Preparation Guide for Exam 74-135
Developing E-Business Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004
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 | Exam News |
| Audience Profile |
| Preparation Tools and Resources |
| Skills Being Measured |
Exam News
Exam 74-135 is a Technology Specialist exam.
Exam 74-135 became available January 17, 2005.
Audience Profile
A candidate for this exam should have a minimum of one year's experience designing and developing distributed applications by using Microsoft technologies, and experience developing, deploying, and managing a BizTalk server 2004 solution. The typical application:
| • | Requires end-to-end visibility into an organization's business processes |
| • | Integrates existing business processes within an organization |
| • | Develops scalable integration solutions to enable communication between disparate systems (as well as between partners) |
Preparation Tools and Resources
We make a wealth of preparation tools and resources available to you, including courses and Microsoft Web sites. When you are ready to prepare for this exam, here's where you should start.
Instructor-led Courses for This Exam
| • | Course 2157: Developing E-Business Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 |
| • | Course 2158: Deploying and Managing E-Business Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004 |
Microsoft Online Resources
| • | Partner Site: Designed for our partners, this site includes training, sales and marketing advice, events, and competency resources. |
| • | 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. |
Skills Being Measured
This exam measures your ability to develop E-Business Solutions Using Microsoft BizTalk Server 2004. Before taking the exam, you should be proficient in the job skills listed in the following matrix. The matrix shows which Microsoft Official Curriculum courses may help you reach competency in the skills being tested in the exam.
| KEY: |  = The course provides a general introductory overview of this task. You will need to supplement the course with additional work  = The course includes some material to prepare you for this task. You will need to supplement the course with additional work  = The course includes material to prepare you for this task |
| Skills measured by exam 74-135 | Collection 2157 | Collection 2158 |
| Design and Plan a BizTalk Solution | ||
Design a BizTalk Integration Solution |  | |
Design a BizTalk Production Environment |  | |
Plan a BizTalk Implementation | | |
| Install and Configure BizTalk Server 2004 | ||
Install BizTalk Server for a Development Environment | | |
Configure BizTalk Server for a Development Environment | | |
Install BizTalk Server for a Production Environment | | |
Configure BizTalk Server for a Production Environment | | |
| Develop and Debug a BizTalk Solution | ||
Develop Schemas and Maps | | |
Develop Orchestrations | | |
Develop Transactions and Exception Handling | | |
Develop Pipelines | | |
Consume and Publish Web Services | | |
Develop Business Rules | | |
Develop Adapters | | |
Develop Human Work Flow Services | | |
Integrate Trading Partners | | |
| Deploy and Manage a BizTalk Solution | ||
Deploy a Solution | | |
Administer a BizTalk Production Environment | | |
Secure a BizTalk Solution | | |
Implement Enterprise Single Sign-On | | |
Implement Fault Tolerance and Backup | | |
Subscription Viewer, SDK Tools | | |
Manage Information Worker Services | | |
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