Microsoft Software Development Fundamentals

If you are looking to begin your career as a capable software developer and gain basic programming skills, this is the ideal skill enhancement tool for you.

Professionals seeking a comprehensive understanding of software development fundamentals will greatly benefit from The Microsoft 98-361 Practice Lab. Not only will this lab allow you to gain hands-on skills needed to program in C#, but it will also prepare you to confidently ace the Microsoft 98-361 certification exam.

This practice lab and the exam it aligns to are intended for those who have some experience with C# or Microsoft Visual Basic .NET.

Obtaining your certification signifies that you possess the fundamental knowledge to prove core development skills and demonstrate an understanding of core programming, object-oriented programming, web applications, desktop applications, and databases.

Topics of Emphasis

• Understand computer storage and data types
• Understand computer decision structures
• Identify the appropriate method for handling repetition
• Understand error handling
• Understand the fundamentals of classes
• Understand inheritance
• Understand polymorphism
• Understand encapsulation
• Understand Algorithms and Data Structures
• Understand web hosting
• Understand web services
• Understand Windows Store apps
• Understand console-based applications
• Understand Windows Services
• Understand relational database management systems
• Understand database query methods
• Understand database connection methods

Practice Lab Specifications

Practice Labs are pre-configured hardware layouts with accompanying lab guides for fast, convenient access that make studying for an exam or learning new technologies an engaging experience. Develop your comprehensive IT skills in a safe, working environment without the need to invest in your own hardware and software.

• Practical Training on the Latest Industry Technology
• Real Equipment, No Simulations
• 6 Month Unified Access Available on Any Device
• No Hardware or Licensing Costs

System Requirements

Recommended Hardware:

• Screen dimensions: 1920px x 1080px or higher (full HD or higher)
• Processor speed: 2Ghz / multi-core
• Broadband / Internet access requirements: 5mb download, 1mb upload

Minimum Hardware:

• Screen dimensions: 1280px x 1024px
• Processor speed: 1.5Ghz
• Broadband / Internet access requirements: 2mb download, 256kpbs upload

Operating Systems:

• Microsoft Windows XP with SP2/Vista/7/8/8.1/10
• Microsoft Windows Server 2003/2008/2013
• Linux Red Hat, Fedora, SUSE, Ubuntu
• Apple Mac OS X

Networking:

• Internet connection minimum of 512Kbs
• HTTPS Access (Port 443)
• HTTP Access (Port 80)

Software:

• Oracle Java version 1.7+ (If using our Java client)

Browser:

HTML 5 Client

• Microsoft Edge 13 or later
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 10 or later
• Chrome 29 or later
• Firefox 45 or later
• Apple Safari 9.1 or later

Java Client

• Internet Explorer 10 or later

Note: For both client technologies, if you have a Pop up blocker enabled on your computer

you will need to allow popups from *.practice-labs.com as an exception.

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