MCPD Certification

Creating and Managing Runtime Services (12 percent)

• Create a runtime service.

• Hydrate and dehydrate workflows.

• Track workflows.

• Monitor workflows.

Managing Transactions and Compensations (13 percent)

• Create and manage transactional workflows.

• Create and handle compensations.

• Enlist batch process in a transaction.

• Perform exception handling.

• Handle cancellations.

Applying Rules and Conditions (13 percent)

• Write rule sets.

• Define rule chaining, priority, and property dependency.

• Change rules at runtime.

• Execute rule sets.

• Implement conditional branching logic.

Creating and Configuring Custom Activities (25 percent)

• Create custom activities.

• Create custom composite activities.

• Define custom activity layout.

• Add dependency properties.

• Communicate with the host from a custom activity.

• Customize activity serialization.