I took the Sharepoint Development exam before Windows Shared Service 3.0 Development exam because I have been working on MOSS for 3 years. The exam covered each MOSS topic and it is the shortest test(33 questions), not the easiest, though. Here are the highlights for the key concepts being tested:
Managing Enterprise Content
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Enforce document storage business rules by using Document Policy –Create a custom document policy; Deploy a document policy by using a policy feature; Specify logic for a document policy by using a policy resource; Manage document retention rules by using the expiration feature policy; Launch a workflow when a document expires
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Audit Windows SharePoint Services content by using a custom policy.
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Manage records by using Office SharePoint Server 2007 record management features — Create a custom audit report; Create a custom legal hold.
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Create content by using the Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web content management features — Create pages dynamically; Create a custom field control; Localize a site by using resource lists.
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Deploy content between servers.
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Provide variations of Web content — Redirect a user to a variation based on profile setting; Provision multiple sites in a hierarchy.
Creating Business Intelligence Solutions by Using Office SharePoint Server 2007
- Display data from a Microsoft Excel workbook by using Excel Services
- Create a trusted workbook location by using the Stsadm.exe command-line tool.
- Implement business logic by using an Excel Services user-defined function.
- Expose a data source by adding a data connection to a Report Center Web Site.
- Create a key performance indicator (KPI) Web Part by using data from a report data source.
Integrating Business Data with Office SharePoint Server 2007 by Using the Business Data Catalog (BDC)
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Create a BDC Application Definition –Create a line of business (LOB) system.
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Describe an external application in the BDC Application Definition –Create an LOB system instance; Create an entity
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Display data from an external data source – Create a Finder method.
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Enable indexing of data stored in an external data source — Create an IDEnumerator.
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Enable searching on a BDC Application Definition — Enable a single item query by creating identifiers for entities; Create a filter descriptor.
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Create a custom action on an entity — Create an association between two entities.
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Create a Web Part to browse data — Execute a wildcard filter on an entity.
Accessing Office SharePoint Server 2007 Application Platform Services
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Display an InfoPath Form from within an ASP.NET page by using the Form Services control.
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Automate Office Forms Server administration tasks –Activate a previously uploaded form template.
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Manage credentials by using the single sign-on (SSO) credential store — Create a custom SSO provider for use by the BDC
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Transform a custom document format into another format.
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Display a user profile retrieved from an Office SharePoint Server 2007 Web service.
Customizing Functionality by Using Profiles
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Import users into the user profile store from an LDAP store.
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Manipulate profile properties –Add a profile property to the user profile store; Store a user’s attributes in the user profile store by creating a multivalue property; Map a BDC data item to a user profile property; Set the privacy policy for a user profile property.
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Add a distribution list to a new membership
Searching Data by Using the Search Service
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Programmatically enhance the search service –Access the search context for the Shared Services Provider (SSP)
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Add a custom search page for searching the BDC — Extend the user interface by adding a tab to the search page.
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Provide custom search capabilities by creating an enterprise search Web Part.
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Customize the display of search results by modifying the Search Core Results XSLT.
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Display results from a Windows SharePoint Services search Web service.
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Display the results of a keyword query
Targeting Content Based on Audience Membership
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Create an audience.
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Specify conditions for audience membership by using rules.
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Target a list item to an audience.
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Display all audiences to which a user belongs.
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Display all users in a given audience.
Overall, there are more questions focus on BDC, Reporting service, Excel Service and WCM.
