I tried the 70-453 and passed the Pro part but not the TS part (got a horrible 550!). Anyway, I will try again soon after studying a little more on...

Vadym,

Sorry to ask you the obvious. From Microsoft's site:

Availability and eligibility for charter member certification

Charter memberships are issued to people who earn select certifications in the early days of their...

Thanks for clarifying Vadym. Just a couple of more questions if I may:

1) Did you have to do anything special to get the Charter Member certification?

2) Are there any benefits...

Thanks Vadym. Your answer helps me a LOT. What do you mean by "Charter Member"?

Have you done the upgrade from 2005 to 2008 of the MCITP SQL Dev?

Thanks again

- Gus

Congratulations on passing the upgrade exam. Did you find it to be difficult? Can you compare its difficulty level with the MCITP exams? I am doing all my MCITP 2005...

What is ts?