Thanks GilaMonster for the correction. I haven't taken the 2012 exams yet and they have changed significantly from the 2008 exams. I hope I can take a bathroom...

I strongly recommend buying some test preparation software in addition to the MS Press book. While you may already know the material, the exams require some test taking skills...

Cris - The three main vendors for legitimate preparation tests are Transcender, Self Test Software and MeasureUp. Transcender and Self Test are both owned by Kaplan so really they...

You are correct, the web page was discontinued. It used to be located here: http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/certified.mspx

Here is the official answer from Microsoft:

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/CertGeneral/thread/afdbf7a4-5f68-4ae9-b738-217b76a30b4c

Microsoft Learning decided that presenting the...

You could also use the free Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Virtual Labs to prepare for the exam.

http://www.microsoft.com/sqlserver/en/us/learning-center/virtual-labs.aspx

Microsoft had announced that it wanted to list the retired exams in a separate "Inactive/Retired/Legacy" section of your official transcript. My transcript is not showing this separate listing yet,...

Why are you posting about a Sharepoint exam on a SQL Server forum? Anyway, study harder and use the Transcender practice exams:

http://www.transcender.com/product.aspx?product_id=cert-70-668

It just went "inactive" on 4/12/2011. Here is the list of dates:

http://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle/search/?sort=PN&alpha=SQL

Congratulations! Good writeup of your study resources! It seems like you put a lot of time and effort into studying for this certification.

Did you view your new wall...

You should upgrade to Transcender or another professional practice exam company because they will have direct references to BOL and other sources for each of their answers. Answers without...

I agree with the advice that it's time to let this one go. Certification is all about value (personal or career) and the career value of 70-293 has diminished...

Congratulations! Can you say what third-party practice test you used? Did it prepare you for the exam topics or were you surprised by any topics on the exam?...

Test 000-105: IBM Power Systems with POWER7 and AIX Sales - v1

Why would anyone would post on a SQL Server forum about passing an IBM AIX exam? :crazy: :blink:...

Well I assume you already know about the Microsoft 70-448 exam which covers SSRS:

http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/exam.aspx?ID=70-448&locale=en-us

There is also a Crystal Reports 2008 exam:

http://www.sap.com/services/education/certification/certroles/certificationrole.epx?context=%5b%5bROLE_C_BOCR_08%7c%5d%5d%7c

Unfortunately, Oracle does not have a general BI exam, but...

Here is the Microsoft answer:

http://borntolearn.mslearn.net/forums/cc/f/24/p/19545/50345.aspx#50345