Overview
EXAM PREP GUIDE
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-445—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 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:
- Install, configure, and manage SQL Server business intelligence components and tools
- Implement SQL Server Analysis Services cubes, create KPIs, work with MDX
- Build data mining models and configure algorithms
- Administer SQL Server Reporting Services and deploy information-rich solutions
- Develop and troubleshoot SQL Server Integration Services packages
- Implement package roles, protection levels, and passwords
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 12/31/12. Details inside.
- Official self-paced study guide.
- Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results.
- 200+ 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 of this guide.
A Note Regarding the CD or DVD
The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to [email protected].
Synopsis
EXAM PREP GUIDE
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-445—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 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:
- Install, configure, and manage SQL Server business intelligence components and tools
- Implement SQL Server Analysis Services cubes, create KPIs, work with MDX
- Build data mining models and configure algorithms
- Administer SQL Server Reporting Services and deploy information-rich solutions
- Develop and troubleshoot SQL Server Integration Services packages
- Implement package roles, protection levels, and passwords
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 12/31/12. Details inside.
- Official self-paced study guide.
- Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results.
- 200+ 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 of this guide.
A Note Regarding the CD or DVD
The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via OReilly Medias Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit OReillys web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to [email protected].
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
Business intelligence (BI) has long been one of SQL Server's strong points. As part of Microsoft's MCTS program, Exam 70-445 focuses specifically on implementing and maintaining SQL Server 2005's BI capabilities. Now, Microsoft's released a superb 70-445 study kit.It systematically covers all three similarly named core technologies on the exam: SQL Server Analysis Services (SSAS); Reporting Services (SSRS); and Integration Services (SSIS). Installation, configuration, deployment, security, monitoring, and disaster recovery are all covered here. So are technical skills you need for the "business" part of BI: working with KPIs, setting up data mining, and creating effective reports.
As with Microsoft's other Self-Paced Training Kits, there are plenty of realistic scenarios, case studies, and labs, plus hundreds of well-crafted questions on CD-ROM, plus all the trial software you'll need. And, when you're ready for the exam, don't forget to use the discount coupon inside. Bill Camarda, from the October 2007 Read Only