Hi All!
To follow up Vlad Catrinescu’s recent shout outs on the new info/rumours concerning the SharePoint 2013 MCSD Certification, here are the topics that most probably will be covered in the 70-488 and 70-489 exams. Up till now only the exam numbers have been publicized, so please note the new names as well:
70-488: Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions
- Planning and Designing SharePoint Sites
- Implementing Authorization and Authentication
- Accessing and Managing Data
- Implementing SharePoint Solutions
- Implementing User Experience and Information Architecture
- Creating Business Processes
- Creating Office Apps
70-489: Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions
-Managing SharePoint Solutions, BI, and Systems Integration Designing and Implementing Search
-Implementing Managed Metadata Service (MMS)
-Implementing BCS
-Implementing User Profiles and Customizing Social Workload
-Implementing ECM and WCM
-Performance and Troubleshooting
We already know that the other 2 exams that sum up the 2013 MCSD certification are 70-480 Programming in HTML 5 with JavaScript and CSS3, and 70-486 Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications. So to the aspiring candidates: there’s no need to wait for the SharePoint specific ones, because you need a considerable amount of time to prepare for these 2 as well: For the 70-480, please feel free to try out my own study guide here.