Microsoft Certified IT Professional Database Administrator
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Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SQL Server 2005
Overview: This Certification is a prerequisite for the MCITP.
Microsoft Exam 70-431: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Implementation and Maintenance
VTEC Courses: 2779 & 2780
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Certification: MCITP: Database Administrator Certification
Overview: Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator (MCITP: Database Administrator) is the premier certification for database server administrators. This credential demonstrates that you can keep up with your enterprise business solutions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Database administrators install or configure Microsoft SQL Server and manage or maintain databases or multidimensional databases, user accounts, database availability, recovery, and reporting. They also design or implement security or server automation and monitor and troubleshoot SQL Server activity.
MCITP candidates must first complete the requirements for the MCTS: SQL Server 2005 Credential (one exam). After earning this credential, candidates earn their MCITP: Database Administrator by passing two required exams.
If you are a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), you may upgrade to the MCITP: Database Administrator certification by taking one upgrade exam instead of the two required exams below. MCDBAs must still obtain the MCTS: SQL Server 2005 certification as a prerequisite.
Microsoft Exam: 70-443 Designing a Database Server Infrastructure by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
VTEC Courses: 2786, 2787 & 2788
Microsoft Exam: 70-444 Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Administration Solution by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
VTEC Courses: 2787, 2789, & 2790
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Upgrade Path for Existing MCDBAs:
Microsoft Exam: 70-447 Upgrade: MCDBA Skills to MCITP Database Administrator by Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
VTEC Courses: 2786, 2787, 2788, 2789, & 2790
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Other Microsoft Certifications
MCITPDA: Microsoft Certified IT Professional Database Developer
MCITPBID: Microsoft Certified IT Professional Business Intelligence Developer
MCTS: Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist
MCDA: Microsoft Certified Database Administrator
MCITPEST: Microsoft Certified IT Professional Enterprise Support Technician