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Microsoft MCPD Upgrade from MCAD to MCPD

A Firebrand Training


7


Day Course

Microsoft MCPD Upgrade from MCAD to MCPD - Overview

Our 7 Day MCPD Upgrade is perfect for you if you have already gained the MCAD certification and are developing .NET Framework 2.0 applications that use Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 or creating Web applications that use ASP.NET 2.0.

We offer two MCPD certification paths:

Professional Developer: Web Developer

  • You will have the skills necessary to build interactive, data-driven Web applications that use ASP.NET 2.0 for both intranet and Internet uses

Professional Developer: Windows Developer

  • You will have the skills necessary to build rich client applications that target the Windows Forms platform using the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Our seven-day (7) Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) Upgrade Accelerated Course

  • Allows you to achieve your certifications in a fraction of the time of 'traditional training' while delivering industry-leading exam passing percentages
  • Helps students grasp complex technical concepts more easily by identifying and catering to individual student learning styles through a mixed visual, auditory and kinaesthetic-tactual delivery system
  • Enhances retention by employing accelerated learning techniques focused on committing information to long-term memory

Microsoft MCPD Upgrade from MCAD to MCPD - Benefits

The MCPD Upgrade program is a highly interactive 7-day developer class designed to teach Web and Windows Application Developers how to build interactive, data-driven client applications, targeting the Windows Forms platform using the .NET Framework 2.0 as well as produce intranet and Internet Web applications that use ASP.NET 2.0.

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 MCPD Upgrade from MCAD to MCPD - Curriculum

Course Materials

While attending this blended-learning program, you will receive a robust set of course materials that caters to each of the three primary individual learning-intake styles (auditory, visual, and kinaesthetic-tactual) - critical for a successful accelerated learning experience.

Daily lectures, labs, and review sessions are supplemented by a combination of:

  • Adapted Microsoft Press materials to address the demands of accelerated learners
  • Self Test Testing Software

Our MCPD program contains customized official Microsoft courseware which covers the following materials:

  • Developing applications that use system types and collections
  • Embedding configuration, diagnostic, management, and installation features into a .NET Framework application
  • Implementing serialization and input/output functionality in a .NET Framework application
  • Improving the security of .NET Framework applications by using the .NET Framework 2.0 security features
  • Implementing interoperability, reflection, and mailing functionality in a .NET Framework application
  • Implementing globalization, drawing, and text manipulation functionality in a .NET Framework application
  • Creating and Programming a Web Application
  • Integrating Data in a Web Application by Using ADO.NET, XML, and Data-Bound Controls
  • Creating Custom Web Controls
  • Tracing, Configuring, and Deploying Applications
  • Customizing and Personalizing a Web Application
  • Implementing Authentication and Authorization
  • Creating ASP.NET Mobile Web Applications
  • Envisioning and Designing an Application
  • Designing and Developing a User Interface
  • Designing and Developing a Component
  • Designing and Developing an Application Framework
  • Testing and Stabilizing an Application
  • Deploying and Supporting an Application
  • Creating a UI for a Windows Forms Application by Using Standard Controls
  • Integrating Data in a Windows Forms Application
  • Enhancing Usability
  • Implementing Asynchronous Programming Techniques to Improve the User Experience
  • Configuring and Deploying Applications

Microsoft MCPD Upgrade from MCAD to MCPD - Exam Track

Existing MCAD certification candidates must pass one certification exam to earn MCPD: Windows Developer certification and one certification exam to earn MCPD: Web Developer. The exams provide a valid and reliable measure of technical proficiency and expertise. During the MCPD Upgrade Firebrand Training, students will take the following exams:

  • Web Application Development Exam 70-551*-UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD Web Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework
  • Windows Application Development Exam 70-552*-UPGRADE: MCAD Skills to MCPD Windows Developer by Using the Microsoft .NET Framework

Microsoft MCPD Upgrade from MCAD to MCPD - 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 **
  • All Meals; Unlimited Beverages, Snacks and Tea/Coffee
  • 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 MCPD Upgrade from MCAD to MCPD - Prerequisites

Successful Microsoft Certified Professional Developer (MCPD) candidates are expected to have taken and passed the following MCAD exams:

Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (70-306)

or

Developing and Implementing Windows-based Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (70-316)

plus

Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (70-305)

or

Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET (70-315)

In addition you should candidates should possess the following experience:

  • At least two years of experience developing applications by using the Microsoft .NET Framework
  • At least three to four years of on-the-job experience dedicated to Web application development
  • A working knowledge of Visual Studio 2005

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.

