70-444

(70-444) Optimizing and Maintaining Database Solution

SYNOPSIS â€¢ MCITP Database Administrator ^vs
Candidates for this exam are Professional Database Administrators responsible for optimizing and maintaining database solutions. They have three or more years dedicated to database work, which would include two or more of the following phases in the product lifecycle: design, development, deployment, optimization, maintenance, or support. The typical work environment is an enterprise or a medium sized organization. Candidates should be experienced in using Microsoft SQL Server 2005.

Candidates for this exam should have expert knowledge of the following areas:

Defining high availability solutions
Automating administrative tasks
Defining security solutions
Monitoring and troubleshooting the database server
Designing and executing deployments
Defining the infrastructure (storage, hardware, and number of servers or instances, etc.)

Microsoft requires a minimum passing score of 700 on all exams. The maximum score on the exams will vary depending on the complexity of the skills being measured. There are 50 questions and the exam last 90 minutes. The cost of this exam is $125 USD. You can take the exam at any Prometric or Pearson VUE.

This certification exam measures your ability to optimize and maintain a database administration solution using SQL Server 2005. Skills measured by this exam include:

Optimizing the Performance of Database Servers and Databases
Optimizing and Implementing a Data Recovery Plan for a Database
Designing a Strategy to Monitor and Maintain a Database Solution
Designing a Database Data Management Strategy
Designing a Strategy to Manage and Maintain Database Security

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http://www.microsoft.com/Learning/exams/70-444.asp