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MCTS Distributed Applications Certification Course Contents

MCTS XML Exam: 70-529

TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Distributed Application Development

Creating, Configure and Accessing XML Web Services
• Create a public method.
• Attach the WebMethodAttribute attribute.
• Create a OneWay Web method.
• Configure a Web service method.

Configuring and Customizing a Web Service Application
Configure SOAP(Simple Object Access Protocol) messages.
• Configure the formatting of SOAP messages for a Web service method.
• Specify the bindings of a Web service application by using the WebServiceBindingAttribute attribute.
• Configure a Web service application by using a Machine.config and Web.config file.

Configure the Web services communication protocol.
• Formatting of SOAP messages and Specify the parameter formatting and parameter style.

Manage session state in Web services.
• Implement session state by using the Application object, Cookies and Session object.

Implement SOAP headers.
• Add a custom SOAP header class.
• Create a public instance of the custom SOAP header class in a Web service class.
• Apply, Access and process a SoapHeader attribute to a Web method.
• Set the direction of a SOAP header and Handle unknown SOAP headers.

Implement SOAP extensions.
• Create and Configure a custom SOAP extension.
• Process a SOAP header in a client application.

Creating, Configuring, and Deploying Remoting Applications
• Create, configure, compile and build a server application

Create a client application to access a remote object.
• Create a remote object.
• Configure a client application programmatically.
• Configure a client application manually by using configuration files.
• Access the remoting service by calling a remote method.
• Call a remote method synchronously in a client application.

Debug and deploy a remoting application.
• Use performance counters to monitor a remoting application.
• Debug, host and deploy a remoting application.

Create and serialize remotable types.
• Create a remotable type and generic types.
• Configure a serialization formatter programmatically.
• Configure a binary formatter, SOAP formatter and Implement Version Tolerant Serialization (VTS).

Manage the lifetime of remote objects.
• Initialize the lifetime of a remote object.
• Renew the lifetime of a remote object.

Implementing Asynchronous Calls and Remoting Events
• Call a Web method and Poll for the completion of a Web method.
• Get Web method results and Implement callback.

Implement events in remoting applications.
• Create and fire events.
• Implement event handler for the events of a remote object.

Implementing Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0
• Add references to WSE assemblies in client applications.
• Edit the Web service proxy class to derive from the WebServicesClientProtocol class.
• Add a <soapExtensionTypes> element under the <webServices> element in a configuration file.
• Add a <configSections> element to add the <microsoft.web.services3> section to a configuration file.

Add a digital signature to a SOAP message and verify an existing SOAP message signature.
• Sign and Verify a SOAP message digitally.

Encrypt and decrypt a SOAP message.
• Encrypt and Decrypt a SOAP message.

Implement a policy for a Web service application.
• Create a policy file manually.
• Declare the set of policies in a policy file.
• Map policies to SOAP endpoints.
• Configure a policy file in a configuration file.
• Create and enforce a custom policy.
• Create a policy file by using the WseConfigEditor3 tool.
• Set a policy in a client application and in a client computer.

Implement filters in a Web service application.
• Add and remove a filter.
• Shuffle the order of the filters.
• Enable the Trace filter.
• Create custom input and output filters.

Implement WSE SOAP messaging.
• Select a protocol.
• Implement one-way SOAP messaging.
• Implement bidirectional SOAP messaging.
• Send the attachments from a Web service application.
• Receive attachments in a client application.

Route SOAP messages by using a WSE router.
• Create a WSE router application.
• Configure a WSE router application.
• Configure a referral cache for routing.

Add and verify security credentials.
• Add security credentials to a SOAP message.
• Verify security credentials.

Creating and Accessing a Serviced Component and Using Message Queuing
• Create, add attributes to a serviced component.
• Register a serviced component and Implement security.
• Add a reference to a serviced component in an application.
• Create an instance of a serviced component and call methods

Create, delete, and set permissions on a message queue.
• Create a message queue manually.
• Create a message queue programmatically.
• Delete a message queue.
• Set permissions for a message queue programmatically.

Send messages to a message queue and delete messages from a message queue.
• Create and post a message.
• Receive a message synchronously.
• Decide which formatter to use.
• Read a message body and Delete queued messages.

Sign and encrypt messages.
• Encrypt a message by using UseEncryption and EncryptionAlgorithm properties.
• Handle acknowledgments.

Receive and Process messages.
• Verify a message source by using a certificate.
• Decrypt a message.
• Extract response queue details from a message.
• Compose and send a response to a response queue apply a rule to message queue
• Apply a rule to a message queue.

MCTS XML Exam: 70-536

TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0-Application Development Foundation

Developing applications that use system types and collections
Manage data in a .NET Framework application by using the .NET Framework 2.0 system types.
•  Value types
•  Reference types
•  Attributes
•  Generic types
•  Exception classes
•  Boxing and UnBoxing
•  TypeForwardedToAttribute Class

Manage a group of associated data in a .NET Framework application by using collections.
•  ArrayList class
•  Collection interfaces
•  Iterators
•  Hashtable class
•  CollectionBase class and ReadOnlyCollectionBase class
•  DictionaryBase class and DictionaryEntry class
•  Comparer class
•  Queue class
•  SortedList class
•  BitArray class
•  Stack class

