mcsd是微软方案开发人员的认证。mcsd证明你能够用微软的开发工具、技术和平台，包括microsoft office和microsoft backoffice设计和开发提供定制业务方案。即：你具有项目负责人的资格。对于开发者，微软提供微软认证的开发工程师mcsd证书。mcsd拥有者有能力为用微软产品，如microsoft sql server, microsoft visual studio 和microsoft transaction server 建立基于网络的，分布式的和商业化的应用。
现行考试需要通过4门（包括3门核心技术考试和1门任选课程的考试）
必考 70-016: designing and implementing desktop application with microsoft visual c++ 6.0 70-156: designing and implementing desktop application with microsoft visual foxpro 6.0 70-176: designing and implementing desktop application with microsoft visual basic 6.0 任选一门 70-015: designing and implementing distributed application with microsoft visual c++ 6.0 70-019: designing and implementing data warehouses with microsoft sql server7.0 70-024: developing applications with c++ using the microsoft foundation class lirary 70-025: implementing ole in microsoft foundation class applications
