MCTS ASP.NET 3.5 - 70-562 - Objectives List Part 1

This is the first post in another collection of posts that have links to the different topics covered in the 70-562 exam.

Configuring and Deploying Web Applications (10 percent)

• Configure providers
• Personalization provider
• Membership provider
• Data Sources
  • AccessDataSource
  • EntityDataSource
  • LinqDataSource
  • ObjectDataSource
  • SiteMapDataSource    
  • SqlDataSource
  • XmlDataSource
• Data Source Web Server Controls overview
• Site Map
• Membership Provider
  • Configuring
• Role Provider
  • Using
• Configure authentication, authorization, and impersonation
• ASP.NET Authentication
• Web.Config Authentication Settings
• Web.Config Authorization Settings
• Forms Authentication
  • Configuring
• Windows Authentication
• Impersonation
• Configure projects, solutions, and reference assemblies
• ASP.NET Merge Tool (aspnet_merge.exe)
• Global Assembly Cache Tool (Gacutil.exe)
• Strong Name Tool (SN.exe)
• Web Application Projects
• Web Site Projects and Solutions
• Configure session state by using Microsoft SQL Server, State Server, or InProc
• ASP.NET Session State Overview
• ASP.NET State Management Comparison
• Session-State Modes
• Session State
• Web.Config sessionState settings
• InProc
• State Server
• SQL Server
  • ASP.NET SQL Server Registration Tool (Aspnet_regsql.exe)
• Cookieless Sessions
• Timeout
• Publish Web applications
• ASP.NET Deployment Overview
• Web Site Types Overview
• Publish Web Site
• Copy Web Site
• File System Web Sites
• FTP publishing
• Local IIS Web Site
• Remote IIS Web Site
• Configure application pools
• Managing Application Pools in IIS 7
  • Creating an app pool
  • Change an app pool
  • Specify a .NET version for an app pool
  • Specify an identity for an app pool
• Configuring application pools in IIS 6
• Work Process Isolation in IIS 6
• Compile an application by using Visual Studio or command-line tools
• ASP.NET Compilation Tool (aspnet_compiler.exe)
• ASP.NET Merge Tool (aspnet_merge.exe)
• Compiling MSIL to Native Code

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