BizTalk 2006 certification
Posted by biztodo on September 24, 2007
Certification is debatable. Given that BizTalk is a business process management (BPM) server the possibilites to explore/extend and develop new design strategies and patterns is endless.
For a biztalk developer who works on orchestrations,manipulating messages and data in them,debugging on a day to day basis ; it becomes practically impossible to see the 360 degrees. There will remain some portions that we would not have exploited on a day to day basis.
Taking the certification evens out exactly that. In my case i had not worked or implemented BAM and found out a lot by reviewing examples and implementing them.
Overall; if you are a consultant and do provide solutions, design suggestions – it is a value add to know the 360 degree angle of BizTalk to do your best.
I began and probably did only BAM completely. I was comfortable with BRE and other orchestration,messaging stuff. The emphasis on BAM/BRE in the exam cannot be understated. Saravana Kumar’s blog gives a good write up on preparations. Its excellently summed up.
I used BizTalk 2004 Unleashed and BizTalk 2006 Recipes for references. Pracital experience is the saviour.I will share my transcript as it becomes available . (Took exam on 9/21/2007)
Microsoft Exam – 70-235.
