MCTS in WCF

Published Sunday, April 20, 2008 6:55 PM

So a little while ago, I mentioned that I did a WCF beta exam for a Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist. Its been a long time since I did that and I had kinda forgotten about it, but today I received the good news that I am now a MCTS in WCF!

WooHoo!

I really thought I had bombed that exam due to the very little prep that I had done, but fortunately that is not the case.

I would love to hear from anybody else (particularly any fellow australians) who have also done the beta exam and received their congratulatory email.

by Glav
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Comments

# Grant said on Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:02 AM

Congrats Glav! I remember you thinking that one was a little tricky :)

# Glav said on Sunday, April 20, 2008 5:40 AM

Thanks heaps Grant.

# Iain said on Sunday, April 20, 2008 9:07 PM

Hey mate,

Well done! They sure took their time for the results to come out!

Im from melbourne and had the same pleasent suprise just yesterday. Likewise I thought there was good chance of bombing it due cramming for it only a week or so before the exam. No complaints with a pass though.

Do you know if they (prometric) send out scores out to us by mail?

Curious to see how close to the mark I came, I know there were some obvious questions I screwed up due to exam brain explosion! ;-)

# Glav said on Monday, April 21, 2008 1:28 AM

Hi Iain,

Thanks for the kind words and congrats to yourself as well.

To be honest I have no idea if they mail out the scores or not. I would also love to find out where I did good and bad. Given they took a fair while for the results and the beta's are more self managed than normal exams, I wouldn't be surprised if we dont see them tho.

# Eileen Rumwell said on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 12:34 AM

Hi Glavs - Why did you take the WCF exam?  What got your interest?  I work on product management at Microsoft (for WCF) and would love to know more about what led you to the exam and interest in WCF.

# Glav said on Tuesday, April 22, 2008 9:01 PM

Well WCF is something I am very keenly interested in. The beta exam in particular was free and thought it was a good learning opportunity if nothing else. It gave me an idea of what is required, and I didn't expect to pass the beta exam as it was a quick decision to do it at the time. So, to answer your queston properly, it was the learning experience first and foremost. Actually passing it was a big bonus ofcourse. WCF is of particular interest because I think its one the better pieces of technology to come out of Microsoft in terms of design and functionality and a key piece og building applications in the future.

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