Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer Certification

A Firebrand Training

5

Day Course

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer Certification - Overview

This 5 day course is designed to give delegates an overview of CRM customisations and how solutions are developed in MS CRM. Delegates will receive a thorough review of report customisation and development along with tools developers can use for data import and integration of ERP systems to CRM.

This course is aimed at Implementation Consultants / Developers working with MS CRM and possessing practical experience with MS CRM. After completing the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer course at Firebrand Training, you'll have more than just your certification. You will have the skills, knowledge and hands-on experience to maximise the benefits of Microsoft Dynamics CRM.

The course will be a mix of theory and practical exercises. Upon completion of this course, you will understand:

Plan customizations for a MS CRM Implementation
Apply Form Customizations using the Microsoft CRM Customisation Tools
Connect CRM to the Internet
Plan, create, and configure Custom Entities in Microsoft CRM, and maintain Workflow Rules and Sales Processes Understand form structure
Understand Application Integration
Create and Customise Microsoft CRM Reports
Recognize core MS CRM extensibility features
Understand MS CRM Architecture
Understand Data types
Create and set up workflow .NET assemblies
Understand basic callouts
Develop code with external file
Import Data
Understand integration to ERP

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer Certification - Benefits

So what makes the Microsoft Dynamics CRM Business Solutions so compelling? The following short list highlights some of its features. Several of these features should make a compelling case to upgrade your environment.

What are the benefits of certification?

For HR managers, certification is particularly important because it allows them to more easily identify the skills that an individual possesses. When a company has employees that possess certain skills, it can garner a competitive advantage when seeking to attract customers. Certification can also contribute to increased productivity.

Individuals

Overwhelmingly, individuals with Microsoft certifications have an advanced level of knowledge, expertise and skill, and command more professional credibility.
Individual students may receive college credits to utilize tuition reimbursement programs for their IT training or to complete college coursework.

Human Resources

Employer-funded training and certification programs are a key to retaining skilled staff. Career development and advancement opportunities are shown to significantly reduce rates of employee turnover.
Certification Training Programs provide benchmarks for hiring and promotion decisions by accurately assessing technical skills.
For-certification training programs CRM customise educational investments through immediate validation of skills.

Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.

Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.

Firebrand Training provides instruction to meet every learning need, including

Intensive group instruction
One-on-one instruction attention
Hands-on labs
Lab partner and group exercises
Question and answer drills
Independent study

This information has been provided as a helpful tool for candidates considering certification. Benefits of certification determined through studies do not guarantee any particular personal successes. Firebrand Training provides a guarantee of obtaining certification at the camp, but does not make any guarantees about personal successes or benefits of obtaining certification.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer Certification - Curriculum

Firebrand Training has an aggressive educational schedule that thoroughly covers all essential elements necessary to become skilled as a Microsoft Dynamics CRM Certified Developer professional.

Customisation - Advanced Topics

Microsoft CRM Customisation
Basic Customisations
Custom Entities
Workflows
Application Integration
Reports Customisation / Development

Exam 30 422

Extending CRM

Extensibility Overview
Architecture
Common Platform Operations
Advanced Platform Operations
Workflow .NET assemblies
Business Logic Extensions
Application Event Programming
Connect CRM to the Internet

Cases / Real Customer Needs

Import of data / Data Migration Framework
Integrating to ERP

Exam 30 498

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer Certification - Exam Track

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer certified candidates are required to pass the following exams.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0 Customization and Configuration (Prometric Exam number MB2-631)
Extending Microsoft Dynamics CRM 3.0 (Prometric Exam number MB2-498). Note: the CRM 4.0 version of this exam will be available as part of the course from Autumn 2008.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer Certification - What's Included

Firebrand Training offers top-quality technical education and certification training in an all-inclusive course package specifically designed for the needs and ease of our students. We attend to every detail so our students can focus solely on their studies and certification goals.

Our Certification Programs includes

Intensive Hands-on Training Utilising our (Lecture | Lab | Review)^TM Delivery
Comprehensive Study Materials, Program Courseware and Self-Testing Software
Fully instructor-led program with 24 hour lab access
Examination vouchers *
On site testing **
Accommodation, All Meals, Beverages, and Snacks
Transportation to/from designated local railway stations
Examination Passing Policy

Please note

* Exam vouchers for our (ISC)2 certifications need to be purchased directly from (ISC)2
** On site testing is not included in our ISACA, or ITIL Managers and Revision Certifications

Our instructors teach to accommodate every student's learning needs through individualised instruction, hands-on labs, lab partner and group exercises, independent study, self-testing, and question/answer drills.

Firebrand Training has dedicated, well-equipped educational facilities where you will attend instruction and labs and have access to comfortable study and lounging rooms. Our students consistently say our facilities are second-to-none.

Examination Passing Policy

Should a student complete a Firebrand Training Program without having successfully passed all vendor examinations, the student may re-attend that program for a period of one year. Students will only be responsible for accommodations and vendor exam fees.

Microsoft Dynamics CRM Developer Certification - Prerequisites

Students who are successful in accelerated Dynamics CRM Developer certification training are required to meet the following prerequisites:

Have attended the Accelerated CRM application training or have knowledge equal to the Applications Professional exam track.
Experience with relational databases
Good understanding of web development, including how client-side code interacts with the Internet Explorer Document Object Model (DOM)
Knowledge of a .NET development language (C# or VB.NET)
An understanding of XML and how to manually modify an XML document

Firebrand Training staff interview all potential students regarding their technical background, degrees and certifications held, and personal fortitude. This screening process ensures a successful match between the customer and Firebrand Training toward accelerated training and certification.

Firebrand Training is an aggressive training environment. You must have an attitude aimed for success. The above prerequisites are guidelines, but many students with less experience have other background or traits that have enabled their success in accelerated training through Firebrand Training.

