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Tips about exam 70-431 (MCTS: SQL Server 2005)
On Friday, 9 February, 2007 at about 11:30 AM I passed exam 70-431 and earned the title of MCTS: SQL Server 2005; now that the excitement is growing dim, I'd like to take the time to share my impressions on the new certification model embraced by Microsoft.
First of all, I've been quite impressed by the number of simulations included in the exam. For those of you who are wondering, simulations are a (relatively) new kind of questions, very different from the usual multiple choice ones we were used to face in the past: they consist in a series of interactive screens which (almost) closely resemble the ones you should see while working with the GUI tools included with SQL Server 2005. So, to pass this kind of questions, you should be familiar with these tools.