MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-441): Designing Database Solutions by Using Microsoft SQL Server(TM) 2005 (Self-Paced Training Kits)

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-441): Designing Database Solutions by Using Microsoft  SQL Server(TM) 2005 (Self-Paced Training Kits)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.7585
EAN: 9780735623422
ISBN: 0735623422
Label: Microsoft Press
Manufacturer: Microsoft Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 656
Publication Date: 2007-09-12
Publisher: Microsoft Press
Studio: Microsoft Press

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EXAM PREP GUIDE Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCITP Exam 70-441 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 practice exercises. 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: Develop solutions that support business strategy Design attributes and define entities and entity relationships Create programmatic database objects using T-SQL and CLR Define data access requirements and work with schemas to manage objects Design reporting solutions with SQL Server Reporting Services Plan for unit testing, benchmarking, and deployment 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. Offer expires 12/31/12. Details inside. Official self-paced study guide. Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results. 200+ practice and review questions. Case scenarios, practice exercises, and best practices. 180-day evaluation version of Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Enterprise Edition. Fully searchable eBook of this guide.


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Summary: Mostly Good for 70-441 Review
Comment: This book really helped me prep for the 70-441 exam. I managed to pass it the first time. One thing the book itself doesn't really mention is that the exam questions are all case-study related, with "best answers" needed (when to use stored procs vs UDFs), not trivia-related issues (what stored procedure to call an when). The book could be improved somewhat to gear more for this test format.

The practice tests in the book CD are case-study related, but I still found them asking more questions that are trivia, as opposed to best-fit answers. Fot those, I recomend Transcender practice exams.


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Summary: Superficial and Spotty with a buggy Test Engine
Comment: I used this book initially to supplement my study for the 70-441 exam.

Unfortunately, each chapter was very short and had only a few review questions, and the topics were presented in a very detached and superficial manner, as though someone had simply summarized the online documentation without truly understanding it.

The practice test supplied on CD did have more questions, but the test engine itself was buggy and hard to use. For exampe, you can configure the engine to generate a test on specific chapters and with a time limit, say 10 questions from chapter 5 with a time limit of 30 mintues, but it would just ignore your criteria and simply give you all 191 questions with no filtering and no randomization of the questions.

After a couple of frustrating weeks, I realized the book wasn't helping me understand the material so I switched to the Sybex book by Victor Isakov, and I'm so happy I did.

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Summary: All you need
Comment: This is all you need to pass this exam. A good book with some good practical examples.

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Summary: Best book for 70-441 exam prep
Comment: Be sure to prep for the 70-441 exam with the experts from Solid Quality. Everything, including good test questions, is in this book.


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