Now available! 70-506: TS: Silverlight 4, Development

Exam 70-506: TS: Silverlight 4, Development is now available in Prometric testing centers. This exam is intended for software developers who are creating rich Internet-based applications using Silverlight.  The exam focuses mainly on Silverlight 4, but also covers core Silverlight concepts.

Candidates for this exam are developers who create and maintain rich interactive applications (RIA) using Silverlight 4.  Candidates may have additional experience with previous Silverlight versions.

The minimally qualified candidate typically:

• Has at least six months of experience with Silverlight development

• Has at least one year of experience with Microsoft .NET development

• Has experience consuming data services

To schedule your exam, visit Prometric’s Web site.

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Silverlight beta exam coming soon — Submit your SME profile now!

Microsoft will be opening registration for the following beta exam soon:

70-506   TS: Silverlight 4, Development

As with every beta exam, seats are limited. Microsoft will be using their MSL SME database to recruit for the first round of beta participants. For your best chance of participating, create a SME profile by filling out the survey on the MSL SME site on Microsoft Connect. If you have already created your SME profile, make sure that you update it to reflect your interest in taking a beta exam and your experience with Silverlight 4.

A few days before registration opens, Microsoft will send a notification to qualified SMEs through Connect. The notification will include the beta code. If you have any questions, feel free to e-mail mslcd@microsoft.com.

Windows Phone 7 Jump Start (Session 1 of 12)

This Windows Phone 7 Jump Start video training is for all developers interested in developing applications or games for the new Windows Phone 7 Platform.  The course is based on the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 Developer Training Kit and taught by Microsoft MVP’s and Microsoft Press Authors, Andy Wigley and Rob S. Miles.  Watch these entertaining sessions and complete the labs found on Channel 9 to gain development skills using both Microsoft XNA and Microsoft Silverlight. For copies of the student files and links to demo code, you can go to the Windows Phone 7 Born To Learn Forum.

This session begins with a basic overview of the full 12 hour training.  Rob and Andy then jump into an introduction to the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 platform. This is a great starting point for developers new to this exciting new mobile platform.
Session 1: Introduction
Session 2: Building a Silverlight Application, Part 1
Session 3: Building a Silverlight Application, Part 2
Session 4: Building Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform
Session 5: Building XNA Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform, Part 1
Session 6: Building XNA Games for the Windows Phone 7 Platform, Part 2
Session 7: Advanced Application Development, Part 1
Session 8: Advanced Application Development, Part 2
Session 9: Advanced Application Development, Part 3
Session 10: Marketing Your Windows Phone 7 Application
Session 11: Working with Media
Session 12: Final Silverlight Topics and Wrap-Up

Enjoy!

Microsoft calling all Silverlight experts–Update your SME profile now!

Do you have work experience with developing applications for Silverlight? Want to help us create the first Silverlight exam? Here’s your chance! We are looking for Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) for the following exam:

• 70-506    TS: Silverlight 4, Development

We’ll be using the MSL SME database to find participants for blueprinting as well as other phases of development for this exam. For your best chance of participating, create a SME profile by filling out the survey on the MSL SME site on Microsoft Connect. (See this post for complete instructions.)

Please note that if you already filled out your SME profile, you’ll need to go back and update it. I changed the answer options for “Which technologies do you have work experience with?” to include Silverlight. We’ll be looking for folks who select Silverlight on this question to help develop these exams. If you filled out your SME profile awhile ago, this option was not available for you to select.

Source: Born to Learn

Visual Studio 2010 Launch Event

On April 12^th, Visual Studio 2010 will launch worldwide and to be up to date on the Microsoft Developer Platform.

The main launch event will take place in Las Vegas – where you’ll see keynotes from Bob Muglia and Scott Guthrie; hear the latest about Visual Studio 2010, Silverlight 4 and the rest of the Microsoft .NET platform.

Silverlight 4 Training (Download)

Overview

The Silverlight 4 Training Course includes hands-on-labs, a video and a whitepaper designed to help you learn about the new features in Silverlight 4 focusing on three major areas: Enabling Business Application Development, Empowering Richer Experiences and Moving Beyond the Browser. Some of the new highly anticipated features include Printing, WebCam and Microphone support, custom right-click, rich text, HTML support and access to local files with trusted applications.

Download from here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=24cea29e-042e-41c9-aa16-684a0ca5f5db