I've persuaded my employers to allow me to undertake some online learning instead of a traditional lecture/tutorial-style course. I've opted to take the Core & Advanced Development for .NET 2.0. The pluses for me are: flexible study pattern and that it has plenty in common for the 70-536 exam.

I have decided to go for this exam first to firmly cement the enhancements to C# in my conciousness. With a better background of the fundamentals I think 70-528 will be a more natural progression. I was influenced by others on this matter.

I recently bought the Microsoft exam preparation books from Amazon.com, taking advantage of both the $/£ exchange rate and a 15% exam discount voucher for each of the 3 exams which comes with the books.