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DavidChel
Constraint Violating Yak Guru
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 Posted - 2008-07-09 : 10:29:42
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| So, I want to become a DBA and want to be knowledgeable of both Administration and Business Intelligence. How long do you think it will take before quality 2008 learning resources (books, classes, etc) will be available? I'm wondering if I should wait to study until they are. |
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spirit1
Cybernetic Yak Master
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Posted - 2008-07-09 : 11:02:35
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start with 2k5. 2k8 is an upgrade with new features but the basics are still the same  as for resources... i'd say after october 2k8._______________________________________________Causing trouble since 1980Blog: http://weblogs.sqlteam.com/mladenpSpeed up SSMS development: www.ssmstoolspack.com <- version 1.0 out! |
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sodeep
Master Smack Fu Yak Hacker
7174 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-09 : 22:03:50
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| See webcast from www.msdn.com for SQL server 2005 administration |
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EugeneLim11
Posting Yak Master
167 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-10 : 06:31:08
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| new webcast from msdn: now the Microsoft Certified Masters (MCMs) program for MSSQL 2008 is available now. see this link http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/master/products/default.mspx#E1C :D |
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raincoder
Starting Member
6 Posts |
Posted - 2008-07-11 : 06:35:10
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| There are some video tutorials that show how to start with MS SQL Server at [url]http://codervods.com/Default.aspx?mode=default&category=Databases&days=All¤tIndex=0[/url] |
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Devon
Starting Member
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mfemenel
Professor Frink
1421 Posts |
Posted - 2009-02-13 : 09:56:34
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| On the 18th the study guide for 70-432 (Implementing & Maintaining) will be available on Amazon. The study guide for development (70-433) will be out in May. Now a few things. Pick up just about any book out there and start reading now. It's all relavent. There are plenty of webcasts and podcasts around that you can listen to as well. Also don't be fooled into thinking that passing Microsoft's tests will make you a good DBA. In the last few weeks I've seen plenty of DBA resumes come across my desk and when I talk to these people they can't answer simple questions. The DBA cert gets you noticed but you need to know your stuff. I would also say that in addition to Admin and BI that you mentioned that you should know everything about development as well. When developers give you code to put into production you damn well better know if it's going to screw your system or not. And if it does you better know how to unscrew it because your users will be hounding you, not the developers to fix it. Also make sure you know what SQL's vulnerabilities are. Many of the DBA candidates I've interviewed cannot tell me what a sql injection attack is or how to turn xp_cmdshell on/off. How can they protect data if they don't know where their system is vulnerable. Ok, that was a longer post than I intended but I've been interviewing DBA's for 4 weeks now and am just disgusted with the pool of candidates out there.Mike"oh, that monkey is going to pay" |
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