When I looked again it really is going to be hard for some of us 'Just BI' people to get through the certification. However I am sure that will cut down the number of certified people and make this more valuable.

If you are doing data warehouse / SSIS / data marts then a good geounding is required in DBA skill set to get the most out of your work. I have no intention of working as a DBA but if I can learn the esential important bits then that makes me a better developer.

I recently was asked to spec a box from top to bottom for a data warehouse. I have done this before but I am sure that I would do a better job and understand more if I had DBA type skills.

Its going to be challenging but worth it

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