I am please to say that I took, and passed the MCTS: WSS Application Development exam last week! (70-541) I am so proud of myself but the amount of time I put into revision certainly paid off, I managed to get a pass mark of 973!
To get the revision in I used the following resources
- I copied the prep guide off the Microsoft web site, converted it to an excel spreadsheet, added an extra column and then worked on adding the content to that column
- Inside Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Pattison & Larson) - if you work with SharePoint you should own this book, if you want to pass the exam, know this book.
- I was lucky enough to go on the Combined Knowledge 'SharePoint 2007 Developer' course, the courseware is spot on!
- I work with SharePoint as my job so I have access to be able to learn and work on anything I need to, there is a VPC you can download to from Microsoft.
- I read blogs on topics that I didn't understand, sometimes when someone writes a blog entry they can explain why things work the way they do better than a book, also reading comments and feedback to blog posts help develop a better understanding
If you are going for the exam I wish you the best of luck!
For now I am happy to have passed and am looking forward to the MOSS exam sometime in the very near future!