Training Kit (Exam 70-461): Querying Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012

Title: Training Kit (Exam 70-461): Querying Microsoft® SQL Server® 2012
By: Itzik Ben-Gan, Dejan Sarka, Ron Talmage

Publisher: Microsoft Press
Formats: Print, Ebook, Safari Books Online
Print: December 2012 (est.)
Ebook: November 2012
Pages: 752 (est.)
Print ISBN: 978-0-7356-6605-4| ISBN 10:0-7356-6605-9
Ebook ISBN: 978-0-7356-6604-7| ISBN 10:0-7356-6604-0

Ace your preparation for Microsoft® Certification Exam 70-461 with this 2-in-1 Training Kit from Microsoft Press®. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and practical exercises, and then assess your skills with practice tests on CD—featuring multiple, customizable testing options.

Maximize your performance on the exam by learning how to:

• Create database objects
• Work with data
• Modify data
• Troubleshoot and optimize queries

You also get an exam discount voucher—making this book an exceptional value and a great career investment.

Itzik Ben-Gan

Itzik Ben-Gan is a mentor and cofounder of SolidQ. A Microsoft MVP for SQL Server since 1999, Ben-Gan teaches and consults internationally on T-SQL querying, programming, and query tuning. He is the author of Microsoft SQL Server T-SQL Fundamentals and coauthor of Inside Microsoft SQL Server: T-SQL Querying and Inside Microsoft SQL Server:T-SQL Programming. He has written numerous articles for SQL Server Magazine and MSDN, and speaks at industry events such as Microsoft TechEd, DevWeek, PASS, and SQL Server Connections.

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Dejan Sarka

Dejan Sarka is a mentor with SolidQ and focuses on development of database and business intelligence applications. He is a frequent speaker at international conferences such as TechEd, SqlDevCon, and PASS. He is the founder of the Slovenian SQL Server and .NET Users Group. As main author or coauthor, Dejan has written nine books about SQL Server. He has also developed three courses for SolidQ: Data Modeling Essentials, Data Quality and Master Data Management, and Data Mining.

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Ron Talmage

Ron Talmage is a mentor with SolidQ. He is a SQL Server MVP, PASS Northwest US Regional Mentor, and current Chapter Leader of the Redmond-based Pacific Northwest SQL Server Users Group. He has been involved with SQL Server since version 4.21a, and has contributed to numerous SQL Server white papers and articles. His current focus is on database administration for relational data warehouses using SQL Server.

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