Announcing an all-new MCTS Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on Exam 70-536, a core exam for the new Microsoft Technology Specialist and Professional Developer certifications. This kit packs the tools and features that exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and a robust testing suite. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for skills and expertise that you can apply to the job.

Focusing on the .NET Framework version 2.0, this official study guide covers topics such as .NET Framework fundamentals, I/O, graphics, collections, serialization, application domains and services, application and user security, threading, instrumentation, reflection, and installing and configuring applications.

Ace your exam preparation and ramp up quickly on the .NET Framework by working at your own pace through the lessons, hands-on exercises, and practice tests.

About the Authors

In the mid 1980s, Tony Northrup, CISSP, MCSE, and MVP, learned to program in BASIC on a ZX-81 personal computer built from a kit. Later, he mastered the 68000 assembly and ANSI C on the Motorola VERSAdos operating system before beginning to write code for MS-DOS.

Tony started writing in 1997 and has since published more than a dozen technology books on the topics of development and networking. In addition, Tony has written dozens of articles at microsoft.com, covering topics ranging from securing ASP.NET applications, to designing firewalls to protect networks and computers.

Shawn Wildermuth is a Microsoft C# MVP and is the founder of Wildermuth Consulting Services, LLC, a company that is dedicated to delivering software and training solutions in the Atlanta, Georgia area. He is also a speaker on the INETA Speaker Bureau and has appeared at several national conferences to speak on a variety of subjects. 

Bill Ryan is a Senior Software Developer at InfoPro, Inc., a large medical records management company in Augusta, GA. Bill is a Microsoft MVP in the Windows Embedded category. Bill is also the co-author of Professional ADO.NET 2 and Professional WinFX Beta, both by Wrox Press. He's currently authoring Professional Microsoft Speech Server by Apress.