1. Last Stop: Getting Your Windows App To Market
Larry Kaye | Microsoft Senior Product Manager – Developer Certification
Robert Evans | Microsoft Senior Premier Field Engineer

2. Meet Larry Kaye | @lhkaye
Senior Product Manager – Developer Certification at Microsoft Learning eXperiences
Developer and SQL Server portfolios
22 years of IT Industry experience
Began my career as a full-time developer, and, since that time, has built desktop, mobile, and enterprise applications with C, C++,  Java, C#, and FORTRAN 
For the past 13 years, I’ve also played the role of educator, designing technical training and certification portfolios, managing partner communities, and delivering instructor-led training classes worldwide
Earned my MCSD: Windows Store Apps certification in August and currently developing my first app

3. Meet Robert Evans | @robertevpfe
Senior Premier Field Engineer
Tech Lead Windows App Consult Program
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer
Windows 8 Dev Bootcamp Master Instructor
14 years as Engineer at Microsoft
12 years software Microsoft
2 years Premier Field Engineer
MSDN Magazine author

4. Setting Expectations Target Audience
Experienced developers seeking to:
streamline time-to-market
amplify their app portfolio with technical certification
Suggested Prerequisites/Supporting Material
Experience with either:
C# and XAML or
HTML5 and JavaScript

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6. Common Certification Blockers
01 | App Review &
Common Certification Blockers
Larry Kaye | Microsoft Senior Product Manager – Developer Certification
Robert Evans | Microsoft Senior Premier Field Engineer

7. Module Overview App To Cert Program
Common Certification Blockers – Part 1
UX Design
Process Lifecycle Management
Application Deployment

8. Traditional Path For Certification
Windows Store: Training and Certification Guide

9. New, Alternative Path For Certification
Performance-based alternative to validate your technical skills
Alignment to work you are already doing
Lower cost and time commitment

10. App To Cert Program – Summary
Earn MCSD: Windows Store Apps certification by:
Schedule and pass technical review of your application by a Microsoft engineer
Publish or update your application in the Windows Store
Take and pass a single Advanced Windows Store App technical certification exam
Open to worldwide Microsoft developer audience

11. App Review Process
App Consult dispatcher assigns engineer
Engineer contacts customer with review (Lync) appt and appx upload instructions
1st review of app against checklist
App passes
(0 must-fix)
App Consult approval sent to Microsoft Learning
Yes No
Yes
2nd review of app against checklist
App passes
(0 must-fix)
App Consult rejection sent to Microsoft Learning No
Register for Certification Through App Review program
Successfully complete engagement with App Consult team
App accepted in Windows Store
Receive App Review credit on transcript
Send MCP ID and App URL to crosoft.com
Pass Advanced Store exam (482 or 485)

12. App Review Checklist
Exam Objectives
Details
1.1 Design the UI layout and structure
Follow Microsoft UX guidelines
1.4 Design and Implement Process Lifecycle Management
Handle suspend, resume, activated events
1.5 Plan for application deployment
Prepare app manifest (capabilities and declarations)
2.3 Implement search
Implement search box, including search suggestions and search result previews
2.4 Implement share
Implement share source and target
2.5 Manage application settings and preferences
Implement SettingsFlyout control; store and retrieve settings from the roaming app data store; proper implementation of local and roaming settings
3.1 Create layout-aware apps to handle windowing modes
Respond to changes in orientation (portrait and landscape) and resolutions
3.3 Design and implement the app/nav bar
Style and position items appropriate to both app and nav bars and handle corresponding events
3.4 Design and implement data presentation
Implement two or more of the following layouts: FlipView, GridView, ListView
4.1 Create and manage tiles
Create and update tiles (using any notification method); implement secondary tile
4.3 Manage input devices
Respond to both mouse events or touch gestures, including drag and drop events
4.4 Design and implement navigation in an app
Handle navigation events between pages; implement Semantic Zoom
5.2 Retrieve Data Remotely
Retrieve and optionally edit remote data (e.g., RSS feed, Azure Mobile Services)
Covers ~50% of Windows Store Apps Essentials Exam (481 or 484) objectives

13. Certification Blockers – What do we mean?
Technical Certification Blockers
Store Performance Blockers
Store Certification Blockers

14. Module Overview App To Cert Program
Common Certification Blockers – Part 1
UX Design
Process Lifecycle Management
Application Deployment

15. 1.1 Design the UI layout and structure
Pride in craftsmanship
Do more with less
Fast and fluid
Authentically digital
Win as one

31. Search
Share
Start
Devices
Settings

33. 1.3 Design and Implement Process Lifecycle Management
Activation
Suspend, Resume, Time limits
Save data incrementally
Background Tasks & more…

34. Process State Transitions
4/6/2019
Process State Transitions
Running
App
suspending
Suspended
App
Terminated
App
Low Resources
resuming
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35. PLM Demo

36. The App Lifecycle …with background tasks
Task Executes
Background
Task Executes
Background
Task Executes
Running
App
Suspended
App
Terminated
App
Suspending
Low Memory
Resuming

37. System trigger in manifest
Multiple per app
System Trigger
Leaving blank: BackgroundTaskHost.exe
WinRT Component

38. 1.4 Plan for application deployment
Local development and testing (sideloading)
LOB application deployment (Windows Intune)
Store Certification
Windows App Cert Kit
Certification requirements