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You'll be .NET 4 Azure certified in just 9 days. With us, you’ll be .NET 4 Azure trained in record time
Our .NET 4 Azure course is all-inclusive. A one-off fee covers all course materials, exams, accommodation and meals. No hidden extras
Pass .NET 4 Azure first time or train again for free. This is our guarantee. We're sure you'll pass your .NET 4 Azure course first time. But if you don’t, come back within a year, and only pay for accommodation and exams. Everything else is free
You’ll learn more .NET 4 Azure. A day with a traditional training provider generally runs from 9am – 5pm, with a nice long break for lunch. With Firebrand Training you’ll get at least 12 hours/day quality learning time, with your instructor
You’ll learn .NET 4 Azure faster. Chances are, you’ll have a different learning style to those around you. We combine visual, auditory and tactile styles to deliver the material in a way that ensures you will learn faster and more easily
You’ll be studying .NET 4 Azure with the best. We have won the Institute of IT Training’s "Training Company of the Year" a record three times. As well as winning many more awards, we’ve trained and certified 30,000 professionals, and we’re partners with all of the big names in the business
You'll do more than study .NET 4 Azure courseware. We use practical exercises to make sure you can apply your new knowledge to the work environment. Our instructors use demonstrations and real-world experience to keep the day interesting and engaging

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When do you want to sit your accelerated course?

Start	Finish	Status	Location
18/2/2013 (Monday)	26/2/2013 (Tuesday)	Finished	-
24/6/2013 (Monday)	2/7/2013 (Tuesday)	Wait list	Nationwide
5/8/2013 (Monday)	13/8/2013 (Tuesday)	Limited availability	Nationwide
16/9/2013 (Monday)	24/9/2013 (Tuesday)	Open	Nationwide
28/10/2013 (Monday)	5/11/2013 (Tuesday)	Open	Nationwide
9/12/2013 (Monday)	17/12/2013 (Tuesday)	Open	Nationwide

We've trained more than 30,000 students in ten years. We asked them all to review our Accelerated Learning. Currently, 95.88% have said Firebrand exceeded their expectations:

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"The course was intense and not for the feint of heart. The staff was exceptionally professional and the accommodation perfectly suitable. I would be sure to inform anyone that sleep becomes an optional luxury during the course as it is intense and one needs to digest a massive amount of material in a very short time. Our instructor, Phil Chapman, was stellar. He is by far and away - one of if not the best - instructor I have had on any training course. He teaches with real world (and humorous) analogies to help one digest and understand the concepts he is teaching. I would recommend some pre-study if you have been away from the technology for any long length of time."
Stephanie Gaudreau. - Microsoft MCSA: Windows Server 2012 (8 days) (28/4/2013 to 5/5/2013)

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The Microsoft MCTS / MCPD .NET 4 Azure course will introduce you to cloud computing. You'll learn about Microsoft's public cloud offering in Windows Azure. You'll explore the cloud operating system, and learn how to write, deploy and monitor .NET applications in Azure. You'll be able to design and develop applications that will be hosted on the Windows Azure platform.

You need to sit this accelerated course if you:

Want to gain experience of the new features of Windows Azure and SQL Azure
Are planning how Windows Azure and SQL Azure will affect your applications, and what new features can be used
Are developing Windows Azure applications, or moving your current applications to the cloud.

Interested? See prices or call 080 80 800 888

When you pass Exam 70-516 on this course, it counts as credit towards these certifications:

MCTS: .NET Framework 4, Data Access
MCPD: Windows Developer 4
MCPD: Web Developer 4

Other accelerated training providers rely heavily on lecture and independent self-testing and study.

Effective technical instruction must be highly varied and interactive to keep attention levels high, promote camaraderie and teamwork between the students and instructor, and solidify knowledge through hands-on learning.

Firebrand Training provides instruction to meet every learning need:

Intensive group instruction
One-on-one instruction attention
Hands-on labs
Lab partner and group exercises
Question and answer drills
Independent study

This information has been provided as a helpful tool for candidates considering training. Courses that include certification come with a certification guarantee. Pass first time or train again for free (just pay for accommodation and exams on your return). We do not make any guarantees about personal successes or benefits of obtaining certification. Benefits of certification determined through studies do not guarantee any particular personal successes.

