As the user of Visual Studio, you might know about SharePoint platform. SharePoint platform is a portal based web application that build for enterprise. Although, it has the foundation version for SMB which is free. SharePoint can easily scaled to the Enterprise or even the cloud. SharePoint has two main version the first version is On-premise and the cloud version. The on-premise version namely SharePoint 2013. The cloud based version namely SharePoint Online and is part of Office 365.

SharePoint become promising in the era of paperless, and the online version will help you to create the SharePoint solution easily rather than in the on-premise version

SharePoint Certification

There are two certification for the latest SharePoint namely MCSE (MIcrosoft Certified Solution Expert) and MCSD (Microsoft Certified Solution Developer). for SharePoints. MCSE is for IT professional and MCSD is for Developers.

MCSE : SharePoint

In order to become MCSE you should pass the MCSA requirements and then follow it with two exam

• Managing Office 365 Identities and Requirements (70-346)
• Enabling Office 365 Services (70-347)

If you pass both certification, you will get MCSA (MC Solution Associate), you can join the course 20346B. Yes the course is look like Microsoft Office Specialist Office 365 but the MCSA more focused with the implmentation rather than usage. After pass the MCSA you can join

• Core Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (70-331). You can join the offline course 20331B
• Advanced Solution of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 (70-332). You can join the offline course 20332B

Beside the offline course you can join microsoft virtual academy (MVA) for SharePoint

MCSD: SharePoint

In order to become Solution Developer for SharePoint you should pass four exam which are

• Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (70-480). You can also join the offline course 20480B
• Developing ASP.NET MVC Web Applications (70-486), You can also join the offline course 20486B
• Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions (70-488), You can also join the course 20488B
• Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions (70-489). You can also join the course 20489B

Book References

Preparing is a must and you should prepare by online, offline, or books like below