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This Technology Specialist (TS) Exam 70-529: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Distributed Application Development became available March 24, 2006.
Candidates for this exam work on a team in a medium or large development environment that uses Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Enterprise Developer or Visual Studio 2005. Candidates should have at least one year of experience developing distributed applications by using the Microsoft .NET Framework. Candidates should have a working knowledge of Visual Studio 2005.
When you pass Exam 70-529: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 - Distributed Application Development, you earn credit toward the following certifications:
| • | Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Applications |
When the exam begins, you can choose the programming language in which the code segments will appear. The available code languages for this exam are:
| • | Microsoft Visual Basic 2005 |
| • | Microsoft Visual C# 2005 |
We make a wealth of preparation tools and resources available to you, including courses, books, practice tests, and Microsoft Web sites. When you are ready to prepare for this exam, here's where you should start.
| • | Workshop 2548: Core Distributed Application Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 |
| • | Workshop 2549: Advanced Distributed Application Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 |
| • | Collection 2548: Core Distributed Application Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 |
| • | Collection 2549: Advanced Distributed Application Development with Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 |
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| • | MeasureUp: Visit the MeasureUp Web site to take a practice test. |
| • | Self Test Software: Visit the Self Test Software Web site to take a practice test. |
| • | TechNet: Designed for IT professionals, this site includes How-tos, best practices, downloads, technical chats, and much more. |
| • | MSDN: The Microsoft Developer Network (MSDN) is a reference for developers, featuring code samples, technical articles, newsgroups, chats, and more. |
| • | Training & Certification Newsgroups: A newsgroup exists for every Microsoft certification. By participating in the ongoing dialogue, you take advantage of a unique opportunity to exchange ideas with and ask questions of others, including more than 750 Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) worldwide. |
This certification exam measures your ability to develop and implement distributed applications by using the Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed in the following matrix. The matrix shows the official Microsoft Learning products that may help you reach competency in the skills being tested in the exam.
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Use discovery files to publish a list of Web services that are installed on a Web server. | ||||||||||||||||
Build and deploy a Web service application. | ||||||||||||||||
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Configure SOAP messages.
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Configure the Web services communication protocol.
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Manage session state in Web services.
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Implement SOAP headers.
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Implement SOAP extensions.
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| Creating, Configuring, and Deploying Remoting Applications | ||||||||||||||||
Create and configure a server application.
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Create a client application to access a remote object.
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Debug and deploy a remoting application.
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Create and serialize remotable types.
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Manage the lifetime of remote objects.
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Call Web methods asynchronously.
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Call remoting methods asynchronously.
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Implement events in remoting applications.
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| Implementing Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0 | ||||||||||||||||
Enable WSE in client and server applications.
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Add a digital signature to a SOAP message and verify an existing SOAP message signature.
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Encrypt and decrypt a SOAP message.
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Implement a policy for a Web service application.
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Implement filters in a Web service application.
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Implement WSE SOAP messaging.
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Route SOAP messages by using a WSE router.
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Add and verify security credentials.
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| Creating and Accessing a Serviced Component and Using Message Queuing | ||||||||||||||||
Create, configure, and access a serviced component.
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Create, delete, and set permissions on a message queue.
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Send messages to a message queue and delete messages from a message queue.
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Sign and encrypt messages.
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Receive messages.
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Process messages.
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