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Course No. 794 - Instructor-led
Microsoft Windows Architecture for Developers
This course presents the architectures and related
services of the Microsoft® Windows® operating systems.
Students gain understanding of the framework required to
develop solutions for the Windows 95 and Windows NT®
operating systems.
This course will cover the same objective domains as the Microsoft
Windows Architecture I and Microsoft Windows
Architecture II exams. Students who attend this course
will be provided topical content that supports the skills
measured by these exams.
At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- Describe component object model (COM) technology.
- Compare and contrast ActiveX™ technologies.
- Describe the available Microsoft database interfaces
(such as DAO, RDO, ADO, and ODBC API).
- Compare and contrast the different Windows operating
systems.
- Describe the development tools available in the Microsoft
Visual Studio™ development system.
- Explain how the Microsoft BackOffice® family supports
enterprise solutions.
- Describe how to manage development projects using the
Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF).
- Explain the use of Internet and intranet architectures
for solution development.
- List the available Microsoft application programming
interfaces (APIs) and their purpose.
- Design a user interface that complies with standards for
Windows.
This course will help the student prepare for the following
Microsoft Certified Professional exams:
This course assumes the user has a working knowledge of the
Microsoft Visual Basic® programming system, Visual Basic for
Applications, and the Office suite. Potential students should be
able to accomplish the following tasks before taking this
training:
Visual Basic
- Create a simple application, and describe the
relationship between controls and events.
- Describe the purpose and use of basic controls and menus.
Understanding Internet technologies
- Use the Internet for electronic mail and to access the
World Wide Web.
- View and understand a simple hypertext markup language
(HTML) page.
Office suite
- Create and work with Microsoft Word documents, Excel
worksheets, and Access databases.
The course workbook and lab book are yours to keep.
You will be provided with the following software for use in
the classroom:
- Microsoft Windows 95
- Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4.x
- Microsoft Visual Studio 97, Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Office 97 Professional
- Microsoft Personal Web Server
- Microsoft FrontPage® 98 Web authoring and management
tool
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