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Creating Services

Create service and operation contracts
Create data contracts
Create message contracts
Implement generic message handling
Implement RESTful services
Create and configure a Routing service
Create and configure a Discovery service

Hosting and Configuring Services

Create and configure endpoints
Configure behaviors
Implement self hosting
Implement web server hosting

Consuming Services

Create a service proxy
Configure client endpoints
Invoke a service
Consume RESTful services
Implement service discovery

Securing Services

Secure bindings
Message security
Authentication
Authorization
Impersonation
Security auditing

Manage the Service Instance Life Cycle

Service Instances
Sessions
Transactions
Concurrency
Manage consistency between instances, sessions, transactions and concurrency

Monitoring and Troubleshooting Distributed Systems

Configure message logging
Configure diagnostics
Debug client-service interactions

Modeling data

Map entities and relationships by using the Entity Data Model
Map entities and relationships by using LINQ to SQL
Create and customize entity objects
Connect a POCO model to the Entity Framework
Create the database from the Entity Framework model
Create model-defined functions

Managing Connections and Context

Configure connection strings and providers
Create and manage a data connection
Secure a connection
Manage the DataContext and ObjectContext
Implement eager loading
Caching data
ADO.NET Data Services

Querying data

Execute a SQL query
Create a LINQ query
Create an Entity SQL (ESQL) query
Handle special data types
Query XML data
Query data using ADO.NET Data Services

Manipulating data

Create, update, or delete data by using SQL statements
Create, update, or delete data by using DataContext
Manage Transactions
Create disconnected objects

Developing and Deploying Reliable Applications

Monitor and collect performance data
Handle exceptions
Protect data
Synchronize data
Deploy ADO.NET components

Cloud Computing

Define cloud computing.
Learn the benefits of cloud computing.
Understand the different types of cloud computing services.
Explore where computing clouds might exist.
Hear about potential concerns with cloud computing.
Learn where cloud computing can and cannot be applied.
Place Windows Azure in light of general cloud computing.
Know how Windows Azure compares to other cloud environments.

Windows Azure Architecture

See a simple Windows Azure application.
Learn about the Microsoft data centers.
Explore the hardware, servers and virtualization (the Fabric) that host cloud applications and data.
Understand the role of the Fabric Controller in managing the Windows Azure cloud.
Know the general architecture and components of the Windows Azure Platform.
Understand the tools used to create and deploy Windows Azure services and data stores.
Understand the different types of roles in Windows Azure (Web, worker, VM).
Understand the types of storages provided by the Windows Azure Platform (Azure Storage, SQL Azure, etc.)

Windows Azure Web Roles

Explore the purpose of Windows Azure Web roles.
Understand how to create Web roles in a cloud service project.
See how to configure a Web role.
Learn how to test Web roles run in the Compute Emulator.
Start exploring the Windows Azure API.
Examine how to build Web roles with multiple Web sites.

Local Storage

Examine Windows Azure local storage.
See how local storage differs from normal server file systems.
Learn how to configure local storage.
Understand the limitations of local storage and where/when to use it.
Explore the API to access local storage.
Learn about Windows Azure Drive (formerly X-Drive).

Windows Azure Administration

Explore the various Windows Azure subscription administrators.
Understand Windows Azure OS Families and Guest OS Versions.
See how to Remote Desktop to a Windows Azure virtual machine.
Learn how to define a startup task for a role.

Windows Azure Storage and Queues

Understand the purpose of Windows Azure Storage.
Learn how to create a Windows Azure Storage account.
Explore Windows Azure Storage costs.
Understand the Storage Emulator, how to use it, and how it is different from Windows Azure Storage.
See how to access Windows Azure Storage using both the REST API and the Storage Client Library.
Examine Windows Azure Storage Queues.
Learn how to get messages in and out of Windows Azure Queues.

Blob Storage

Understand the rationale for using blob storage.Learn about the different types of blobs: block and page blobs.
Examine blob storage containers and how they are used to organize and control access to blobs.
Explore how to access blob storage with both the Storage Client and REST API.

