This five-day instructor-led course provides students with an introduction to developing n-tier applications for the Microsoft .NET 3.5 environment using Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 SP1. Both this course and the 6367A course prepare the student for the 646x series of Technology Specialist courses.

This course is intended for software development professionals that have a minimum of six months experience developing applications in an object-oriented environment using C#, Visual Basic, or Java (or delegates should have completed course 6367).

Delegates attending this course are planning to use the .NET Framework for future business application development . This course is intended for developers who wish to expand their understanding of application development in the .NET Framework. It provides an initial foundation in .NET that can be built upon with the more advanced .NET training. Programmers attending this course should ensure that they are familiar with the Visual Studio IDE.

Object-oriented programming and the .NET Framework are the basic building blocks that all professional developers need to acquire before moving on to the more advanced courses and TS Certification.

After completing this course, students will be able to:
* Manage a software development process
* Create classes in Visual Studio 2008
* Add data validation to ASP.NET and Windows Form applications
* Debug and profile applications
* Monitor and log .NET Framework applications
* Test .NET Framework applications
* Use the new language features in VB.NET and C# that support LINQ
* Use LINQ to Datasets, LINQ to Objects, LINQ to XML, LINQ to Entities, and LINQ to SQL
* Implement security in .NET applications
* Create and send an SMTP mail message
* Create and set network credentials
* Configure .NET Framework applications
* Deploy a .NET Framework application
* Build a shared folder implementation
* Create a Windows Presentation Foundation application