I passed the "Developing and Implementing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual C# .NET and Microsoft Visual Studio .NET" exam today in the great state of NJ at the venerable offices of SolarTech in Hasbrouck Heights.

I put this exam up there with BizTalk in terms of difficulty.  You can’t fake your way through it.

To study, I used the the MCAD/MCSD Self Paced Training kit book entitled Developing Web Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic .NET and Visual C# .NET.

Microsoft guidelines (here) are exactly correct IMO.  The book addresses everything and if you have a modicum or real-world experience, it should be a straight-forward exam.  If not, take the time get some real world experience or at least execute the labs in the book.  That will probably give you what you need.

I even go so far as to recommend the book to pro’s, especially self-taught people like myself.  It covers some basic stuff which I just never had a reason to stumble upon in my travels and I’m kicking myself a little bit for never having taken the time to learn them.