Hallo all,

thanks for your warm words - I hope all have been done well. Currently I'm in contact with Prometric and will see what happens.

The only "light in the tunnel"...

Hallo Robert,

that's definitely no good news :crying:

As I've described...

I've had many technical problems with the lab.

Fingers cross that it's passed.

Do you know a contact at MSL where I can check...

Now it seems to be official. Transcript shows me as a MCM SQL Server 2008!!!

Ladies and gentlemen,

I'm glad to announce the passing of the last hurdle to become a MCM...

Koen Verbeeck (2/27/2012)

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Congrats Uwe! And thanks for sharing your story.

I didn't know you could take MCM in Europe. I thought it could only be taken in the U.S. (apparently some...

Hallo all,

Thank you for the congrats.

Robert, yes you can Post it. It would be a pleasure for me to share my experiences with more interested People.

Tank you for your...

Hi all,

I've just got the information that i have finished the 88-970 successfully with the second try. So - if anyone is interested I want to share my experiences with...

Gift Peddie (8/7/2011)

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The only time you need to have the agent service account as part of the local administrators group is IF YOU REQUIRE the autostart functionality to be enabled....

OK Peddie,

do it as you want. I hope you don't get in touch with a professional who will damage your system.

My advice:

- learn SQL Server administration

- learn more about the...

Then I ask you did you know xp_cmdshell is disabled by default by Microsoft in SQL Server 2005 and up and that it is not needed in most automation operation?[/QUOTE]

The...

Gift Peddie (8/7/2011)

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I think this is a conversation you need to have with Microsoft and not me because the information is in the link I posted I did not make...

Microsoft relationship with banks is handled by Microsoft consulting with the Context account which was created during SQL Server 7.0, so most bank at home is run with SQL Server...

Gift Peddie (12/31/2009)

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Gift, my setup is consistent with the guidance in the atricle

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms345380.aspx. What do you mean by "not admin at the network level"? Are you saying this new account...