:) you are welcome....!!!!. I believe its worth of doing the certification exams. At least you will get a good knowledge on fundamentals. Wish you luck for the exams ...! rgds Thushara

Microsoft has divided the certification exams in to more sections than earlier. Now in the new track they don't have MCAD and MCSD which covers all the areas like windows dev, web dev and database etc. Instead of that they have divided the exams in more specific way. MCTS is basic lavel in the new track and you can get MCTS in any area you like.For that you have to do one or more exams depends on the area Eg. MCTS in web development,MCTS in Winwods development. after that, if you want to be a professional in your area you can do next step exams and earn MCPD in relevent area. Same as you can earn MCTS,MCPD in several areas (eg. Web dev+Win dev+Ent dev) see more details on http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcts/default.mspx hope i make my self clear to you rgds Thushara