the following courses helps you to prepare to this exam.
1) Workshop 2546: Core Windows Forms Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
This three-day instructor-led workshop provides students with the knowledge and
skills to develop Microsoft Windows Forms applications using Microsoft Visual Studio2005.
The workshop focuses on user interfaces, program structure, and implementation details.
Audience
This workshop is intended for corporate or independent software vendor (ISV) application
developers who have a desire to learn more about specific technology areas in Windows
application development.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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Create a simple Windows Forms application.
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Configure standard controls.
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Build menus.
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Display and edit data by using data-bound controls.
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Provide user assistance and enhance usability.
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Create consistent applications by using dialogs and forms inheritance.
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Add print and report functionality to a Windows Forms application.
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Perform asynchronous tasks by using the BackgroundWorker component.
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Deploy a Windows Forms application by using ClickOnce.
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Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must:
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Be able to manage a solution environment using the Visual Studio 2005 integrated
development environment (IDE) and tools
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Understand Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 and the Common Language Runtime
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Be able to program an application using a .NET Framework 2.0 compliant language
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Know how to make assemblies available to other applications
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Have a basic understanding of XML, including XML declaration, elements, attributes,
and namespaces.
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Workshop 2547: Advanced Windows Forms Technologies with Microsoft Visual Studio
2005
This two-day instructor-led workshop provides students with the knowledge and skills
to develop advanced Microsoft( Windows( Forms applications using Microsoft( Visual
Studio( 2005. The workshop focuses on user interfaces, program structure, and implementation
details.
Audience
This workshop is intended for corporate or independent software vendor (ISV) application
developers who have a desire to learn more about specific technology areas in Web
application development.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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Build MDI applications.
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Customize Windows Forms and controls.
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Create customized print components.
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Perform drag-and-drop operations and implement Clipboard support.
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Perform asynchronous tasks in Windows Forms by using multithreaded techniques.
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Enhance the presentation of Windows Forms applications.
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Prerequisites
Before attending this course, students must:
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Have attended or studied Workshop 2546, Core Windows Forms Technologies with Visual
Studio 2005 or possess equivalent knowledge and skills.
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Be able to manage a solution environment using the Visual Studio 2005 integrated
development environment (IDE) and tools.
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Be able to program an application using a .NET Framework 2.0 compliant language,
including the use of delegates and events.
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Understand advanced concepts including serialization, reflection, application domains,
and multithreading.
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3) Workshop 2541: Core Data Access with Microsoft Visual Studio
2005
This three-day instructor-led workshop provides students with the knowledge and
skills to develop data-access applications by using the Microsoft .NET Framework
and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. The workshop describes how to access and update
data in a database by using ADO.NET. The workshop also describes how to create,
read, and write XML data.
Audience
This workshop is intended for corporate and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) application
developers who have a desire to learn more about specific technology areas in distributed
application development.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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Connect to databases and read data.
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Query and update databases by using commands.
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Perform transactional operations.
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Perform disconnected operations programmatically.
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Perform disconnected operations by using Visual Studio 2005 wizards.
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Perform XML operations on disconnected data.
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Read and write XML data.
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Process XML data by using the Document Object Model DOM.
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Prerequisites
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Be able to manage a solution environment using the Visual Studio 2005 integrated
development environment IDE and tools
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Understand the .NET Framework 2.0 and the Common Language Runtime
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Be able to program an application using a .NET Framework 2.0 compliant language
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Know how to make assemblies available to other applications
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Have a good understanding of basic relational database concepts
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Be able to use basic SQL commands
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Have a good understanding of XML including XML declaration, elements, attributes,
and namespaces
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Be able to explain XML schema concepts
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4) Workshop 2542: Advanced Data Access with Microsoft Visual Studio
2005
This two-day instructor-led workshop provides students with the knowledge and skills
needed to use advanced data access features and techniques in the Microsoft .NET
Framework and Microsoft Visual Studio 2005. The workshop describes how to access
data and how to implement database functionality by using Microsoft ADO.NET 2.0
and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. The workshop also describes how to locate, edit,
and transform XML by using XPath and Extensible Style sheet Language for Transformations
(XSLT).
Audience
This workshop is intended for corporate and Independent Software Vendor (ISV) application
developers who have a desire to learn more about specific technology areas in distributed
application development.
At Course Completion
After completing this course, students will be able to:
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Minimize and handle database operation conflicts.
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Handle large objects.
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Enhance database performance.
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Create managed code objects for SQL Server 2005.
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Query XML by using XPath.
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Transform XML by using XSLT style sheets.
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Prerequisites
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Have attended or studied Workshop 2541, Core Data Access with Microsoft Visual Studio
2005, or possess equivalent knowledge and skills.
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Know how to use delegates.
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Be able to use database stored procedures, triggers, and aggregates.
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Be able to explain XPath concepts and basic syntax.
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Be able to explain XSLT style sheet concepts.
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