The Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD) credential is the premium certification for professionals who design and develop custom business solutions with Microsoft development tools, technologies, and platforms. MCSD candidates must pass three core technology exams-demonstrating their proficiency in solution architecture, desktop applications development, and distributed application development-along with one elective. This Microsoft Press(r) training kit offers comprehensive preparation for exam 70-016, Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0-one of the core credit exams.

The kit is modular and self-paced, with hands-on exercises that build and measure competency in these critical skill areas: deriving the physical design, establishing the development environment, creating the user interface, creating and managing COM components, creating data services, testing the solution, deploying applications, and maintaining and supporting applications. The CD-ROMs contain lab exercises, sample code, and sample certification exam questions.