Exam preparation materials

Here is the list of materials I used for preparation for my last exam:

1) books:

• MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-503) - Microsoft Framework 3.5 - Windows Communication Foundation
• "Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation Step by Step" by John Sharp
• "Programming WCF Services, Second Edition" by Juval Lowy

2) screencasts:

• http://www.microsoft.com/uk/msdn/screencasts/presenter/11/Mike-Taulty.aspx (see screencasts about WCF, all other ones are also useful, I'll have a look on them on next exams preparation)
• http://www.dasblonde.net/2007/06/24/WCFWebcastSeries.aspx (webcasts by Michele Bustamante)

Especially important was to watch and study thoroughly these topics:

Windows Communication Foundation Top to Bottom (Part 04 of 15): Exceptions and Faults

Windows Communication Foundation Top to Bottom (Part 08 of 15): Instancing Modes

Transactions in Distributed Solutions with Windows Communication Foundation

Windows Communication Foundation Top to Bottom (Part 09 of 15): Concurrency, Throughput, and Throttling

From my point of view, all topics related to concurrency, instances are not too simple.

MS Exam 70-503 PASSED!

Another step passed:
Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Communication Foundation Application Development (70-503)

I managed to pass this exam with score 916 out of 1000.

Now I'm an MCTS (MS Certified Technology Specialist) in Windows Communication Foundation.

Currently I'm preparing for exam 70-561 (ADO.NET)...

Running unmanaged code on Windows Azure

Yesterday night I had a speech on Wellington .NET User group and presented "Running unmanaged code on Windows Azure".

Later I'm going to publish some findings and interesting tricks from this project.

Here are the slides:

Native code on ms azure platform

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