There should be another thread in the Cerification forum about the Second Shot thing.

Basically, there are certain times where MS gives you a code that you can take the test...

Yeah, I heard about that. (the UK data breach) OUCH!

Just finished reading everyone's responses. Everyone says they want it in writing, which is good, but my comment about the email request still stands.

Email is just too...

Posting this before I read the other replies...

First, how did I hear about this request from the CIO himself or via email?

If via email, I would be very suspicious and...

Go to microsoft's website and get the list of topics they cover. Then buy non-cert books that cover those topics.

Funny you should ask that... Just Tuesday, we had an article in the newsletter about that question.

See the below link:

http://www.sqlservercentral.com/articles/Administration/61591/

Amazon has this book listed, but I haven't actually seen it for sale anywhere. And even Amazon doesn't seem to know where to find it:

http://www.amazon.ca/MCITP-Self-Paced-Training-Exam-70-446/dp/0735623848

That might give you a...

I prefer transceder myself. That's after using the Self-Paced training kits and their included practice exams.

Can you backup while the database is online? If so, how?

Believe it or not, people actually ask that question (though I've never heard it in an interview).

Well this just stinks. Now I have an extra hour that I have to fill with actual work related things... @=Pbt.

What to do... what to do. I know!...

Rescheduled? I registered for the event and haven't heard anything back about it being rescheduled. Are they not letting the pre-reg attendees know?

You can also set logging in the job step where the package is run. Send it to a text file and see what it says.

I'm wondering if the job...

Where can backup files be saved? What native tools does SQL Server provide for creating backups? How would you access those tools? How would you retrieve the...

Wow. I am so learning a lot from this thread. I thought I knew details about our SAN. Until I looked at the chart and realized the...

There is a time limit, but if you know your way around, this isn't an issue.

The questions aren't terribly complicated. You don't have to do 50 things before the...