Microsoft visual stdio certification

Overview
It is one of the most popular certification examination paths of Microsoft. These certification exams have category as window application ,web application with c# all the specification can be changed by Microsoft any time .

Announcements
Certification exams specific to Visual Studio 2005 were retired on June 30, 2011. Upgrade exams to transition your skills and certifications from Visual Studio 2005 to Visual Studio 2008 are scheduled to retire on July 31, 2012.

Certification paths
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   With Microsoft Visual Studio 2010, you can create what you can imagine, build on the strengths of your team, and open up new possibilities. New prototyping, modeling, and visual design tools enable you to create innovative applications for Windows and the web. And you can take advantage of new opportunities and capabilities offered by multi-core programming and cloud development tools.
There are two level of certification category which are:

• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS)
• Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD)
  Preparation Methods 

  Exam	Classroom Training	Microsoft Press Books
  Exam 70-511	Course 10262A: Developing Windows Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (5 days)	MCTS: Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-511): Microsoft .NET Framework 4 – Windows Applications Development ISBN: 980735627420
  Exam 70-513	Course 10263A: Developing Windows Communication Foundation Solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (3 days)
  Exam 70-515	Course 10264A: Developing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (5 days)	MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-515): Microsoft .NET Framework 4 – Web Applications Development ISBN: 9780735627406
  Exam 70-516	Course 10265A: Developing Data Access Solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 (5 days)	MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-516): Microsoft .NET Framework 4 – Accessing Data with ADO.NET

  Suggestions :-
  Microsoft certification are practical as well as objective so be careful to take exam . Do a training or go for certification preparation software.  

 

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

    Overview
     Red hat certification are such different type of certification which are   known for there uniqueness in the market of open source linux.It have lot of reason behind that one is it not just a multiple choice exam paper as other exam in IT certification rather than performance based analysis of your skills.

Preparation/Training

Red hat gives a official training which enrolls you in practical understanding and dept learning because it's just not a reading a book and practicing mock exam due to a lot difference in formats of exam. 

Exam Format 

                                                          It is half day training session and a 2.30 hours practical in which you have to perform on machine as given problems in your certification exam. It take a three days to declare result of that exam which you have on your email just because it takes time to evaluate the performance of candidates.

Evaluation of Old Format 

Now a days a big among students is that there is another exam RHCT required to take but according to new format of Rad Hat it replaced by RHCSA , a prerequisite for RHCE ( Red Hat Certified Engineer ) so want to choose that path prepare for that as I always saying it shining in your resume as a star whether you are a fresher or experienced

Important links 

• Certification FAQ
• Past RHCT exam objectives
• Re-certification Policies
• Verify a Certification
• Certification Success Packs
• RHCE Success Stories
• Contact Us
• View past RHCT/RHCE Exam objectives 

Exam Objective
Exam objectives changed time to time I just give some objectives by which you got an idea of exam level and preparation material.

Understand and Use Essential Tools

• Access a shell prompt and issue commands with correct syntax
• Use input-output redirection (>, >>, |, 2>, etc.)
• Use grep and regular expressions to analyze text
• Access remote systems using ssh and VNC
• Log in and switch users in multi-user runlevels
• Archive, compress, unpack and uncompress files using tar, star, gzip, and bzip2
• Create and edit text files
• Create, delete, copy and move files and directories
• Create hard and soft links
• List, set and change standard ugo/rwx permissions
• Locate, read and use system documentation including man, info, and files in /usr/share/doc .
  [Note: Red Hat may use applications during the exam that are not included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux for the purpose of evaluating candidate's abilities to meet this objective.]

Operate Running Systems

• Boot, reboot, and shut down a system normally
• Boot systems into different runlevels manually
• Use single-user mode to gain access to a system
• Identify CPU/memory intensive processes, adjust process priority with renice, and kill processes
• Locate and interpret system log files
• Access a virtual machine's console
• Start and stop virtual machines
• Start, stop and check the status of network services

Configure Local Storage

• List, create, delete and set partition type for primary, extended, and logical partitions
• Create and remove physical volumes, assign physical volumes to volume groups, create and delete logical volumes
• Create and configure LUKS-encrypted partitions and logical volumes to prompt for password and mount a decrypted file system at boot
• Configure systems to mount file systems at boot by Universally Unique ID (UUID) or label
• Add new partitions, logical volumes and swap to a system non-destructively

Create and Configure File Systems

• Create, mount, unmount and use ext2, ext3 and ext4 file systems
• Mount, unmount and use LUKS-encrypted file systems
• Mount and unmount CIFS and NFS network file systems
• Configure systems to mount ext4, LUKS-encrypted and network file systems automatically
• Extend existing unencrypted ext4-formatted logical volumes
• Create and configure set-GID directories for collaboration
• Create and manage Access Control Lists (ACLs)
• Diagnose and correct file permission problems

