MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 ― Application Development

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The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Application Development certification highlights your area of expertise and validates the knowledge and skills required to build Web portals and integrate business applications by using Office SharePoint Server 2007. A successful candidate will have prior experience working with XML, the Microsoft .NET Framework, and Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services development.

MCTS candidates must pass one exam that focuses on the following:

• Managing enterprise content
• Creating Business Intelligence solutions by using Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Integrating business data with Office SharePoint Server 2007 by using the Business Data Catalog (BDC)
• Accessing Office SharePoint Server 2007 Application Platform Services
• Searching data by using Search
• Targeting content based on audience membership
• Customizing functionality by using profiles

How to earn your MCTS: SharePoint Server 2007 ― Application Development certification

MCTS candidates must pass one exam.

Required exams (one exam required)

• Exam 70-542: TS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 – Application Development

Audience profile

Candidates for this exam are consultants who provide consulting services for Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and corporate developers who use Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Candidates have the following experience or knowledge:

• Six months to one year of experience developing applications by using Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
• Experience using the following related technologies:

The Microsoft .NET Framework at least six months with ASP.NET 2.0)

Windows SharePoint Services development (six months to one year)

• Experience working with XML documents
• Experience with XML Web services development and consumption
• Working knowledge of Windows WorkFlow Foundation
• Working knowledge of IIS 6

Credit toward certification

When you pass this exam, you earn credit toward the following certifications: MCTS: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007: Application Development.

Code languages

When the exam begins, you can choose the programming language in which the code segments will appear. The available code languages for this exam are:

• Microsoft Visual Basic 2005
• Microsoft Visual C# 2005

Skills being measured