Dynamics CRM Developer Certification Testimonials

"I had a excellent time, with excellent tutors and staff. Hard working atmosphere with a brilliant experience."
Akshay Mehta, ESCuk.

"Many thanks to Firebrand Training and especially the instructor, as I would have never got through the material and taken the exams. Now I am a qualified MCTS in ASP.NET 3.5, and ADO.NET 3.5. One thing to note - this is not a picnic, be prepared to work hard and put the hours in."
Richard Tappenden, Education Direct Ltd.

"I was very impressed with the instructor. He delivered the course at the right pace and level to get through all the material, which is substantial! To any further students I can fully recommend this course and suggest they prepare as much as possible. "
Ralph Carter, AIM Technology.

"An excellent trainer and the course was well structured towards the final exam. "
KH, Ernst and Young.

"The course is long, hard but worth it. Im now fully qualified MCTS Web, Windows and Distributed Apps."
Luke McGrane, ICS Group UK.

"Firebrand Training was an excellent experience! It is certainly hard work and theres no escaping it...but it is worth it!"
David Smith, St Regis Paper Company.

"The whole training experience was excellent. Good food, excellent instructor. Would happily come back again for any future training needs. Be prepared to learn lots!"
JG, Amulet Hotkley.

"Loved it, professional environment that encourages you to learn."
RM, Dlapiper.

"Everything was outstanding, just be aware of the hours required to get all the work done."
Sarah Grainger, ZurichFinancial Services.

"The trainer is friendly, knowledgeable and fun. He has enabled us to get through a busy two weeks of study and exams in an extremely effecient manner."
Ian Hazlewood, Peerless Consulting Ltd.

"I thoroughly enjoyed my experience here at Firebrand. Let noone be under any illusion that you wont work hard as the course is intensive and demanding. However, that said, the staff and instructors are excellent and the food is simply superb and the accomodation very comfortable. I would recommend anyone wanting to get a real-world knowledge of their product, rather than a exam-by-numbers approach adopted by other companies to come to Firebrand, as you can guarantee going away with knowledge to further your career in your chosen field. "
Antony Blackwell, Htec Ltd..

"The course is long, hard but worth it. Im now fully qualified MCTS Web, Windows and Distributed Apps."
Luke McGrane, ICS Group UK.

"Overall and excellent environment to focus and completly focus on your training, and an opportunity to work with 1st class trainers with REAL world expereince. Take lots of coffee and prepare yourself for some real training, not the traditional 9am - 4pm training with endless coffee breaks!"
Chris Forbes, instalec.

"I found my time at Firebrand Training to be well spent. The instructor was on hand from the start of the day until late at night, providing expertise and real world applications. "
Michael Draisey, IMechE.

"From the day I arrive until today, Firebrand Training has provided me with a casual, friendly and learning focused environment. I have found the course tough, which I knew it would be, but also very rewarding. I would not hesitate in coming back in the future for more learning of the highest quality."
Damon Smith, Self Employed.

"Our instructor was outstanding. He managed to convey what is very dry material in an engaging way which allowed a great deal of information to be absorbed in a short space of time. "
Scott Phillips, Avanade UK Ltd.

"One if not the best training courses I have attended."
Debbie Richards, BT.

"The training style of the instructor was excellent, in terms of maintaining class focus, covering a complex subjectand ensuring key aspects were retained. "
Malcolm Bay, Poly Com.

"Very good location, extremely good instructors and a good atmosphere. I did MCSE 2003 at home on my own and it was not the same. It is so good having other people to talk to about the subject. Also being away from home means much more time is spent learning and not being distracted. I strongly recommend Firebrand Training to anybody wanting to get qualified (and quick too!)"
Tom Sage, Balfour Beatty (interroute).

"Excellent place to study and learn."
Kevin Cracknell, Anglia Business Solutions.

"Firebrand Training exceeded my already quite high expectations of the Training Centre. There was absolutely no distractions from studying. Every need is caterered for here and all the staff are fantastic and professional. The lecturers are first class and extremely skilled. Id recommend anyone who is considering a course in IT to attend Firebrand Training."
Greg Lumsdon, Goodwins Steel Castings.

"Being a complete IT novice apart from Home use made for a very steep learning curve. Once I grasped the basics though I started to understand the more complex stuff. It was probably the most mentally testing week of my life. If you are expecting to come and not put in the study time you will not pass. Definatley the right place to start to get IT certification."
JG, Widnes Vikings.

"If you need to get your certification, this is the place to go. The instructor is helpful and makes sure your ready to tackle the exams."
Paul Shoesmith, Pilotbean Ltd.

"Loved it, professional environment that encourages you to learn."
RM, Dlapiper.

"This is a professional and well delivered course. However do not consider such a condensed course if you are either inexperienced in the IT field or you are unprepared! The Comptia certification is not a soft or easy option for the inexperienced! Prepare to work very hard for very long hours and you may be rewarded for your efforts."
Simon Chandler, DJO UK Ltd.

"Great Class... Great Instructor... Great food. Fantasic experience!"
Jack Stalley, Firebrand Training.

"Very focused and concise training to achive certification - with supportive trainers and environment."
BD, BMS (UK) Ltd.

"Excellent courseware and a great atmosphere for learning."
Andy Hart, Getronics.

"I would highly recommend the Firebrand Training courses to anybody including non-industry people. The courses are intense, but the delivery of the content is first class."
Mark Gambrell, MTA Solicitors.

Dynamics CRM Developer Certification Course Dates

Start	End	Availability	Register
24/11/2008	28/11/2008	Finished
2/3/2009	6/3/2009	Seats open	Register
25/5/2009	29/5/2009	Seats open	Register

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