Creating an Application Design (19%)
Evaluate
application data access and storage - This objective may include but is not limited to: SharePoint
List and relationships, Document Library, SQL Database, BCS, web service, file
system, remote BLOB storage, and all other external data sources
Identify
artifacts from application requirements - This objective may include but is not limited to: web parts,
event receivers, list definitions, list templates, workflows, site definitions,
custom actions, content types, site columns, mapping artifacts to application
requirements
Select
a deployment model - This objective may
include but is not limited to: identifying artifacts and execution appropriate
for sandbox and farm (i.e. GAC vs. BIN) implementation, designing solutions for
single server or multi-server environments, dividing artifacts between sandbox
and farm
Select
the appropriate execution method - This objective may include but is not limited to: in-page,
workflow, event receiver (asynchronous vs. synchronous), timer job, and service
application, selecting which logic execution model to use for a problem,
determining where code or artifact runs
Designing UX (17%)
Determine
presentation page type - This
objective may include but is not limited to: Web Part page, application Page,
publishing page, page layout, static page
Determine
SharePoint visual components - This objective may include but is not limited to: web parts,
silverlight, AJAX, ribbon, visual web parts, delegate controls, custom field
types, dialog
Plan
branding strategy - This objective may
include but is not limited to: determining usage of themes, templates, enforce
consistency via site definitions, master pages and page layouts, determining
usage of CSS styles and JavaScript, designing usage and role of Styles Library
or Site Collection Library
Design
application customization strategy - This objective may include but is not limited to: supportable
customizations allowed through SharePoint UI, SharePoint Designer 2010, VS 2010
(site columns, content types, page customization, themes, page layouts,
personalization)
Design
navigation strategy - This
objective may include but is not limited to: identify inclusion of navigational
items (global/current/custom), consume an existing site map provider vs. create
a custom provider, determine depth and inclusion of pages/sites, dynamic vs.
static navigation, consume an existing navigation control vs. create a custom
navigation control
Managing Application Development
(18%)
Design for localization
and globalization - This objective may
include but is not limited to: use and implementation of resource files,
variations (content creation and workflow, multilingual content), selecting
locales, date and time, regional settings, RTL vs. LTR
Develop
a security approach - This
objective may include but is not limited to: authentication (NTLM, Kerberos,
Forms-based Authentication, claims, Single Sign-On, Anonymous), authorization
(SharePoint groups, AD groups, claims, permission levels) enterprise-wide
security policies
Define
application configuration approach - This objective may include but is not limited to: defining
"web.config" modifications, Lists as a configuration option, Property
bags, declarative vs. programmatic, SP persisted objects
Optimizing SharePoint
Application Design (15%)
Optimize
page performance - This objective may
include but is not limited to: View State, Inline JS, Inline CSS, HTML
output, AJAX, Client side cache, .NET cache, BLOB Cache, Session State, IIS
compression
Optimize
data access - This objective may
include but is not limited to: SPQuery, SPSiteDataQuery, Large lists, Search
(managed properties), SharePoint 2010 query throttling, Client object model vs.
web service/rest/SOAP/RPC, Linq
Design
for logging and exception handling - This objective may include but is not limited to: Determining appropriate
level of logging to include in a custom code project, Evaluating SharePoint log
data, Instrumenting code to improve the ability to maintain the system,
Determining when exceptions are raised, error values returned, and what should
be written to the SharePoint ULS log, Debugger, and Event log
Identify
and Resolve deployment issues - This objective may include but is not limited to: single server
vs. farm vs. multi-farm, infrastructure vs. content database, web applications,
application pools, feature activation failures, pushing applications to front
end, security context, feature scope, feature dependencies
Analyze
memory utilization - This objective may
include but is not limited to: Memory profiling, Disposal of SharePoint
objects, Load testing, Identifying memory bottlenecks (hierarchy), Analyze ULS
logs, Monitoring memory counters, ensure implemention of IDisposable on custom
artifacts containing IDisposable members
Designing SharePoint
Composite Applications (13%)
Design
external application integration - This objective may include but is not limited to: Selecting
appropriate BCS connection from Web Service, .NET Type, and SQL Connection,
Defining authentication requirements, Defining solutions that include Office
client applications
Determine
data capture approach - This
objective may include but is not limited to: Evaluate when to use different
forms technologies (InfoPath vs. ASP.NET), Office client, Silverlight, BCS,
Infopath Forms Services
Design
SharePoint information architecture - This objective may include but is not limited to: Content types
(local, global), Site columns, Site structure, Taxonomy (managed metadata)
Design
a workflow solution - This
objective may include but is not limited to: workflow tool (Visio, SharePoint
Designer, Visual Studio), Sequential vs. State Machine, Item vs. Site,
Declarative vs. Code, custom actions
Designing SharePoint
Solutions and Features (18%)
Plan
SharePoint Features - This
objective may include but is not limited to: Feature Sets, Feature Stapling,
determine feature scope, Create a new Feature (vs. extending), activation
dependencies, feature receivers
Plan
SharePoint solution packaging - This objective may include but is not limited to: Create a new
Solution (vs. extending), Manage reference assemblies in a SharePoint WSP
solution, solution sets, solution dependencies, solution targeting
Establishing
application modification and version upgrade strategy - This objective may include but is not limited
to: Designing an artifact upgrade strategy, Feature and solution
upgrade, Site upgrade, Versioning custom assemblies,
Versioning workflows (new feature, new assembly version, new code),
Resolving incompatible changes between dev and production
Develop
a strategy for delivery of application modifications and existing data
transformation - This objective may
include but is not limited to: Formulating a new version of custom code,
Updating Web parts while retaining properties, connections and other user
entered settings, Content maintenance, Developing a content upgrade
strategy, Deployment configurations, Deploying modified code safely (data
safe), Preparing scripts (PowerShell, EXE), packages (WSP, MSI), or installers
For more details: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/Exam.aspx?ID=70-576