Yes — the vendor's recommended training:

• Microsoft Official Course 20488

Training classes demand schedules; practice questions demand only spare minutes. After any course, the 70-488 questions from ITCertMagic measure how much of it will survive exam day.

The Microsoft Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Core Solutions blueprint has 5 domains, led by Implement Authorization and Authentication (20%), Implement User Experience and Information Architecture (20%), Access Data (20%). Think of the weightings as the vendor's hint about where points concentrate — plan your hours accordingly. The complete outline above lists every subtopic.

Registration happens through the vendor's official channels:

• Microsoft Exam Page
• Pearson VUE

The exam is delivered Onsite at Pearson VUE test centers / Online proctored (before retirement) — choose the arrangement that works for you when you book.

Passing the 70-488 exam earns you the MCSD: SharePoint Applications certification at the Professional level — Microsoft's official verification of your skills. It's considered important because it's genuinely difficult, which is exactly why it carries weight with employers. Related credentials include MCSD: SharePoint Applications, Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).

40–60 questions in 120 minutes. That combination rewards candidates who've trained their pace, not just their memory — so before the real thing, run full timed sessions in the ITCertMagic engine, practice flagging hard questions instead of fighting them, and learn what your sustainable per-question rhythm feels like.

Delivery is instant: successful payment triggers an automatic email with your product, arriving in about a minute — install on unlimited computers, and if 2 hours pass with nothing, our 24/7/365 customer service will fix it fast. The guarantee: take the corresponding 70-488 exam within 60 days of purchase, and if you fail, submit a scanned enrollment slip plus the official Score Report PDF within 2 days of the exam for a 100% refund processed within 7 days. Exclusions: exams within 3 days of purchase, name mismatches between candidate and payer, and free or expired products. Prefer a swap? Take two equal-value exam products free, updates intact.

No mandatory prerequisites; recommended: C#/.NET 4.5, ASP.NET, HTML/CSS/JavaScript, Visual Studio, basic SharePoint development experience Before paying any registration fee, verify the current criteria on the official exam page — official 70-488 exam page — since vendors do revise their rules.

The official fee is $165 USD (varies by region), with 700 / 1000 required to pass. Both numbers matter more together: the fee is per attempt, so every retake costs the full amount again. Drilling the 131 practice questions from ITCertMagic until you're comfortably past the mark is the fiscally sound approach.

Yes — the free demo gives you several real questions and answers from the set, so you can see whether it interests you and helps you before spending anything. Once you buy, updates are free for 365 days — new versions are mailed to you automatically — and an expired update period renews at 50% off.