Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 Distributed Application Development

Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-529 - and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce what you´ve learned by applying your knowledge to real-world case scenarios and labs. 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, customize, and deploy a Web service application
- Format and extend XML Web services with customized SOAP headers and extensions
- Create, debug, and host remoting server and client applications
- Invoke methods and manage events with .NET Remoting or .NET Web Services
- Enable Web Services Enhancements 3.0 and add digital signatures to SOAP messages
- Create serviced components and manage message queues

Assess your skills with practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers - including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies.

Your kit includes:
- 15% exam discount from Microsoft. Offer expires 12/31/11. Details inside.
- Official self-paced study guide.
- Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results.
- 400+ practice and review questions.
- Case scenarios and lab exercises.
- Microsoft Visual Basic and Visual C# code samples on CD.
- 90-day evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition.
- Fully searchable eBook of this guide.


About the Authors:

Sara Morgan is an independent developer and author who writes articles and books concerning key Microsoft technologies. Sara operates her own consulting firm named Custom Solutions, LLC. An MCSD and MCDBA, she specializes in niche areas such as speech technologies and robotics. She has extensive experience with SQL Server and Visual Studio .NET and has been developing database-driven Web applications since the earliest days of Internet development.

For the past two years, her main client has been Microsoft, and, during that time, she has co-written four training kits for Microsoft Press. These training kits are used by developers to study for certification exams, and they cover topics such as distributed development, Web application development, SQL Server query optimization, and SQL Server Business Intelligence. Sara has also written several articles for the online development journal DevX.com concerning Microsoft Speech Server and the newly released Microsoft Robotics Studio (MSRS). In early 2007, she was named a Microsoft MVP for the Office Communications Server (OCS) group.
Bill Ryan is a Microsoft MVP for Microsoft Windows Embedded and a frequent speaker at industry events. He is a coauthor of MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit for Exam 70-536.
Shannon Horn has 14 years´experience as a trainer, developer, and consultant specializing in Microsoft Windows and Web based solutions.
GrandMasters is an IT consulting firm specializing in content development, exam development, and custom technical support.
Mark Blomsma, Microsoft MVP for C#, specializes in .NET technologies, enterprise application development and integration, and software renovation.

Also available in German: Entwickeln von verteilten Anwendungen mit .NET Framework 2.0