MCDBA / MCP by Books

[VBXL]

Hi i have two years exp in SQL 7/2000 and want to become MCDBA/MCP cert. Which is the quickest and easiest way of doing this.

I have bought a book on SQL Server 2000 Design and I am studying it now.

How long (on avg) does it take to pass and exam and what is the best method to revise.

VBXL

 

[jonscott8]

FWIW, if you have two years experience with SQLS7/2K, then, according to Microsoft, you are a prime candidate for the MCDBA.

Try

http://www.microsoft.com/traincert/mcp/sixsteps.asp

Jon Hawkins

 

[Zelandakh]

If you are good at what you do, you'll find it quite easy. If you are a bookworm, buy a book, get a lab at home and play.

Do the practice exams that usually come with the book or get the transcenders. Don't use them as cheat sheets, just as a gauge of what you know.

Once you are getting consistently high marks, take the exam.

I'd reckon a solid worker in any MS discipline can pass the exams with 50 hours revision per exam. This excludes people who think they know what they are doing, those who think surfing for braindumps for 48 hours then 2 hours reading the dumps counts and those who take the exam first then revise the topics that came up ready for next time.

 

[bperry]

I agree with getting the Transcender exams. They are excellent simulations but (more important) the explanations that accompany each question are very high quality.