NinethSense

Visual Basic.NET equivalent of C#’s typeof is GetType and NOT TypeOf

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I know there are people who like to get certified but do now know the process. Here it is:

· You do not need to schedule the exam in advance as there won’t be any crowd when you are ready. If you are lucky, you may be able do the exam same day itself.

· There will be an average of 50-60 multiple choice questions. For some exams there will be simulation questions too

· Price is Rs. 2500/- (50 USD) per exam as of now.

· You will become an MCP if you take at least one exam. You may need to write one or more exams to get MCTS. When the number of exams grow, you will get certified as MCITP, MCPD, MCAD etc.

Here are my suggestions for some exams based on streams. Pick your specific exams from http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/

• New Design/UI (Eg: Ribbon control)
• Silverlight WebPart
• Improvement in browser compatibility
• Improved Central Administration UI
• Edit your pages directly
• Rich Theming
• Visio support
• New SharePoint designer (2010)
• Faster Search

SharePoint 2010 will be available ONLY for 64 bit hardware

Hardware requirements for SharePoint 2010 are:

• 64 bit Hardware
• 64 bit OS (Windows Server 2008)
• 64 bit SQL Server

Not going in to details. Just bulleted points.

• Printing Support
• Improved Databinding
• Out-of-browser applicaitons – Can make the silverlight app make use of system resources
• Improved Media support – Eg: Webcam and Mic
• Introduction of new Controls (eg: RichTextBox)
• MES (Managed Extensibility Framework) support
• User defined context menus
• Access to Clipboard
• Mouse-wheel support
• Interop with COM
• Enhanced DataGrid
• Support for Google Chrome