Table Storage

Explore Windows Azure Storage’s structural data service.
Understand the reason for table storage.
Examine the differences between table storage and traditional relational databases (as exhibited by SQL Azure).
Learn how to access table storage with both the Storage Client and REST API.
Understand entities as they relate to table storage.
Examine how to save and retrieve entities in table storage.

Worker Roles

Explore the purpose of Windows Azure worker roles.
Understand how to create worker roles in a cloud service project.
See how to configure a worker role.
Learn how to test worker roles run in the Compute Emulator.
Learn how to use Windows Azure Storage queues and messages to communicate with worker roles.
Explore how to setup worker role endpoints.
Learn how to communicate with worker role internal and input endpoints.

SQL Azure Introduction

Learn what SQL Azure is and why you want to use it.
Understand SQL Azure in comparison to SQL Server and Windows Azure table storage.
Learn how to provision a SQL Azure server and databases.
Examine costs associated with SQL Azure.
See how to use familiar tools and APIs to work in SQL Azure.
Explore how to create and manage database objects in SQL Azure.
Know how to limit SQL Azure access.
Understand options for performing database backups.
See how to migrate data to SQL Azure.

Diagnostics

Learn how to accomplish debugging and logging in Windows Azure.
Examine Windows Azure Diagnostic Service.
Understand the role of the Diagnostic Agent process in the diagnostic service.
Learn how to configure the diagnostic service.
See how to transfer diagnostic data to Windows Azure Storage.

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Our certification guarantee just got better. In the unlikely event that you fail a Microsoft exam, you can sit it again for free. Act fast, because this offer doesn’t last for long: all exams (including the second shot) need to be taken by 31 May 2013.

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You'll sit the following exams:

Exam 70-513 - TS: Windows Communication Foundation Development with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
Exam 70-516 - TS: Accessing Data with Microsoft .NET Framework 4
Exam 70-583 - PRO: Designing and Developing Windows Azure Applications Using Microsoft .NET Framework 4

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Microsoft Official Curriculum

MOC 10265A: Developing Data Access Solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
MOC 10263A: Developing Windows Communication Foundation Solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010
MOC 50466B: Windows Azure Solutions with Microsoft Visual Studio 2010

Firebrand Training offers top-quality technical education and certification training in an all-inclusive course package specifically designed for the needs and ease of our students. We attend to every detail so our students can focus solely on their studies and certification goals.

Our Certification Programs includes

Intensive Hands-on Training Utilising our (Lecture | Lab | Review)^TM Delivery
Comprehensive Study Materials, Program Courseware and Self-Testing Software
Fully instructor-led program with 24 hour lab access
Examination vouchers *
On site testing **
Accommodation, all meals, unlimited beverages, snacks and tea / coffee***
Transportation to/from designated local railway stations
Examination Passing Policy

Please note

*Examination vouchers are not included for the following courses: PMP, CAPM, CISA, CISM and CISSP CBK Review
**On site testing is not included in our PMP, ISACA, or ITIL Managers and Revision Certifications
***Accommodation not included on the CISSP CBK Review Seminar

Our instructors teach to accommodate every student's learning needs through individualised instruction, hands-on labs, lab partner and group exercises, independent study, self-testing, and question/answer drills.

Firebrand Training has dedicated, well-equipped educational facilities where you will attend instruction and labs and have access to comfortable study and lounging rooms. Our students consistently say our facilities are second-to-none.

Examination Passing Policy

Should a student complete a Firebrand Training Program without having successfully passed all vendor examinations, the student may re-attend that program for a period of one year. Students will only be responsible for accommodations and vendor exam fees.

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You must have:

A solid understanding of the .NET Framework
Six months' experience in Visual Studio 2010
One to two years' experience developing application components that interact with a variety of data sources
A thorough understanding of relational database concepts
One to two years' experience using a relational database management system
Fundamental Knowledge of .NET programming languages and object-oriented programming (C# or VB.NET)
One year's experience developing web applications
Experience in creating data-driven web applications
Reasonable understanding of Web technologies (HTTP/HTTPS, HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

The following is recommended, but we'll also cover the subjects on the course:

One year's experience developing .NET services
Three years' experience developing ASP.NET technologies

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