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70-542 - Done!

Couple of days ago I had 70-542 Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 - Application Development exam. It wasn't one of easiest exams I have ever had but now it is done and I am certified SharePoint developer. :)

pro-sp-2007-dev 70-542 covers mostly MOSS2007 Standard and Enterprise features and there are not only common questions but you must also know things on code level. I found surprisingly few information from internet about this exam, but I got one good friend - Professional SharePoint 2007 Development. This book is almost all you need to get 70-542 done. I will write more about this book soon, so stay tuned!

I have also another advice you should take seriously. To get 70-542 done you have to try out how server features work. Just put up your copy of SharePoint Server and try everything out by your own hands. Also try to write some code and see how things work and what you can do on code level. After this you should be ready to take 70-542 exam.

Posted: Jul 05 2008, 02:53 PM by DigiMortal | with 28 comment(s)
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kamii47 said:

Congratulation Gunnar

# July 7, 2008 3:13 AM

DigiMortal said:

Thanks :)

# July 7, 2008 3:28 AM

Arné said:

Congratulations!

# July 8, 2008 12:07 PM

Jonathan Herschel said:

Thanks for the tip on 2007 SP Dev book!  Congrats.

# July 21, 2008 7:50 PM

Trika said:

Congratulations, Gunnar

# July 24, 2008 11:46 AM

DigiMortal said:

Thanks a lot! :)

# July 24, 2008 11:57 AM

Sonal said:

hi congrats

hey i m also planning for certification

can u plz suggest me which one should i go for 70-541 or 70-542.i m bit confused

# July 28, 2008 12:08 PM

DigiMortal said:

70-541 is about WSS3.0 and 70-542 is about MOSS 2007. WSS3.0 is base of SharePoint. MOSS2007 is built on WSS3.0 and adds there a lot of features. If you need a certificate about your skills in SP then 70-541 should be enough. 70-542 has a lot of questions about enterprise features too, so if you are MOSS 2007 developer you should take both of these exams. I think so :)

# July 29, 2008 2:24 AM

Gunnar Peipman's ASP.NET blog said:

Okay, I'm back in business again after W:O:A 2008 that rocked my brains out  (in a good means, of

# August 6, 2008 7:29 PM

Mirrored Blogs said:

Okay, I'm back in business again after W:O:A 2008 that rocked my brains out  (in a good means

# August 6, 2008 7:47 PM

jericho said:

Congratulations!!!

I'm preparing for this exam and I'm really thankful for a hint about book!!

# September 20, 2008 7:56 AM

al said:

can you please send me brain dumps or any helpful material (like practise exams) for exam 70-542 at karimiz80@yahoo.com

I would greatly appreciate your help!

# March 16, 2009 5:00 PM

DigiMortal said:

I have no practice exams for 70-542. You can check out what is needed from exam home page. I used only the book mentioned above to get prepared for 70-542.

# March 17, 2009 6:08 AM

san said:

congratzz.....what is the answer to the drag and drop question.?

# May 19, 2009 2:46 PM

DigiMortal said:

I don't understand your question, san. Maybe you can be more specific? :)

# May 19, 2009 3:01 PM

MossExperts said:

I have put one test to prepare for SharePoint developer certification (70-541 and 70-542) at:

<a href="http://sharepointdevtest.blogspot.com">http://sharepointdevtest.blogspot.com/</a>

hope you find it useful.

# May 26, 2009 9:16 AM

MossExperts said:

sorry the link did not get properly. Check it here:

sharepointdevtest.blogspot.com

# May 26, 2009 9:27 AM

Qubert said:

Thanks for the tip - I'll check that book out

# September 10, 2009 3:56 PM

Affi said:

Hi,

Do you know is there any book from Microsoft specially designed for this exam??

Thanks

# February 2, 2010 11:14 AM

DigiMortal said:

Hi Affi!

I am not sure what kind of study books there are or learning kits. I just had this book I mentioned and I had not time enough to wait for deliveries by Amazon. :)

# February 2, 2010 1:57 PM

Chintan said:

How much time it will take to prepare for the exam?

# February 22, 2010 7:46 PM

DigiMortal said:

Hi Chintan!

For me it took about three days to learn. Just tried all stuff I was not familiar with and made those things work on my test machine. After that the exam was not very hard. :)

# February 23, 2010 2:08 AM

sandy said:

before taking this exam do we need have work  experience with sharepoint.

# April 22, 2010 5:24 PM

DigiMortal said:

Thanks for question, sandy! As rhis exam is not easy one you should at least make through all examples you get so you know how things work also at code level. If you experiences already it makes things only simpler.

# April 25, 2010 11:27 AM

sandy said:

I am having 3+ yrs of exp in ASP.NET and SQL Server

If we want to start my carrier in SharePoint which would be the better option:

whether as a:

Sharepoint Administrator

or

Sharepoint Developer

# June 17, 2010 11:15 AM

Duncan said:

Just took 70-542 and failed (54%) - a word of warning to people, if you're not good with code, you definately need to read to books - the practice exam questions you can buy from the Internet only feautre in about 25% of the questions - the rest is stuff I'd never seen before and frankly didn't have a clue about.

# September 20, 2010 8:59 AM

DigiMortal said:

Yes, Duncan, this exam is not simple one and it is strongly recommended that besides of reading study materials you also play with code so you know how things work on API level. Also you should know BDC very well because there are questions about it too. And - of course - search technologies.

# September 21, 2010 4:18 AM

DigiMortal said:

Sandy, start with basics. Study WSS3.0 or WSS 14 on admin level and also practice development. My suggestion is to put about 80% of time on development because there are many tricky things you have to wrestle with before you got things work normally.

# September 21, 2010 4:19 AM
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