SYNOPSIS MCAD .NETvs MCDBAvs MCSD .NETvs
Microsoft’s
exam 70-320, Developing XML Web Services and Server Components with Microsoft
Visual C# .NET and the Microsoft .NET Framework is a core requirement for the MCSD
(Microsoft Certified Solution Developer) for Microsoft .NET certification and
is a core or elective requirement for the MCAD (Microsoft Certified Application
Developer) for Microsoft .NET certification. It is designed for candidates who
work on a team in a medium or large development environment that uses
Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. There is no specific prerequisite for this exam
but Microsoft recommends that candidates have at least one year of experience
developing middle-tier components and have a working knowledge of Microsoft
Visual C# .NET.
Exam 70-320 is also
an elective for this other certification: MCDBA (Microsoft Certified Database
Administrator) on SQL Server 2000.
The
domains covered by this exam include:
Creating
and Managing Microsoft Windows Services, Serviced Components, .NET Remoting
Objects, and XML Web Services
Consuming
and Manipulating Data
Testing
and Debugging
Deploying
Windows Services, Serviced Components, .NET Remoting Objects, and XML Web Services
Where did remoting, windows services and serviced components go ? I did spend a lot of time studying those materials as well and do not regret it at all, that was extremely valuable. But the exam focusses mainly on web services and is too easy.
The exam covers everything
ryanwalberg on Monday, October 27, 2003
The exam contains a lot of trick questions. I studied using Kalani's book (from Que) and some MSDN articles and scored 1006. Do all the examples in the book.
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