As of today, we have a total of 4 training courses
available. These are:
FIrst
Look Clinic: What’s new for IT Professionals in Microsoft SharePoint 2013 –
it’s a 3 hour
clinic, rather than a traditional training. I’d argue this is almost full day
training, since it took more than 3 hours just to skim through. Since it’s a
very early look at SharePoint 2013 there’s not certification alignment for this
clinic.
The
second one is First
Look Clinic: What’s new for Developers in SharePoint 2013 and it’s also a 3
hour clinic. More like a day, although there are no labs available within the
course material.
The
third one is SharePoint 2013: IT Pro Ignite training. It’s a 3 to 5 day
classroom-based training, including hands-on labs. It’s not widely available
but does give you a deeper look and knowledge into what’s possible with
SharePoint 2013 for IT Pros. As you might have guessed, the fourth course that
is available is SharePoint 2013: Developer Ignite training. Also 3-5 days, lots
of labs.
Finally,
the Programming in HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 course was
released for public use. A book is coming out in April from MS Press – see details here.
The
first exam for anyone wanting to be fluent with developing solutions for
SharePoint 2013 is Programming
HTML5 with JavaScript and CSS3 (70-480). This exam was released August
20th, 2012. The accompanying preparation material is available (see here). This is a mandatory certification exam for the
upcoming MCSD: SharePoint certification.
The
second exam we already have details on, is for IT Pros: Core
Solutions for SharePoint Server 2013 (70-331). Availability for this exam
was scheduled for February 5th, 2013 and as of February 2nd, the certification
exam was available from Prometric.
The
third exam is also for IT Pros called Advanced Solutions of Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013.
It’s also available since February 2nd, 2013. Together with 70-331 and 70-332
you are two steps closer to being an MCSE: SharePoint.
The
last requirement for MCSE: SharePoint (for IT Pros) is MCSA: Windows Server
2012. You can either complete this requirement with a single upgrade exam
(70-417) or do all three certification exams: 70-410, 70-411 and 70-412.
