A must-have resource for students preparing to become certified for the 70-444 and 70-432 Microsoft SQL Server 2005/2008 Database Administration exam
Written by academics under the supervision of the experts at Microsoft, this manual gets instructors ready to teach and students ready to work on the design and implementation of security or server automation as well as SQL server activity monitoring and troubleshooting. The book provides rigorous, realistic exercises covering everything from installing and configuring Microsoft SQL Server and managing and maintaining databases and multidimensional databases, user accounts, database availability, recovery, and reporting. Instructor readiness, student software, student assessment, instruction resources, and learning validation are also covered in detail.
