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...Home ... Editorial ... Columns ..Column Story Saturday: February 8, 2014


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Emmett Dulaney
Emmett Dulaney


 Microsoft To Retire Plethora of Exams in July
Plus, CompTIA CDIA+ beta launches, and "Tech Book of the Week."
by Emmett Dulaney  
11/2/2012 -- It seems as if anyone wanting to run for political office in my home state has to go out of their way to portray themselves as a country bumpkin. No one can make a political ad wearing a suit, but they can't make enough of them driving their pickup trucks with their 1950s "Roadmap to Success" unfolded across the front seat.

In the spirit of that genre, here is a list of more exams than you can shake a stick at that Microsoft has slated for retirement on July 31, 2013: 

Exam Number Exam Title
70-169 TS: Windows Small Business Server 7, Configuring
70-270 Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional
70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
70-291 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
70-293 Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
70-294 Planning, Implementing,  and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
70-297 Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure
70-298 Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network
70-299 Implementing and Administering Security in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network
70-433 TS: Microsoft SQL: Server 2008, Database Development
70-450 PRO: Microsoft SQL: Server 2008, Designing, Optimizing, and Maintaining a Database Administrative Solution
70-451 PRO: Microsoft SQL: Server 2008, Designing and Optimizing Database Solutions
70-452 PRO: Microsoft SQL: Server 2008, Designing a Business Intelligence Solution
70-502 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - Windows Presentation Foundation
70-503 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - Windows Communication Foundation
70-504 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - Workflow
70-505 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Forms Application Development
70-511 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 ,Windows Applications Development
70-513 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0, Windows Communication Foundation Development
70-515 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0, Web Applications Development
70-516 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0, Accessing Data with ADO.NET
70-518 PRO: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
70-519 PRO: Designing and Developing Web Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0
70-521 Upgrade: Transition Your MCPD .NET Framework 3.5 Windows Developer Skills to MCPD .NET 4.0 Windows Application Developer
70-523 Upgrade: Transition Your MCPD .NET Framework 3.5 Web Developer Skills to MCPD .NET 4.0 Web Developer
70-536 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework - Application Development Foundation
70-561 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ADO.NET Application Development
70-562 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development
70-563 PRO: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
70-564 PRO: Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
70-565 PRO: Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
70-571 TS: Microsoft Windows Embedded CE 6.0 Application Development
70-643 TS: Windows Server 2008, Applications Infrastructure, Configuring
70-647 PRO: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator
70-648 Upgrading your MCSA on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist
70-649 Upgrading your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist
70-659 TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Server Virtualization
70-669 TS: Windows Server 2008 R2, Desktop Virtualization
70-679 Windows Server 2008 Hosted Environments, Configuring and Managing
70-690 Windows Server 2008 HPC Environments, Configuring and Managing
70-691 Windows Server 2008 HPC Environments, Developing
70-693 PRO: Windows Server 2008 R2, Virtualization Administrator
70-699 Windows Server 2003, MCSA Security Specialization Skills Update

For more information on retiring exams, go here.

CompTIA CDIA+ Beta
CompTIA launched the latest CDIA+ beta (Certified Document Imaging Architect) on Oct. 16 and it is available only to the first 400 before it will be taken offline for refinement before going live. It is intended for digital information imaging/management solutions professionals with at least 24 months of experience. It is only available at VUE testing centers and there is no charge for the beta, but pass/fail results will not be available until the new exam launches (summer 2013).

If you are interested, use the promo code CDIAENG for the English version, CDIAJP for the Japanese version (when registering only available in Japan). More information on the certification itself can be found here.

Technology Book of the Week: 'A Practical Guide to Linux, 3E'
If Linux administration is a part of your vocation, then you'll appreciated the newly updated third edition of A Practical Guide to Linux Command, Editors, and Shell Programming by Mark G. Sobell. With over 1,100 pages of useful information, the new edition includes coverage of topics missing from the previous, including a chapter on MySQL database management, OpenSSH secure communications utilities, and Python. Several new command-line utilities are now discussed and the bash chapter is the best of any I've read.

Much more of a reference than a number of other titles out there, this isn't the kind of book you'll take with you to read on the train. It is, however, the first one you will reach for when there is a problem with a script file and it is complete enough that it will be the only one you need to find the solution to the problem.


Emmett Dulaney is the author of several books on Linux, Unix and certification. He can be reached at .

 


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