Improve type safety and application performance in a .NET Framework application by using generic collections.
•  Collection.Generic interfaces
•  Generic Dictionary
•  Generic Comparer class and Generic EqualityComparer class
•  Generic KeyValuePair structure
•  Generic List class, Generic List.Enumerator structure, and Generic SortedList class
•  Generic Queue class and Generic Queue.Enumerator structure
•  Generic SortedDictionary class
•  Generic LinkedList
•  Generic Stack class and Generic Stack.Enumerator structure

Manage data in a .NET Framework application by using specialized collections.
•  Specialized String classes
•  Specialized Dictionary
•  Named collections
•  CollectionsUtil
•  BitVector32 structure and BitVector32.Section structure

Implement .NET Framework interfaces to cause components to comply with standard contracts.
•  IComparable interface
•  IDisposable interface
•  IConvertible interface
•  ICloneable interface
•  IEquatable interface
•  IFormattable interface

Control interactions between .NET Framework application components by using events and delegates.
•  Delegate class
•  EventArgs class
•  EventHandler delegates

Implementing service processes, threading, and application domains in a .NET Framework application
Implement, install, and control a service.
•  Inherit from ServiceBase class
•  ServiceController class and ServiceControllerPermission class
•  ServiceInstaller and ServiceProcessInstaller class
•  SessionChangeDescription structure and SessionChangeReason enumeration

Develop multithreaded .NET Framework applications.
•  Thread class
•  ThreadPool class
•  ThreadStart delegate and ParameterizedThreadStart delegate
•  Timeout class, Timer class, TimerCallback delegate, WaitCallback delegate, WaitHandle class, and WaitOrTimerCallback delegate
•  ThreadState enumeration and ThreadPriority enumeration
•  ReaderWriterLock class
•  AutoResetEvent class and ManualResetEvent class
•  IAsyncResult interface
•  EventWaitHandle class, RegisterWaitHandle class, SendOrPostCallback delegate, and IOCompletionCallback delegate
•  Interlocked class
•  ExecutionContext class, HostExecutionContext class, HostExecutionContext Manager class, and ContextCallback delegate
•  LockCookie structure, Monitor class, Mutex class, and Semaphore class

Create a unit of isolation for common language runtime in a .NET Framework application by using application domains.
•  Create an application domain.
•  Unload an application domain.
•  Configure an application domain.
•  Retrieve setup information from an application domain.
•  Load assemblies into an application domain.

Embedding configuration, diagnostic, management, and installation features into a .NET Framework application
•  Embed configuration management functionality into a .NET Framework application.
•  Manage an event log by using the System.Diagnostics namespace.
•  Manage system processes and monitor the performance of a .NET Framework application by using the diagnostics functionality of the .NET Framework 2.0.
•  Debug and trace a .NET Framework application by using the System.Diagnostics namespace.
•  Embed management information and events into a .NET Framework application.
•  Implementing serialization and input/output functionality in a .NET Framework application
•  Serialize or deserialize an object or an object graph by using runtime serialization techniques.
•  Control the serialization of an object into XML format by using the System.Xml.Serialization namespace.
•  Implement custom serialization formatting by using the Serialization Formatter classes.
•  Manage byte streams by using Stream classes.

Manage the .NET Framework application data by using Reader and Writer classes.
•  StringReader class and StringWriter class
•  TextReader class and TextWriter class
•  StreamReader class and StreamWriter class
•  BinaryReader class and BinaryWriter class
•  Compress or decompress stream information in a .NET Framework application, and improve the security of application data by using isolated storage.
•  IsolatedStorageFile class
•  IsolatedStorageFileStream class
•  DeflateStream class
•  GZipStream class

Improving the security of the .NET Framework applications by using the .NET Framework 2.0 security features
•  Implement code access security to improve the security of a .NET Framework application.
•  Implement access control by using the System.Security.AccessControl classes.
•  Implement a custom authentication scheme by using the System.Security.Authentication classes.
•  Encrypt, decrypt, and hash data by using the System.Security.Cryptography classes.
•  Control permissions for resources by using the System.Security.Permission classes.
•  Control code privileges by using System.Security.Policy classes.
•  Access and modify identity information by using the System.Security.Principal classes. 

Implementing interoperability, reflection, and mailing functionality in a .NET Framework application
•  Expose COM components to the .NET Framework and the .NET Framework components to COM.
•  Call unmanaged DLL functions in a .NET Framework application, and control the marshaling of data in a .NET Framework application.
•  Implement reflection functionality in a .NET Framework application, and create metadata, Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL), and a PE file by using the System.Reflection.Emit namespace.
•  Send electronic mail to a Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) server for delivery from a .NET Framework application.

Implementing globalization, drawing, and text manipulation functionality in a .NET Framework application
•  Format data based on culture information.
•  Access culture and region information in a .NET Framework application.
•  Format date and time values based on the culture.
•  Format number values based on the culture.
•  Perform culture•sensitive string comparison.
•  Build a custom culture class based on existing culture and region classes.

Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using the System.Drawing namespace.
•  Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using brushes, pens, colors, and fonts.
•  Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using graphics, images, bitmaps, and icons.
•  Enhance the user interface of a .NET Framework application by using shapes and sizes.

Enhance the text handling capabilities of a .NET Framework application, and search, modify, and control text in a .NET Framework application by using regular expressions.
•  StringBuilder class
•  Regex class
•  Match class and MatchCollection class
•  Group class and GroupCollection class
•  Encode text by using Encoding classes
•  Decode text by using Decoding classes.