WCF Beta Exam

re: WCF Beta Exam

jagannath Goswami — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 05:20:48 GMT

where I will ger MCTS questions for WCF

MCTS in WCF

Glavs Blog — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 07:55:24 GMT

So a little while ago, I mentioned that I did a WCF beta exam for a Microsoft Certified Technical Specialist

re: WCF Beta Exam

Jeff — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:16:44 GMT

Thanks Glav! That helps me focus my studying.

At worst I'll see just how much more WCF there is than I've dealt with/studied :) I'm definitely excited about the exam.

re: WCF Beta Exam

Glav — Sat, 26 Jan 2008 10:08:58 GMT

Hi Jeff,

I think a lot was due to my lack of preparation, but I had a lot of questions around programming against claim based services. More than I expected at least and quite detailed.

re: WCF Beta Exam

Jeff — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 17:00:35 GMT

I definitely don't want to game the beta exam so Microsoft has accurate data, but what was the most obscure or most unexpected topic on the beta exam that the preparation guide doesn't prepare you for? (Other than enum values, obviously) I'm sitting the exam next week and I'm trying to focus on the pieces of WCF I haven't used much yet.

thanks

re: WCF Beta Exam

Iain — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 05:34:02 GMT

I sat this one too

and agree, there were a few curly questions on it.

I was lucky enough to squeeze in a little more study time than you,

but still found it pretty tough going in areas.

I think i'm in with a chance, there were lots of little questions I stuffed up on after narrowing it down to two answers.

It's kinda funny (and sometimes painfull) looking back through msdn after sitting such an exam as you can clearly see the paragraphs in articles the questions directly relate to!

re: WCF Beta Exam

Rana — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 15:56:34 GMT

mmm,

I think I should wait for the released exam, because I think preparing for a beta exam wastes too much time than preparing for a well known exam with its well known material.

thanks for your reply, and good luck in your next Exam :D

re: WCF Beta Exam

Glav — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 03:43:38 GMT

Hi Rana, I can't really suggest whether you should do the test or not. For me it was beneficial, even if I dont pass as it gave me good insight into what to expect next time.

There isn't one singular piece of information that I am aware that you could study. I used a lot of Programming WCF by Juval Lowy but even if you knew that book word for word, you might still not pass as there is much material in the test that is not in that book. WS-Federation related stuff. identity claims and so forth in particular.

I guess what I am saying is, if you are happy to spend a month or two doing the prep, then it would seem a waste to not tdo the test. Just make sure you allocate plenty of prep time.

Іспит 70-503 (TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - Windows Communication Foundation)

Mike Chaliy's Blog — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:13:04 GMT

В середу склав іспит 70-503 (TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 - Windows Communication Foundation). Що

re: WCF Beta Exam

Rana — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 13:18:16 GMT

It’s great to find someone who experienced this test before, I’m preparing to take this test but I found the preparation guide is not useful at all.

I spent a very long time searching for a good material to prepare from but till now I didn’t find any. Specially that I need a book or PDF talking about WCF in framework 3.5.

So do you suggest going the exam or let it go.

And if you think I should go, do you suggest a book or PDF or a good web site to prepare from?

Thanks for you feedback.