Which Certification suits me?

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Which Certification suits me?

malavika.ramanathan

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May 25, 2010 at 1:44 am

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Hi All,
I was very happy to find this forum... i am really confused of which certification to take up....
I have one year of relevant exp in SQL 2005 and SSRS. and total of two years exp as DB Developer.
I would like to know which is the best suited available exam for me and how to prepare for that....
Hope the experts here can help me out..
Thanks in adv....
Malavika

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Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736255 More actions · Answer 1

I guess it depends on what you want to do. The certifications out there are geared in different areas. There's a basic exam you need to take (Tech specialist), but then there are multiple IT Pro certs.

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-sql-server.aspx

Are you more of a developer or a BI developer? Look at the requirements and see which one best matches your job.

malavika.ramanathan SSCrazy Points: 2790 More actions · Answer 2

hi,

Thanks a lot for reply. i do both programming and reporting.

One of my friends suggested 70-431......

i will look into the details today...

What do you feel abt this? will this help me out? i would like to improve both coding and reporting skills....

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736255 More actions · Answer 3

The certification won't help improve your skills. You might learn a bit while you study, but improving those skills would likely require you to work with code and solve problems. Answer questions on forums, or tackle new projects and see how the code can be written.

The certification more proves your skills, it doesn't develop them.

malavika.ramanathan SSCrazy Points: 2790 More actions · Answer 4

Thanks for the valuable suggestion..

Ya what you said is true... we can prove our skills thru this rather than improving....

Could you suggest any course material?

I checked in microsoft.com but they are online classes mostly...

any downloadable books/pdfs will be helpful for me...

let me know where i can get them....

Regards,

Malavika

Steve Jones - SSC Editor SSC Guru Points: 736255 More actions · Answer 5

You should go buy a book on the topic. There are plenty of them to help guide you along.

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=SQL+Server+&x=0&y=0