Study Guide for exam 70-489 Developing Microsoft SharePoint Server 2013 Advanced Solutions

This exam measures your ability to accomplish the technical tasks listed below.The percentages indicate the relative weight of each major topic area on the exam.The higher the percentage, the more questions you are likely to see on that content area on the exam.

The information after “This objective may include but is not limited to” is intended to further define or scope the objective by describing the types of skills and topics that may be tested for the objective. However, it is not an exhaustive list of skills and topics that could be included on the exam for a given skill area. You may be tested on other skills and topics related to the objective that are not explicitly listed here.

• Query Search.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: build search queries using FQL (FAST Query Language) and KQL (Keyword Query Language), execute search queries using client-side object model (CSOM), Web Services, and REST

FQL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff394606.aspx

KQL: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee558911.aspx

• Customize search results.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: create custom result sources, create display templates, create result types, create custom refiner definitions, implement query rules
• Customize content processing.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: feed external content types, implement content processing extensions (entity extraction), configure out-of-the box content processing, create content mappings

• Create a model.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: optimize queries for performance and throttling, use naming conventions, use batching, create filters, implement methods, create associations

Create BDC: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee231530.aspx

• Create external content types.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: use SQL data sources, use WCF (Windows Communication Foundation) Web Services, use oData, use.NET connector

Create external content type: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee557704

• Implement authorization and authentication.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: use pass-through, use BCS Identity and User Identity, use a custom model
• Create custom connectors.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: implement methods (including Search), implement security trimming, implement configuration properties, implement caching, implement external event receiver
• Access BCS data.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: use BCS Web Parts, use BCS data in workflows, use BCS CSOM, use the server-side object model, use BCS REST
• Implement client-side BCS.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: use caching, use Microsoft Office apps, use Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office, use SQL replication, implement authorization and authentication

• Manage user profile properties.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: create and update user profile properties, update privacy filters, map properties to external data, use managed metadata term sets, update profile picture
• Manage feeds.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: use CSOM to follow documents, people, sites, get feeds, create posts, and manage Like, reply, mention, tag, link, add pictures
• Access user profile data.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: use CSOM, use the object model, use REST, use Web Services

• Implement a multi-lingual site.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: submit a page or batch of pages for translation, publish pages, create source and target labels, create channels, implement multi-language site navigation
• Implement E-discovery.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: create a new hold, integrate with Microsoft Exchange Web Services, specify content sources and Search criteria, export discovery sets, manage permissions for hold
• Implement SEO (Search Engine Optimization).
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: create a site map, customize a site map, maintain SEO configuration properties, maintain robots.txt file, maintain SEO properties on term
• Implement content management.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: create information management policies, create content organizer rules, create document sets, create document ID providers
• Implement a publishing page.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: add field controls to a page layout, add web parts to a page layout, create a publishing page layout, inherit content types

• Design solutions to handle a high-traffic site.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: combine images, implement caching, minimize number of queries, optimize JavaScript loading, use CDNs (Content Delivery Networks), create a scalable aggregator
• Design client applications for performance.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: leverage health score rules, optimize number of batch server requests, use client-side cache, minimize amount of data requested
• Monitor and mitigate performance and scalability issues.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: diagnose application stability issues, debug the server side and app code on the client side, create application diagnostics, measure and test application performance

• Manage term sets.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: import and export term sets, create multi-lingual labels, re-use terms, manage term properties, perform translation, create groups and assign permissions
• Create solutions by using MMS.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: use Profile Pages, use the Product Catalog, use cross-site publishing, integrate with Search, implement metadata-driven navigation
• Use an MMS API.
  • This objective may include but is not limited to: use CSOM in client applications, use REST in client applications, use managed fields, use server-side object model