Developing Microsoft Azure and Web Services

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Exam 70-487 - Developing Microsoft Azure and Web Services

Skills measured

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below. The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam. The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam. View video tutorials about thevariety of question typeson Microsoft exams.

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Starting April 30, 2014, the questions on this exam includecontent covering Visual Studio 2013 and updates to Microsoft Azure.

Accessing data (20-25%)

  • Choose data access technologies
    • Choose a technology (ADO.NET, Entity Framework, WCF Data Services, Azure storage) based on application requirements
  • Implement caching
    • Cache static data, apply cache policy (including expirations); use CacheDependency to refresh cache data; query notifications
  • Implement transactions
    • Manage transactions by using the API from System.Transactions namespace; implement distributed transactions; specify transaction isolation level
  • Implement data storage in Azure
    • Access data storage in Azure; choose data storage mechanism in Azure (blobs, tables, queues, SQL Database); distribute data by using the Content delivery network (CDN); handle exceptions by using retries (SQL Database); manage Azure Caching
  • Create and implement a WCF Data Services service
    • Address resources; implement filtering; create a query expression; access payload formats (including JSON); use data service interceptors and service operators
  • Manipulate XML data structures
    • Read filter, create, modify XML data structures; Manipulate XML data by using XMLReader, XMLWriter, XMLDocument, XPath, LINQ to XML; transform XML by using XSLT transformations

Preparation resources

  • Transaction isolation levels
  • WCF Data Services
  • XML documents and data

Querying and manipulating data by using Entity Framework (20-25%)

  • Query and manipulate data by using the Entity Framework
    • Query, update, and delete data by using DbContext; build a query that uses deferred execution; implement lazy loading and eager loading; create and run compiled queries; query data by using Entity SQL; perform asynchronous operations using Entity Framework; map a stored procedure
  • Query and manipulate data by using Data Provider for Entity Framework
    • Query and manipulate data by using Connection, DataReader, and Command from the System.Data.EntityClient namespace; perform synchronous and asynchronous operations; manage transactions (API); programmatically configure a Data Provider
  • Query data by using LINQ to Entities
    • Query data by using LINQ operators (for example, project, skip, aggregate, filter, and join); log queries and database commands; implement query boundaries (IQueryable vs. IEnumerable); implement async query
  • Query and manipulate data by using ADO.NET
    • Query and manipulate data by using Connection, DataReader, Command, DataAdapter, DataSet; perform synchronous and asynchronous operations; manage transactions (API)
  • Create an Entity Framework data model
    • Structure the data model using table per type, table per class, table per hierarchy; choose and implement an approach to manage a data model (code first vs. model first vs. database first); implement POCO objects; describe a data model by using conceptual schema definitions, storage schema definition, mapping language (CSDL, SSDL, MSL), and Custom Code First Conventions

Preparation resources

  • Entity Framework
  • Loading related entities
  • IQueryable<T> Interface

Designing and implementing WCF Services (15-20%)

  • Create a WCF service
    • Create contracts (service, data, message, callback, and fault); implement message inspectors; implement asynchronous operations in the service
  • Configure WCF services by using configuration settings
    • Configure service behaviors; configure service endpoints; configure bindings including WebSocket bindings; specify a service contract; expose service metadata (XSDs, WSDL, and metadata exchange endpoint); configure message compression and encoding
  • Configure WCF services by using the API
    • Configure service behaviors; configure service endpoints; configure binding; specify a service contract; expose service metadata (XSDs, WSDL, and metadata exchange); WCF routing and discovery features
  • Secure a WCF service
    • Implement message level security, implement transport level security; implement certificates; design and implement multiple authentication modes
  • Consume WCF services
    • Generate proxies by using SvcUtil; generate proxies by creating a service reference; create and implement channel factories
  • Version a WCF service
    • Version different types of contracts (message, service, data); configure address, binding, and routing service versioning
  • Create and configure a WCF service on Azure
    • Create and configure bindings for WCF services (Azure SDK—extensions to WCF); relay bindings to Azure using service bus endpoints; integrate with the Azure service bus relay
  • Implement messaging patterns
    • Implement one way, request/reply, streaming, and duplex communication; implement Azure Service Bus and Azure Queues
  • Host and manage services
    • Manage services concurrency (single, multiple, reentrant); create service hosts; choose a hosting mechanism; choose an instancing mode (per call, per session, singleton); activate and manage a service by using AppFabric; implement transactional services; host services in an Azure worker role

