Windows Store App Essentials
Reminders – Overview Windows Store App Essentials Reminders and the Windows 8 Ecosystem

Use animations
Work with transitions and transformations

Practical Workshops: Describe the library and Integrated Storyboards WinRT animation – Apply transitions and transformations

Work with resource files
Implement specific formatting

Practical Workshops: Create and consume localized resources – Apply language specific formatting for a multilingual application

Customize the start screen
Differentiate your application with Branding

Practical Workshops: Create and present a start screen – Differentiate Windows Store applications with branding

Windows Store app storage options
Implement cached
data Advanced file features

Practical Workshops: Describe the storage mechanisms available for Windows Store applications

Create custom controls
Extend existing controls
Create and use WinMD components

Practical Workshops: Create reusable custom controls – Create and extend model-based controls – Create and consume a WinMD component

The printing
contract The Play contract

Practical Workshops: Printing – Printing using the printing contract – Describing the Play To API

Push Notification Service (WNS)
Communicating with Push Notification Service (WNS)

Practical Workshops: Describe the Push Notification Service (WNS) – Work with push notifications

Use the Camera Capture UI to capture images, video, or audio
Use media captures to capture images from video or audio

Practical Workshops: Using the CameraCaptureUI and MediaCapture APIs

Create background tasks
Use background tasks in a Windows Store app

Practical Workshops: Creation and consumption of background tasks.

Working with sensors
Working with peripherals

Practical workshops: Sensors, availability tests, management of sensor events.

Implementing Trial Features in Windows Store Apps
Implementing Purchases in the
Advertising App in Windows Store Apps

Hands-on Workshops: Implement trial functionality and transition to full license – Implement in-app purchases – Implement advertising functionality

Manage Windows Authentication
Manage Web Authentication
Encryption in Windows Store Apps

Practical Workshops: Windows Live Authentication / other web protocols – Encrypt data using Windows.Security.Cryptography

Tracing a Windows Store application
Profiling a Windows Store application

Details of the certification content
Taking and correcting a mock test
Corrected workshops
Questions / answers, time management when taking the exam