC) 2310 Introduction to ASP.NET, and MOC 2609 Introduction to Programming with C# to both students and the instructional designers. His recommendations have resulted in numerous changes to improve both Microsoft official curriculums. Steve has also taught the world-wide T-Prep of both .NET courses.