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Hardcover: 992 pages
Publisher: MICROSOFT PRESS; Har/Cdr edition (1 May 2006)
Language English
ISBN-10: 073562271X
ISBN-13: 978-0735622715
Product Dimensions: 23.1 x 19.6 x 4.8 cm

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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. Offer expires 12/31/10. Details inside. •Official self-paced study guide. •Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results. •450 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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Good training guide, poor as a reference book, 11 Sep 2006

By	Wendy Smith (Glasgow) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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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3.0 out of 5 stars It's an IT textbook, 29 Jan 2008

By	P. Schofield (London) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great reference, 30 Aug 2006

By	Paul Allen "MrPallen" (Sheffield, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book covers all of the 70-431 topics in just about as much detail as you need for the exam without over complicating matters. It also comes with 450 questions which is really useful in testing your knowledge. The explanations are in easy to understand english, with the possible exception of HHTP endpoints which could be done with abit more clarity. On the whole an excellent guide for the exam

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4.0 out of 5 stars Solid exam resource
Had a couple of annoyances with this book in that the practice exams didn't work and there was the odd error here and there, but otherwise it was a pretty solid purchase. Read more

Published 15 days ago by M. Smith

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1.0 out of 5 stars Plain English (not)
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