The MCPD 70-583 exam is a professional exam for those wanting to prove their skills in designing applications that are hosted on the new Windows Azure Platform.
Full exam title70-583 PRO: Designing and Developing Windows Azure Applications
Exam release dateThis exam is expected to be released on: February 15, 2011
Background to Windows AzureWindows Azure is the new cloud platform from Microsoft that offers a wide range of internet services. Designing applications for Azure means that they can be hosted and run at Microsoft data enters, similar in many ways to Google apps. The cloud operating system is known as Windows Azure and it acts a runtime for applications.
Azure Services Platform provides an API built on REST, HTTP and XML that allows developers to interact with Microsoft Windows Azure services.
Exam audienceThe primary audience for this exam are professional developers in one of the following roles:
- Architect
- Senior Developer
- Developer lead
- Team leader
ExperienceYou should have experience of:
- Designing application for the Windows Azure platform
- SQL Azure
- Windows Azure AppFabric
- WCF
- IIS
- Web Applications
- Identity Management
MCPD AzureWhen you pass 70-583: PRO: Designing and Developing Windows Azure Application, you achieve the following Microsoft certification:
MCPD: Windows Azure Developer 4Topics covered by 70-583- Designing Data Storage Architecture (18%)
- Optimizing Data Access and Messaging (17%)
- Designing the Application Architecture (19%)
- Preparing for Application and Service Deployment (15%)
- Investigating and Analyzing Applications (16%)
- Designing Integrated Solutions (15%)