The Central Maryland Association of .NET Professionals Certification Study Group is a special interest group. The group focuses on study for the preparation to take the Microsoft certifications. It is free and open to the public.

The meetings are open to anyone who is interested in becoming certified as well as those who just desire to follow the course materials and learn.

The group chooses a particular exam preperation book(s) to study throughout the group season. Participants are encouraged to choose chapters from the book to present to the group at the meetings.

At the meeting we have general reviews, presentations, and question and answer sessions.

The meetings run from 7:00 PM until 9:00 PM. The group meets from fall through early summer and takes a break during the summer months.

The Certification Study Group meeting is held at the Northrop Grumman Square 1 Facility in Linthicum (please review the schedule of meetings to get directions for each one).

To see a list of upcoming meetings for the groups, click here.

The CMAP Certification Study Group will be taking a deeper look into C#. Our meetings will be on the Second and Fourth Tuesdays of every month, from 7-9pm at the Northrop Grumman Square 1 Facility in Linthicum. (directions)

Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-483-and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of programming in C#. Designed for experienced developers ready to advance their status, this must-have session offers essential coverage of the exam that will test your competency in C# programming.

The study text for this year's Certification Study Group will be MCSD Certification Toolkit (Exam 70-483): Programming in C# published by Wrox publishing and written by Tiberiu Covaci, Rod Stephens, Vincent Varallo, and Gerry O'Brien. The book is available through many sources and is easily found by clicking on the Amazon link to the right.

The Certification Study Group members communicate through a special message board. The message board is Yahoo Groups based and you must subscribe to the board to participate. To subscribe, simply click on the link below and choose to join the group when your browser opens to the Yahoo page.

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