核心考试（需要三门）
桌面应用程序开发（选择一门）
Exam 70-016*-Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++® 6.0
Exam 70-156*-Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro® 6.0
Exam 70-176*-Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic® 6.0
分布式应用程序开发（选择一门）
Exam 70-015*-Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Exam 70-155*-Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0
Exam 70-175*-Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
解决方案的体系结构（必考）
Exam 70-100-Analyzing Requirements and Defining Solution Architectures
选修考试（需要一门）
Exam 70-015*-Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Exam 70-016*-Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0
Exam 70-019-Designing and Implementing Data Warehouses with Microsoft SQL Server™ 7.0
Exam 70-029-Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server 7.0
Exam 70-057-Designing and Implementing Commerce Solutions with Microsoft Site Server 3.0, Commerce Edition
Exam 70-091-Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Office 2000 and Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
Exam 70-105-Designing and Implementing Collaborative Solutions with Microsoft Outlook 2000 and Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5
Exam 70-152-Designing and Implementing Web Solutions with Microsoft Visual InterDev® 6.0
Exam 70-155*-Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0
Exam 70-156*-Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0
Exam 70-175*-Designing and Implementing Distributed Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
Exam 70-176*-Designing and Implementing Desktop Applications with Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0
Exam 70-229-Designing and Implementing Databases with Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000 Enterprise Edition
Exam 70-230-Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft BizTalk™ Server 2000, Enterprise Edition
Exam 70-234-Designing and Implementing Solutions with Microsoft Commerce Server 2000
* 能作为选修考试的核心考试在认证中只能算作一次。如果报考者将 MCSD 系列中某门考试作为核心考试，那么他不能将该考试作为同一方案中的选修考试。
