APPENDIX B Exam 70-431: What You Need to Know to Pass

Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.

—Vincent Van Gogh

70-431 TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005—Implementation and Maintenance

Introduction

While the 70-431 test covers a wide range of topics, many of the questions are surface-type questions. In other words, they require you to know the basics of a topic instead of in-depth details. There are exceptions, but this is generally the case.

One of the biggest exceptions is Transact-SQL. If you're a developer doing the administrator's track, T-SQL will probably be quite easy for you. However, if you're a system administrator or system engineer, and you're not familiar with Transact-SQL, this might ...

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