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MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-431): Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005—Implementation and Maintenance: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Implementation and Maintenance (Pro-Certification)
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Product Description
MCTS SELF-PACED TRAINING
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #4157 in Books
- Brand: Microsoft
- Published on: 2006-05-01
- Platform: No Operating System
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 3.62 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 992 pages
Editorial Reviews
Synopsis
Exam Prep Guide Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-431 and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce what you ve learned by applying your knowledge to real-world case scenarios and practices. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time. Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to: Install and configure SQL Server Create tables and indexes, define columns, and implement constraints Implement functions, stored procedures, and triggers by using Transact-SQL Work with relational and XML data Monitor, troubleshoot and tune queries Maintain database availability with log shipping, database mirroring, and replication Prepare a backup strategy and restore a database Practice Tests Assess your skills with practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers?including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies.Your training kit includes: 15% exam discount from Microsoft.
Customer Reviews
Not Impressed!!
Honestly - utter rubbish!!
There is several times ive read chapters and not known what the hell they are talking about. They do alot of 'Then all you have to do is close this' without actually telling you what the hell THIS is or wher to find it!!!!I'm already a dba on SQL Server 2000 so i though this would be a good top up!!! Ive gone back to googling the chapeters and reading up somewhere(anywhere) else....
It's an IT textbook
This is my first Microsoft Press textbook/training kit for an exam - and this is exactly what is focuses on - getting you through the exam.
It's very dry (and rather boring), and I much preferred reading the Wrox books Beginning SQL Server 2005 Administration, and then Professional SQL Server 2005 Administration (which appear to be comprehensive as well as being more readable).
Still, this book comes with a CD for 180 trial licence for SQL Server 2005 - and a Measure Up CD with exam simulation software.
Good training guide, poor as a reference book
These books have a tough expectation list as people want them to provide all they need to know to get through the associated examination and be a first class refernce book. The five-star rating applies to the former of these requirements as this is the market the book is aimed at. Having sat the examination I can say that all of the questions were answered in the book - and from previous exposure to these books that is not normally the case.
As a reference book it fails, simply because it is not intended as such and more obviously because to cover all the topics adequately it would have to be five times as long. That said, the section on Service Broker is way too vague - the knowledge it imparts will get you through the examination but will leave you floundering in the real world.
Use the book to pass the exam and to introduce you to the new technologies - look elsewhere for more in-depth practical (i.e real world) material.
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