Certification Prep – The 20 Minute Workout

This post was originally written by Gabriel Villa on his blog http://extofer.blogspot.com/ It’s about that time to focus on a few things, one being Microsoft Certification. I passed the 70-433 Database Developer certification last year. My intention is to become a Microsoft Certified IT Pro Database Developer and DBA. Microsoft has three Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification and three IT Professional certifications for SQL Server 2008. The MCTS include Implementation and Maintenance (70-432), Database Development (70-433) and Business Intelligence Development and Maintenance (70-448). Each of these are the prerequisite to the IT Professional certifications (MCITP). For instance if you take 70-432 and 70-450, Designing, Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Server Infrastructure using Microsoft SQL Server 2008, you obtained MCITP Database Administrator. Exam 70-433 along with 70-451, Designing Database Solutions and Data Access Using Microsoft SQL Server 2008, makes you an

Late last year I had posted an article over on http://www.petri.co.il/ that reviews some of the changes in the Windows Start Menu. While the changes from Vista to Windows 7 are subtle they are a radical departure for those users that are more familiar with Windows XP. The full article is titled Getting Familiar with the Windows 7 Start Menu and also goes over some simple steps for customizing the Start Menu as well as reviews what is new with the Recently Opened Programs area that is available on the Windows 7. For the 70-680 exam it is good to just understand some of these changes – again most specifically from XP to Windows 7 – as well as comprehending how to make some of these customizations to the configurable settings from the GUI.