Preparation resources

  • Windows Communication Foundation Services and WCF Data Services in Visual Studio
  • <bindings>
  • Forward-Compatible data contracts

Creating and consuming Web API-based services (15-20%)

  • Design a Web API
    • Define HTTP resources with HTTP actions; plan appropriate URI space, and map URI space using routing; choose appropriate HTTP method (get, put, post, delete) to meet requirements; choose appropriate format (Web API formats) for responses to meet requirements; plan when to make HTTP actions asynchronous; design and implement routes
  • Implement a Web API
    • Accept data in JSON format (in JavaScript, in an AJAX callback); use content negotiation to deliver different data formats to clients; define actions and parameters to handle data binding; use HttpMessageHandler to process client requests and server responses; implement dependency injection, along with the dependency resolver, to create more flexible applications; implement action filters and exception filters to manage controller execution; implement asynchronous and synchronous actions; implement streaming actions; implement SignalR; test Web API web services
  • Secure a Web API
    • Implement HTTPBasic authentication over SSL; implement Windows Auth; prevent cross-site request forgery (XSRF); design, implement, and extend authorization and authentication filters to control access to the application; implement Cross Origin Request Sharing (CORS); implement SSO by using OAuth 2.0; configure multiple authentication modes on a single endpoint
  • Host and manage Web API
    • Host Web API in an ASP.NET app; self-host a Web API in your own process (a Windows service) including Open Web Interface for .NET (OWIN); host services in an Azure worker role; restrict message size; configure the host server for streaming
  • Consume Web API web services
    • Consume Web API services by using HttpClient synchronously and asynchronously; send and receive requests in different formats (JSON/HTML/etc.); request batching

Preparation resources

  • Getting started with ASP.NET Web API 2 (C#)
  • Implementing Basic CRUD functionality with the Entity Framework in ASP.NET MVC application
  • Json class

Deploying web applications and services (15-20%)

  • Design a deployment strategy
    • Create an IIS install package; deploy to web farms; deploy a web application by using XCopy; automate a deployment from TFS or Build Server
  • Choose a deployment strategy for an Azure web application
    • Perform an in-place upgrade and VIP swap; configure an upgrade domain; create and configure input and internal endpoints; specify operating system configuration; deploy applications using Azure Web Site
  • Configure a web application for deployment
    • Switch from production/release mode to debug mode; use SetParameters to set up an IIS app pool; set permissions and passwords; enable and monitor ASP.NET App Suspend; configure WCF endpoints (including HTTPS protocol mapping), bindings, and behaviors; transform web.config by using XSLT (for example, across development, test, and production/release environments); configure Azure configuration settings
  • Manage packages by using NuGet
    • Create and configure a NuGet package; install and update an existing NuGet package; connect to a local repository cache for NuGet, set up your own package repository
  • Create, configure, and publish a web package
    • Create an IIS InstallPackage; configure the build process to output a web package; apply pre- and post- condition actions to ensure that transformations are correctly applied; include appropriate assets (web content, certificates)
  • Share assemblies between multiple applications and servers
    • Prepare the environment for use of assemblies across multiple servers (interning); sign assemblies by using a strong name; deploy assemblies to the global assembly cache; implement assembly versioning; create an assembly manifest; configure assembly binding redirects (for example, from MVC4 to MVC5)

Preparation resources

  • ASP.NET Web Deployment using Visual Studio: Introduction
  • How to: Create a Web Deployment Package in Visual Studio
  • Installing NuGet

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