Certification Overview
Anyone who has been looking forward to becoming a database developer should begin with this course. The skills from this course will enable a student to use a more critical approach especially when it comes to addressing the issues that affect the SQL server 2012. This course fully covers everything to do with the installation, administering as well as the implementation of the SQL server. The student will also be able to learn on some ways of upgrading the SQL server through this short course. It just never matters which level of SQL certification you might be in, the best thing is to get your skills upgraded from time to time.
Who can do this certification?
Anyone can sit for this examination for as long as he has some experience in various operation systems. The project managers, system administrators, data analysts, technical consultants, programmers and all those who work within the IT related field will find this course more rewarding. Database administrators should be part of this certification, report writers, developers, and business analysts will find this course more beneficial in their daily tasks. For all those who need efficiency in their place of work, then these skills will really add up and change the image of the organization.
Benefits
Through this course an individual will get a first hand experience of dealing with SQL server 2012. It is the best way to start nurturing your skills in database solutions. The rate at which the technology is advancing means that we can no longer rely on the old means by which the database should be manipulated. This course will therefore raise some of the top professionals in this certification include becoming a solution architect which will earn you a handsome package of up to 85000 dollars in a year.
Associated Exam
The student needs to sit for at least 3 tests in order to be awarded this certificate. They include: Exam 70-461, which basically deals with introductory principles to Microsoft SQL server, Exam 70-462, which deals with the administration of SQL server database, and finally exam 70-463 which handles the implementation of data warehouse.
Prerequisites
There are no many requirements as such. Students should have the basic IT knowledge. it is beneficial to have some Microsoft SQL skills, as this course is the foundation of all the disciplines that are related with the SQL servers. An individual should have experience of working with relational databases, Microsoft windows as well as other operating systems of various computer platforms.
Examination Overview
The students will have to cover a series of topics as outline below:
- Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server 2012
- Development of Microsoft SQL server 2012
- Designing database solutions
- SQL Azure
- Writing queries
- How to query multiple tables
- How to sort and filter data
- How to use built- in functions
- Subquerries
- Table expressions
- Improvement of query performance.
In this course, the learner will get a profound understanding of dealing with the SQL servers. The learner will be introduced to procedures such as the use of set operators, how to handle various forms of transactions, improving of query performance, the use of multiple tables. Through this course, a student will get all the full details in handling, and grouping of data systems. The student will also know when and how to use the subquerries. There are some practical sessions when the student will know how to integrate table expressions as well as writing the statements.
This certification is essential and will empower the professional with all the needed skills of managing collections of data systems. The examinations have been simplified through the use of advanced online training resources such as labs, virtual classrooms and flashcards.
There are a total of 90 questions in each section and every student should combine the efforts of scoring at least 83% in order to be awarded the certificate. The course takes maximum duration of 2 hours.
Validity of certification
The certificate keeps varying depending on the technology. This certification should be renewed after a period of 3 months. After which a recertification should be done, normally it is the latest version of this examination.
Expert Review
I fully recommend all the database administrators to have this certification. The elaborate way in which the learning sessions have been divided is enough for you to master all the most cherished skills when it comes to the handling of the Microsoft SQL server.
Ray, Almond Database Administrator
Louisiana, USA.
