December 19, 2013 at 10:07 am
Well it appears the MCSA SQL Server 2012 certification will have a longer lifespan since Microsoft is not going to release new exams for SQL Server 2014. Why didn't they just name it SQL Server 2012 R2?
Reference:
http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/sql-certification.aspx
•The MCSA: SQL Server 2012 credential and associated exams (461/462/463) will remain in market without any alterations. No MCSA: SQL Server 2014 credential will be offered.
•In March 2014, the MCSE: Data Platform (464/465) and MCSE: Business Intelligence (466/467) exams will be appropriately updated with SQL Server 2014 topics. The exam numbers will remain the same.
April 14, 2014 at 8:32 am
are there so less changes? No need to learn new features because there aren't many?
April 14, 2014 at 11:51 am
cppwiz (12/19/2013)
Why didn't they just name it SQL Server 2012 R2?
Because the R2 naming was incredibly unpopular in SQL 2008 and the marketing team learnt better.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
April 14, 2014 at 11:58 am
essue006 (4/14/2014)
No need to learn new features because there aren't many?
There's quite a lot of new features.
Gail Shaw
Microsoft Certified Master: SQL Server, MVP, M.Sc (Comp Sci)
SQL In The Wild: Discussions on DB performance with occasional diversions into recoverability
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