Advanced Windows Store Apps with C# in Visual Studio 2013: Security & Optimizing

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Target Audience
Prerequisites
Expected Duration
Lesson Objectives
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Expertise Level

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Overview/Description
Security is an important aspect of any app that handles sensitive data. In this course, you'll learn how to implement encryption functionality in your Windows Store apps. You can also increase the efficiency and functionality of your Windows Store app with features such as background tasks. You'll also learn how to implement background tasks, asynchronous features, and WinMD components to optimize and extend your apps. This course is one of a series in the Skillsoft learning path that covers the objectives for the Microsoft Exam 70-485: Advanced Windows Store App Development Using C#. This exam is a requirement for the Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer (MCSD): Windows Store Apps certification.

Target Audience
C# Developers with basic knowledge of Windows Store app development who want to learn how to configure a Windows Store app to use encryption, background tasks, asynchronous features, and WinMD components; individuals preparing for the exam 70-485 Advanced Windows Store Apps Development Using C#

Prerequisites
None

Expected Duration (hours)
1.5

Lesson Objectives

Advanced Windows Store Apps with C# in Visual Studio 2013: Security & Optimizing

start the course

describe encryption and how symmetric encryption works in relation to apps such as Windows Store apps

implement code to convert a string value to binary data, select a hash algorithm, and generate a hash value in a Windows Store app

use a hash value to generate a symmetric key in a Windows Store app

use symmetric encryption to encrypt data in a Windows Store app

use symmetric decryption to decrypt data in a Windows Store app

describe certificates and their use in assymetric encryption, and signing and outlining an assymetric encryption scenario

use the CertificateEnrollmentManager class to generate a PKCS #10 certificate request in a Windows Store app

use the submitCertandGetResp function in a Windows Store app to install a certificate obtained from an enrollment server

code a Windows Store app to generate a key pair for assymetric encryption

code a Windows Store app to export the public key of an assymetric key pair to a buffer, then import the key from the buffer

use data encryption features in Windows Store apps

describe background tasks in Windows Store Apps

create and register a background task in a Windows Store app

implement background file transfer in a Windows Store app

implement credentials, cost policy, suspend, resume, and restart for background file transfers and group transfers in a Windows Store app

use a background task to implement a live tile notification

request lock screen access for a background task in a Windows Store app

describe available task-based asynchronous strategy, including parallel programming, in Windows Store apps

implement data parallelism using the Task Parallel library in a Windows Store app

use Task Parallel library tasks for multi-processor utilization in Windows Store apps

describe WinRT components and how they can be referenced

create a WinMD component in C# for integration with a Windows Store app

consume a WinMD component in a Windows Store app

use background file transfers in Windows Store apps

Course Number:
wd_awsa_a04_it_enus

Expertise Level
Expert