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When you earn a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification, you validate your in-depth technical knowledge and skill in using the features and functionality of key technology areas in Microsoft Visual Studio and the Microsoft .NET Framework to design software applications.
You can earn a single certification to show your depth of knowledge in a specific Visual Studio technology, earn multiple certifications to demonstrate your breadth of understanding across different specialties, or build on your MCTS certification to earn a Professional Series credential.
AUDIENCE PROFILE:
Candidates for Exam 70-504 use Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 to build applications that automate workflow. Candidates should have a minimum of one year of experience developing either Windows-based or Web-based applications by using the .NET Framework and should be able to demonstrate the following by using Windows Workflow Foundation (WF).
- A solid understanding of WF in the context of the .NET Framework 3.5 solution stack
- Experience creating both sequential and state machine workflows
- Experience using various workflow activities
- Experience creating custom activities
- Experience maintaining state in a workflow
- Experience managing transactions and handling errors in a workflow
COURSE FEATURES:
- Instructor led training by the industry’s finest experts delivered via streaming video online or DVD
- Software demonstrations where the instructor shows you how to perform a task onscreen.
- Interactive multimedia presentations
- Easy to navigate controls
- Course bookmarking which allows you to resume training where you left off the last session.
- Hands-on activities and labs
- Review Questions
- Practice Exam Simulators with three different training and testing modes. These simulators can also be used for pre- and post-testing.
- Free technology upgrades for one year
- Educational support
COURSE OUTLINE
Module 1 – Window Workflow
Introduction
Windows Workflow, Designing & Types
XOML, Creating Workflows, Activities
Demo – Creating a Workflow
Workflow Hosting, Runtimes & Instance
Demo – Workflow runtime
Module Summary
Module 2 – Control Flow
Introduction to Flow Control
Demo – If Branches in Windows Workflow
While – Condition Property
Replicator and Parallel Execution
Parallel
ConditionedActivityGroup
Policies, RuleSets, Executing Rules, Forward Chaining & PolicyActivity
Programming Rules
Module Summary
Module 3 – Custom Activities
Custom Activities Overview
Types of Custom Activities, Why Create, Activity Hierarchy & Creating
Bells and Whistles, Custom Designers & Themes
Dynamically Configuring Activity
Toolbar Icons
Activity validation
Module Summary
Module 4 – Communicating With Workflows
Introduction & Overview
Modifying Workflows Dynamically & Limitations
Local Services, Local Service Design & Workflow to Host Communication
Host to Workflow Communication
Custom Activity Events, WCF Services, 101 & Calling a WCF Service
Module Summary
Module 5 – State Workflows
Overview
State Machine Workflows & State Activities
Module Summary
Module 6 – Runtime Services
Overview
Runtime Services, Persisting Workflows, Persitant Options & Configuring SQL Server Persistence
Custom Serialization, Workflow Monitoring and Tracking & Enabling Tracking
Module Summary
Module 7 – Handling Errors
Handling Errors, Cancellation and Fault Handlers, Exceptions, & Fault Handlers
Transactions & Normal Transactions
Compensatable Transactions
Module Summary
Module 8 – Program Summary & Exam
70-504 Summary and Exam
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