uCertify offering discounts on retiring Microsoft exams PrepKits

Microsoft has scheduled to retire most of their MCTS and MCITP exams on July 31, 2013. Candidates are required to pass these exams before retirement to achieve these certifications. Although these certifications are being retired by Microsoft, they will continue to be valuable as long as companies are using the technologies covered in the certification. These retired certifications will still appear on your transcript, but will be designated as Legacy.

 

If you are preparing for these exams, you have an opportunity to buy uCertify PrepKits at a significantly discounted price. You can buy any of these PrepKits at a 35% discount by using the discount code ‘mic35’ at checkout. Below are the list of the PrepKits on which you can get discount.

  1. 70-270: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional
  2. 70-290 Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment
  3. 70-291 Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
  4. 70-293 Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure
  5. 70-294 Planning, Implementing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Infrastructure
  6. 70-297 Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure
  7. 70-433 TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Database Development
  8. 70-450 PRO: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Designing, Optimizing, and Maintaining a Database Administrative Solution
  9. 70-451 PRO: Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Designing and Optimizing Database Solutions
  10. 70-452 PRO: Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Designing a Business Intelligence Solution
  11. 70-502: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Presentation Foundation
  12. 70-503 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Windows Communication Foundation
  13. 70-504 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 – Workflow
  14. 70-505: TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, Windows Forms Application Development
  15. 70-506 MCTS: Silverlight 4, Development
  16. 70-536 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework – Application Development Foundation
  17. 70-561 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ADO.NET Application Development
  18. 70-562 TS: Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5, ASP.NET Application Development
  19. 70-563 Pro: Designing and Developing Windows Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
  20. 70-564 PRO: Designing and Developing ASP.NET Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
  21. 70-565 PRO: Designing and Developing Enterprise Applications Using the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5
  22. 70-620 TS: Configuring Microsoft Windows Vista Client
  23. 70-622 Pro: Microsoft Desktop Support – ENTERPRISE
  24. 70-623:  Pro: Microsoft Desktop Support – CONSUMER
  25. 70-643 TS: Windows Server 2008 Applications Infrastructure, Configuring
  26. 70-647 Pro: Windows Server 2008, Enterprise Administrator
  27. 70-648 Upgrading your MCSA on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist
  28. 70-649 Upgrading your MCSE on Windows Server 2003 to Windows Server 2008, Technology Specialist
  29. 70-660 TS: Windows Internals
  30. 70-681 TS: Windows 7 and Office 2010, Deploying
  31. 70-682 Pro: Upgrading to Windows 7 MCITP Enterprise Desktop Support Technician
  32. 70-683 TS: Windows 7, Preinstalling for OEMs
  33. 70-691 Windows Server 2008 HPC Environments, Developing

 

These exams will retire on July 31, 2013. So, you must take the advantage of uCertify’s discount offer and pass your exam before it expire.

MCITP 70-444 Short Notes: Exam passing Tips

Optimizing the performance of database servers and databases

  • Memory: Pages/sec counter is used to detect whether or not the memory bottleneck is caused by I/O overhead.
  • Disk I/O bottleneck can be monitored by Physical Disk: % Disk Time and Physical Disk: Avg Disk Queue Length counters.
  • The System Monitor tool is used to know the cause of slow authentication.
  • The SQLServer: Buffer Manager performance object is used to check the amount of RAM used by a computer.
  • The Physical Disk: %Disk Time counter measures the pressure on a physical hard disk array.
  • Add more RAM if the reading of Memory: Pages/sec counter is high.
  • Reduce the Maximum Worker Thread configuration settings if the value of System: Processor Queue Length counter is high.
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MCTS 70-536-VB Short Notes

Developing applications that use system types and collections

  • Use the CausesValidation property of the ImageButton class to set a value to indicate whether validation is performed on a Web server control when an ImageButton control is clicked.
  • Installation packages are created for deploying a Web application by using a Web Setup project. A merge module project is used for components to be added to the application.
  • Use the Web Setup project and Deployment project to create installation packages for the deployment of Web-based applications such as XML Web services, Web applications etc., to a Web server.
  • Use a RequiredFieldValidator control to check whether or not an input control contains a value.
  • Use a RegularExpressionValidator control to check whether or not the value entered into a form field matches the pattern specified by a regular expression.
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MCSD .NET 70-315 Short Notes: Exam Passing Tips

Creating User Services

  • The SessionID property of the HttpSessionState class identifies an active ASP.NET session by using a unique session ID.
  • The @ Import directive is used to explicitly import a namespace into an ASP.NET application.
  • The @ Implements directive is used to implement a specified .Net Framework interface in a Web page.
  • The CodeBehind attribute of the @ Page directive specifies the name of the compiled file that contains the class associated with the page.
  • The ErrorPage attribute of the @ Page directive is used to set the URL if an unhandled exception occurs. Sam can set this target to the home page.
  • The Language attribute of the @ Page directive specifies the language used while compiling the inline rendering and code declaration blocks.
  • The Inherits attribute of the @ Page directive specifies a code-behind class for the page to inherit. It can be any class that is derived from the Page class.
  • Public variables and objects can be accessed from all other procedures and functions in all the modules in the same project.
  • The public class Manager : HeadOfDept declaration will create a class named Manager, which implements the HeadOfDept interface.
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