Exam 70-528 (Web Applications) Study Guide

This exam focuses on web based client development using ASP.NET 2.0. Following are the currently available free study resources on the web related to this exam -

1. Free eBook for exam 70-528 - http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Exam_70-528:_Web-Based_Client_Development - This contains each of the exam syllabus topics hyperlinked to MSDN reference material on that topic. An excellent resource to get started on studying for the exam.
2. Quick Start Tutorial - http://www.asp.net/Tutorials/quickstart.aspx
3. FAQ - http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/support/faq/default.aspx
4. Essential ASP.NET 2.0 webcasts (Complete 15 part series) - http://www.microsoft.com/events/series/essentialaspnet.mspx
5. Virtual Labs - http://msdn.microsoft.com/virtuallabs/asp2/
6. Videos - http://msdn.microsoft.com/asp.net/reference/multimedia/
7. Software - If you do not have Visual Studio 2005, you can download Visual Web Developer 2005 express edition from http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/vwd/download/.
8. Official Exam Syllabus - http://www.microsoft.com/learning/exams/70-528.asp
9. MSDN Reference - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/library/ms178093(en-US,VS.80).aspx

After completing 1-6 of the above, the 'meat' of preparing for this exam should be based on digging deeper into the MSDN reference (9) for each topic in the exam syllabus (8) and studying it thoroughly. This should also include performing any walkthroughs and trying out the sample code in Visual Studio 2005.