Deploy, Configure and Maintain Systems

• Configure networking and hostname resolution statically or dynamically
• Schedule tasks using cron
• Configure systems to boot into a specific runlevel automatically
• Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux automatically using Kickstart
• Configure a physical machine to host virtual guests
• Install Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems as virtual guests
• Configure systems to launch virtual machines at boot
• Configure network services to start automatically at boot
• Configure a system to run a default configuration HTTP server
• Configure a system to run a default configuration FTP server
• Install and update software packages from Red Hat Network, a remote repository, or from the local filesystem
• Update the kernel package appropriately to ensure a bootable system
• Modify the system bootloader
• Configure a system to run a default configuration NTP server and synchronize time using other NTP peers

Manage Users and Groups

• Create, delete, and modify local user accounts
• Change passwords and adjust password aging for local user accounts
• Create, delete and modify local groups and group memberships
• Configure a system to use an existing LDAP directory service for user and group information

Manage Security

• Configure firewall settings using system-config-firewall or iptables
• Set enforcing and permissive modes for SELinux
• List and identify SELinux file and process context
• Restore default file contexts
• Use boolean settings to modify system SELinux settings
• Diagnose and address routine SELinux policy violations 

Books for preparation

Microsoft Office Specialist

Overview

If you not know the simple policies of Microsoft certification then i suggest you to go on first Wikipedia 
page of Microsoft certification
Microsoft certifications
In day today professional life all of us using that Microsoft office for document purpose but few of them are thinking about certification of that.

Who benefited from that certification 
1.It beneficial for both technical and non technical person in their career. It added a extra value to your resume , to your career and to your dreams.
2. You can add that logo as shown above to you resume and say your self a office specialist .
3. students from every field like commerce ,science, technology .Not think it as small because if you certified your skills takes in market as legalized

Think before take
It is not as simple as you are using a Microsoft office at your home because it requires each & every component of office with well practiced so be care-full.
A simple method as I take always search for blogs of experience person who cleared such exam then prepared for it.

List of exam Office 2010

Certification	Exam number
MOS: Microsoft Office Word 2010	Exam 77-881
MOS: Microsoft Office Word 2010 Expert	Exam 77-887
MOS: Microsoft Office Excel 2010	Exam 77-882
MOS: Microsoft Office Excel 2010 Expert	Exam 77-888
MOS: Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2010	Exam 77-883
MOS: Microsoft Office Outlook 2010	Exam 77-884
MOS: Microsoft Office Access 2010	Exam 77-885
MOS: Microsoft SharePoint 2010	Exam 77-886
MOS: Microsoft Office OneNote 2010	Exam 77-853*               * exam in development

some important links

Microsoft office
Ucertify
Master certifiaction
FAQ's

Certified associate in Project Managment Certification

  Overview
  
PMI’s Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM)^® is a valuable entry-level certification for project practitioners. Designed for those with little or no project experience, the CAPM^® demonstrates your understanding of the fundamental knowledge, terminology and processes of effective project management.
Whether you’re a student, new to project management, changing careers, or already serving as a subject matter expert on project teams, the CAPM can get your career on the right path or take it to the next level.

CAPM Requirements 
To apply for the CAPM, you need to have:

• A secondary diploma (high school or the global equivalent)
  
  AND
• At least 1,500 hours experience

        OR

• 23 hours of project management education by the time you sit for the exam.

Important Links  
A full Guide to instruct you for Certification download

CAPM Handbook

Application Form

CAPM Printable Application Forms

Who should choose that certification

Those who want to be a project manager or related to Management career in IT field. A suggestion ,to take experience first then apply for certification ,it benefited you a more. For more details go on link

PMI Certification

Comptia A+

Overview

 In the world of Networking , if you want career in the field of Networking then a certification of Comptia A+ with life time credibility unless cisco certification. In the list of certification of Comptia Its on first and all other like N+,Security+ are required to have a A+ certification.

Benifits 

# Certification have life time validity unless CCNA .

#  In the range of certification have very good creditability.

# The CompTIA A+ certification is accredited by the International Organization for Standardization            

    and   the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

Exam Vendor

If you are familiar with IT certification then you Know that there are only two certification authorities and Certification of Comptia held by Pearson Vue.

Vue Comptia  

                         
                                                                                                                                                                     

Exam Pattern & Details

Required exams

CompTIA A+ Essentials CompTIA A+ Practical Application

Number of questions

100 for each exam

Length of test

90 minutes each

Passing score

675 for CompTIA A+ Essentials 700 for CompTIA A+ Practical Application (on a scale of 100-900)

Languages

English, Spanish, German, Turkish, Japanese, Traditional Chinese (Taiwan), Simplified Chinese, Portuguese, Korean, Arabic

Exam codes

220-701 or JK0-701 for CompTIA A+ Essentials 220-702 or JK0-702 for CompTIA A+ Practical Application.

Important Links

Comptia A+
How to get certified
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Training options
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