MCPD Upgrade from MCAD to MCPD Testimonials

"Great tutor, who knew all his stuff and gave all his attention to us, full of good humour with spikey hair.."
Stewart Sayers, Menzolit Limited.
Microsoft SharePoint Professional (Dual MCTS) (5 Days) (16/6/2008 to 20/6/2008)

"Excellent instructor. Good learning environment. Excellent food."
Paul Ashman, Freelance.
PRINCE2 Foundation/Practitioner (5 Days) (30/6/2008 to 4/7/2008)

"The entire centre is set-up to give candidates the best possible chance of passing. Providing one puts the required long hours of study in, then ones chances of passing are maximised."
John Leonard, An Educational Institution.
CompTIA Network+ (3 Days) (1/8/2008 to 3/8/2008)

"SharePoint development out of a firehose. Brace yourself for an intense week. Great training."
JS, Northrop Grumman IT.
Microsoft SharePoint Developer (Dual MCTS) Certification (5 Days) (23/6/2008 to 27/6/2008)

"Firebrand Training have way exceeded my expectations. I never imagined I could describe such an experience as enjoyable, but it has been GREAT, even if incredibly tiring. I could not have been better prepared for the exam in any other way. I absolutely would not hesitate to recommend Firebrand."
Rudy Taylor, Me.
Cisco CCNA Certification (6 Days) (16/6/2008 to 21/6/2008)

"Truly immersive, you start to live and breathe the course material, thinking of nothing else, not communicating with the outside and not having a care in the worls outside of CISSP. Sets you up perfectly for the 6 hour exam."
Neil Ginns, nCipher.
(ISC)2 CISSP Boot Camp (7 Days) (14/7/2008 to 20/7/2008)

"I passed both my exams and that is testimony to the quality of the course content and instructor."
Steve Jeffery, Beacon Computer Technology.
Microsoft SharePoint Developer (Dual MCTS) Certification (5 Days) (23/6/2008 to 27/6/2008)

"Its the third training I do here and was never disappointed. I changed my jobs and girlfriends more frequently. The camp improved, jobs and girfriends rarely do."
Marco Ermini, Vodafone Group Services GMBH.
ISACA CISA (3 Days) (9/6/2008 to 11/6/2008)

"The well being and commitment of Firebrand staff from the initial booking to the course all helped to provide a professional and comfortable learning experience."
Denis OCallaghan, n/a.
EC-Council E|CSA & L|PT (5 Days) (7/7/2008 to 11/7/2008)

"Although the course involved a LOT of work, I could not have wished for a better location and environment for my training, nor could I have asked for better people to get me through it in such a short timescale. My advice to future students is prepare!"
Ralph Carter, AIM technology.
Microsoft MCTS: SQL Server 2005 Business Intelligence (6 Days) (14/7/2008 to 19/7/2008)

"It is the third training I have on Firebrand and the first after they renamed from the Training Camp. Im glad they only changed their name! It is overall a nice experience and I especially like that I can forget about the business-as-usual and concentrate on the training. Instructors are always great and world-class. Looking forward to the next one."
Marco Ermini, Vodafone Group GmbH.
ISACA CISA (3 Days) (9/6/2008 to 11/6/2008)

"Very hard going be prepared to work late hours. Very informative and a good overall course"
Christopher Jones, South Wales Police.
Microsoft MCTS SQL Server 2005 (5 Days) (9/6/2008 to 13/6/2008)

"The course was focussed on knowledge transfer of sharepoint. We had a good breadth of information of the tool."
Ricardo Marshall, Capgemini.
Microsoft SharePoint Developer (Dual MCTS) Certification (5 Days) (23/6/2008 to 27/6/2008)

"Great tutor, who knew all his stuff and gave all his attention to us, full of good humour with spikey hair.."
Stewart Sayers, Menzolit Limited.
Microsoft SharePoint Professional (Dual MCTS) (5 Days) (16/6/2008 to 20/6/2008)

"We had problems with some of the exams on week two of the course which were Prometics fault (Not Firebrands), which meant I couldn't progress any further until they were fixed - which was not going to be during the remainder of my stay. However Firebrand have been excellent in allowing us to come back and re-do the parts of the course that were affected, even though this wasn't Firebrands fault - which I think is more than alot of companies would do - looking forward to going back now and finishing it all off!"
Mat Wase, not applicable - self funded ETC.
Microsoft MCSE Vista Security+ Certification (14 Days) (26/5/2008 to 8/6/2008)

