Apr 06, 2012 |
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Book Description
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-561—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:
- Connect to data sources; query and retrieve data
- Manage data integrity and transactions
- Use LINQ to query data across types, including XML
- Work with DataSets and in-memory stores
- Synchronize data—including smart-caching strategies
- Generate an EDM using the Entity Framework
- Use ADO.NET Data Services for Internet applications
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Creating Database Connections
Chapter 2. Selecting and Querying Data
Chapter 3. DataSets
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Apr 06, 2012 |
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Book Description
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-503—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:
- Define and implement service contracts
- Configure client and service endpoints across transport protocols
- Customize service behavior; host and expose services
- Add instrumentation to services, including end-to-end tracing
- Implement transport, message, and user level security
- Consume services through proxies and agents
- Manage the service life cycle—instances, sessions, transactions, concurrency
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Contracts
Chapter 2. Exposing the Services
Chapter 3. Deploying Services
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Apr 06, 2012 |
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Book Description
Announcing an all-new Self-Paced Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on 70-502, the required exam for the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5—Windows Presentation Foundation.
This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job.
Focusing on the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), this official study guide covers creating, configuring, and deploying WPF applications; integrating Windows Forms controls; adding multimedia content; using triggers and animation; binding to data sources; and configuring security settings.
Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. Then assess yourself using 300+ practice questions on the CD, featuring multiple, customizable testing options. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 software and an exam discount voucher Download Now »
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Book Description
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-448—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:
- Create SSIS packages; troubleshoot data flow and control flow
- Configure, debug, and deploy SSIS solutions
- Develop SSAS cubes for OLAP and data mining services
- Implement custom logic with MDX
- Optimize storage design and query performance
- Create SSRS reports; enable interactivity; write custom code
- Manage the report environment
- Configure security features for SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Developing SSIS Packages
Chapter 2. Debugging and Error Handling in SSIS
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Apr 06, 2012 |
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Book Description
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-433—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:
- Create and manage database objects
- Query and modify data; implement subqueries and CTEs * Optimize table structures and data integrity
- Create stored procedures, functions, and triggers
- Manage transactions, error handling, and change tracking
- Tune query performance
- Implement database mail, full-text search, Service Broker, scripts
- Work with XML and SQLCLR
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Data Retrieval
Chapter 2. Modifying Data—The INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE, and MERGE Statements
Chapter 3. Tables, Data Types, and Declarative Data Integrity
Chapter 4. Using Additional Query Techniques Download Now »
Apr 06, 2012 |
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Book Description
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-432—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:
- Configure, manage, back up, and restore databases
- Create a partitioned table, index, or indexed view
- Configure services and components to manage your environment
- Help prevent unauthorized access at each security infrastructure layer
- Design and deploy high-availability solutions
- Manage SQL Server Agent jobs, alerts, and operators
- Identify service, concurrency, and job execution problems
Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Installing and Configuring SQL Server 2008
Chapter 2. Database Configuration and Maintenance
Chapter 3. Tables
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