MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-432): Microsoft SQL Server 2008-Implementation and Maintenance: Microsoft SQL Server 2008--Implementation and Maintenance (PRO-Certification) |  | Author: Mike Hotek
Publisher: Microsoft Press
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EXAM PREP GUIDE Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-432—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through 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: - Configure, manage, back up, and restore databases
- Create a partitioned table, index, or indexed view
- Configure services and components to manage your environment
- Help prevent unauthorized access at each security infrastructure layer
- Design and deploy high-availability solutions
- Manage SQL Server Agent jobs, alerts, and operators
- Identify service, concurrency, and job execution problems
PRACTICE TESTS Assess your skills with the 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 kit includes: - 15% exam discount from Microsoft. Offer expires 12/31/13. Details inside.
- Official self-paced study guide.
- Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results.
- 250+ practice and review questions.
- Case scenarios, exercises, and best practices.
- Sample chapters from related Microsoft Press® books.
- 180-day trial of SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.
- Fully searchable eBook of this guide.
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 Excellent book!! March 3, 2010
Nancy Burton (Illinois)
MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-432): Microsoft SQL Server 2008-Implementation and Maintenance: Microsoft SQL Server 2008--Implementation and Maintenance (PRO-Certification)
 I was not reading the book but fighting it. February 12, 2010
Natalia Sirghii (Toronto, Canada)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ve-e-ery difficult to understand reading. No structured content, no smooth flow of presentation material, no clear and meaningful graphs, charts or schemas... Just one example: I spent 2 hours in class trying to understand Replication, and only got foggy picture of that by means of this book and instructor's help. Then a friend of mine recommended me to watch a video presentation from [...] "How to start with SQL Server 2005 replication". It took me 15 min to get the whole picture of Replication.
I could accept that Mike Hotek is a guru in SQL Server, but I can't stand his teaching methods. Never bye this book unless it is required by your course.
 Good Overview of SQL 2008, but Beware of the Errors February 2, 2010
Mr. Steve (Austin, TX)
I bought this book to study for the SQL 2008 Exam. It provides a good overview of the SQL 2008 product. However, I was a little disappointed at the number of errors that were included in this book. This book was based on the beta release of SQL 2008, so there are also references to some deprecated functions. Luckily, I was motivated enough to look things up and find the correct answers.
I have owned several books from this author and have always been happy. So I was a little disappointed that this book seemed to be sub par in the accuracy and editing department. I purchased this book in December 2009, so there was plenty of time to update the book and the CDROM with a new version.
It is a good overview of SQL 2008 and did give me a road map for topics to study, from other sources.
Go ahead and buy it, it's the cheapest way to get a sample exam, and does provide a decent overview of the topics. And you get a 15% off coupon for the Microsoft Exam. Just be sure to look stuff up with Microsoft.
In the end, I did pass my exam on the first try.
A replica of SQL Server 2005 December 4, 2009
Je Y. Park (VA, USA)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Like other MS press training kit, it's very useful for self study people.
But the contents are sometimes too deep and detail, and sometimes just light and skip explains..
Basically real practice is supposed to followed by.
But what I want is kind of summarized and recapitulated stuff (such as comparison chart of each functions and features..)
 It is a good book after all November 20, 2009
B. Musat (Arizona)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
I've just passed the 70-432 exam and I waited for this to actually review the book. It is a good book after all. I read some negative postings here. Yes, it is true, there are some errors (both in the book and in the tests) and also some typos...But if you actually take your time and study the material and get over the typos, this book can really help you pass the 70-432 exam. This has been my first Microsoft certification, I have studied only this book and I took the exam at the first try. Again, you have to sweat a little bit for this...I love the way in which the material is organized. I didn't like the errors and the typos in there, so I'm going to give it 4 stars out 5.
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