"Firebrand provided me with a very focused training environment. Allowing for a hopefully successful outcome of prince 2 certification - excellent."
Robert Randall, DHL Exel Supply Chain.
PRINCE2 Foundation/Practitioner (5 Days) (<--Please Select-->)

"Was very good the food is amazing and the staff are very helpfully. "
Huw Bamford, CEVA Logistics.
Microsoft MCSE 2003 Certification (14 Days) (<--Please Select-->)

"The accelerated and fully immersed learning was fantastic. There is no way I could have been as successful with the exams had I self-studied or been at home with the children every night! The Firebrand training method works. Don't be fooled - its hard work but worthwhile and rewarding."
Ken Thomson, RAF.
CompTIA A+/Network+ Certification (7 Days) (2/6/2008 to 8/6/2008)

"This was my second time at Firebrand Training as I came back to upgrade my MCSA to a MCSE. I did 6 weeks pre-reading beforehand which helped me stay on top of the workload. My instructor was excellent - always staying behind after class to answer any questions. He has a real good teaching technique, making the most complex concepts make sense. And whats more he is a real friendly down-to-earth chap, who deserves a pint! The accommodation and facilities are really comfortable and the environment is excellent for accelerated learning as there are no distractions. If I can get the boss to stump up for the CCNA course or Server 2008 Upgrade, I will return (but not before a few months to relax first)."
Matt Courtman, Cromwell Community College.
Microsoft MCSE Vista Security+ Certification (14 Days) (23/6/2008 to 6/7/2008)

"Its the third training I do here and was never disappointed. I changed my jobs and girlfriends more frequently. The camp improved, jobs and girfriends rarely do."
Marco Ermini, Vodafone Group Services GMBH.
ISACA CISA (3 Days) (9/6/2008 to 11/6/2008)

"Relaxed yet focused atmosphere that promotes a positive learning experience. "
LH, The Royal Bank of Scotland .
CompTIA Security+ (3 Days) (25/7/2008 to 27/7/2008)

"I did not think it was possible to take in this amount of information so quickly but I was proved wrong, walking away qualified after 7 days!"
Gavin Dickie, Hilo-PSS Group.
CompTIA A+/Network+ Certification (7 Days) (30/6/2008 to 6/7/2008)

"I have learned more in my time at Firebrand Training than I thought possible. A draining, but rewarding experience. You need to give 150% though and visits to the nearby hotel bar should be kept to a minimum! "
Ralph Hardwick, Rapport Creative.
Microsoft SharePoint Professional (Dual MCTS) (5 Days) (16/6/2008 to 20/6/2008)

"Having self funded the course I feel that I recieved excellent value for money. "
Adrian Law, Soon to be self employed.
PRINCE2 Foundation/Practitioner (5 Days) (28/7/2008 to 1/8/2008)

"Course was great, learned a lot in my nine days but it is hard work."
Stephen Thomson, Unifrax Ltd.
Microsoft MCTS .NET - Web and Windows Applications (9 Days) (14/7/2008 to 22/7/2008)

"The training method was most effective. A very demanding week but certainly achievable with the excellent support from the trainer. I would recommend Firebrand Prince2 training to professionals on a tight schedule."
Mike Round, N/A.
PRINCE2 Foundation/Practitioner (5 Days) (21/7/2008 to 25/7/2008)

"Excellent! Strong motivational support is provided in a focussed and nurturing Environment ensuring impact and development."
Mark Newbery, Myself... I am the MAN.
Microsoft MCPD Enterprise Applications Developer (13 Days) (14/7/2008 to 26/7/2008)

"My instructor has created a new breed of experts and champions. He has maintained a full 100% pass rate on both courses of this dual certification. His dedication to my education and passing cannot be doubted."
JDV, Capgemini UK Plc.
Microsoft SharePoint Developer (Dual MCTS) Certification (5 Days) (4/8/2008 to 8/8/2008)

"Intensive training but superbly delivered by experts, and the catering is second to none."
David Lloyd, RWE Dea UK.
ITIL Foundation Certification (2 Days) (11/8/2008 to 12/8/2008)

"Hard going but great structure and visual aids helped to mix the days. Course was brilliant. The days flew by! Definately recommend this to colleagues and friends. Already have reccommended you - my friend was on Prince 2 course beginning of June! "
Sarah Perkins, Snikrep Consultants Ltd.
PRINCE2 Foundation/Practitioner (5 Days) (30/6/2008 to 4/7/2008)

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