Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-761–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of SQL Server 2016 Transact-SQL data management, queries, and database programming. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.

 

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Filter, sort, join, aggregate, and modify data

• Use subqueries, table expressions, grouping sets, and pivoting

• Query temporal and non-relational data, and output XML or JSON

• Create views, user-defined functions, and stored procedures

• Implement error handling, transactions, data types, and nulls

 

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

• Assumes you have experience working with SQL Server as a database administrator, system engineer, or developer

• Includes downloadable sample database and code for SQL Server 2016 SP1 (or later) and Azure SQL Database

 

Querying Data with Transact-SQL

About the Exam

Exam 70-761 focuses on the skills and knowledge necessary to manage and query data and to program databases

with Transact-SQL in SQL Server 2016.

 

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam earns you credit toward a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate (MCSA) certification that demonstrates your mastery of essential skills for building and implementing on-premises and cloud-based databases across organizations. Exam 70-762 (Developing SQL Databases) is also required for MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development certification.

See full details at: microsoft.com/learning


Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-762, Developing SQL Databases –and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills for building and implementing databases across organizations. Designed for database professionals who build and implement databases across organizations and who ensure high levels of data availability, Exam Ref focuses on the critical-thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.

 

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Design and implement database objects

• Implement programmability objects

• Manage database concurrency

• Optimize database objects and SQL infrastructure

 

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

• Assumes you have working knowledge of Microsoft Windows, Transact-SQL, and relational databases

 

About the Exam

Exam 70-762 focuses on skills and knowledge for building and implementing databases across organizations and ensuring high levels of data availability.

 

About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam earns you credit toward a Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate

(MCSA) certification that demonstrates your mastery of modern database

development. Exam 70-761 (Querying Data with Transact-SQL) is also required for MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Development. See full details at: microsoft.com/learning


Prepare for Microsoft Exam 70-768–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of Business Intelligence (BI) solutions development with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services (SSAS), including modeling and queries. Designed for experienced IT professionals ready to advance their status, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the MCSA level.


Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives:

• Design a multidimensional BI semantic model

• Design a tabular BI semantic model

• Develop queries using Multidimensional Expressions (MDX) and Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)

• Configure and maintain SSAS


This Microsoft Exam Ref:

• Organizes its coverage by exam objectives

• Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you

• Assumes you are a database or BI professional with experience creating models, writing MDX or DAX queries, and using SSAS


This bundle contains the following three Exam Refs, direct from Microsoft:




Exam Ref 70-740 Installation, Storage, and Compute with Windows Server 2016, 9780735698826

Exam Ref 70-741 Networking with Windows Server 2016, 9780735697423

Exam Ref 70-742 Identity with Windows Server 2016, 9780735698819




These are the three exams necessary to receive MCSA certification in Windows Server 2016. This bundles saves the customer $20 versus the price of purchasing the three Exam Refs separately.

Direct from Microsoft, this bundle contains the following two study guides at a $15 discount:



Exam Ref 70-761 Querying Data with Transact-SQL, 9781509304332, offers professional-level preparation that helps candidates maximize their exam performance and sharpen their skills on the job. It focuses on the specific areas of expertise modern database professionals need to succeed with T-SQL database queries.



Exam Ref 70-762 Developing SQL Databases, 9781509304912, offers professional-level preparation that helps candidates maximize their exam performance and sharpen their skills on the job. It focuses on the specific areas of expertise modern database professionals need to succeed with SQL database development.




These are the two exams necessary for the MCSA certification in SQL Server 2016 Database Development.

Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-101–and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills and knowledge required to manage modern Windows 10 desktops. Designed for Windows administrators, Exam Ref focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level. 


Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: 

  • Deploy and update operating systems 
  • Manage policies and profiles 
  • Manage and protect devices 
  • Manage apps and data 

This Microsoft Exam Ref:

  • Organizes its coverage by exam objectives 
  • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you 
  • Assumes you have experience deploying, configuring, securing, managing, and monitoring devices and client applications in an enterprise environment 

About the Exam 

Exam MD-101 focuses on knowledge needed to plan and implement Windows 10 with dynamic deployment or Windows Autopilot; upgrade devices to Windows 10; manage updates and device authentication; plan and implement co-management; implement conditional access and compliance policies; configure device profiles; manage user profiles; manage Windows Defender; manage Intune device enrollment and inventory; monitor devices; deploy/update applications, and implement Mobile Application Management (MAM). 


About Microsoft Certification 

Passing this exam and Exam MD-100 Windows 10 fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification credential, demonstrating your ability to install Windows 10 operating systems and deploy and manage modern desktops and devices in an enterprise environment. 


See full details at: microsoft.com/learn 


Prepare for Microsoft Exam MD-100: Windows 10—and help demonstrate your real-world mastery of skills and knowledge required to deploy, configure, secure, manage, and monitor Windows devices and client applications. Designed for Windows administrators, Exam Ref MD-100: Windows 10 focuses on the critical thinking and decision-making acumen needed for success at the Microsoft Certified Associate level.

 

Focus on the expertise measured by these objectives: 

  • Deploy Windows
  • Manage devices and data
  • Configure connectivity
  • Maintain Windows

This Microsoft Exam Ref MD-100: Windows 10:

  • Organizes its coverage by exam objectives
  • Features strategic, what-if scenarios to challenge you
  • Assumes you have some experience administering Windows 10 and non-Windows devices and technologies


About the Exam

Exam MD-100: Windows 10 focuses on knowledge needed to deploy Windows; perform post-installation configuration; manage local users, local groups, and devices; configure data access and protection; configure devices with local policies; manage Windows security; configure networking; configure remote connectivity; configure system and data recovery; manage updates; and monitor and manage Windows.


About Microsoft Certification

Passing this exam and Exam MD-101: Managing Modern Desktops fulfills your requirements for the Microsoft 365 Certified: Modern Desktop Administrator Associate certification credential, demonstrating your ability to install Windows 10 operating systems and deploy and manage modern desktops and devices in an enterprise environment.

 

See full details at: microsoft.com/learn


Direct from Microsoft, these Exam Refs are the official study guides for the new Microsoft 70-767 Implementing a SQL Data Warehouse and the new Microsoft 70-768 Developing SQL Data Models certification exams.

 

Exam Ref 70-767 Implementing a SQL Data Warehouse, the first book in this bundle (ISBN 978150936473), offers professional-level preparation that helps candidates maximize their exam performance and sharpen their skills on the job. It focuses on the specific areas of expertise modern IT professionals need to successfully build modern data warehouses to support advanced business intelligence solutions.

 

Written by Microsoft Data Platform MVP Stacia Varga, Exam Ref 70-768 Developing SQL Data Models, the second book in this bundle (ISBN 9781509305155), offers professional-level preparation that helps candidates maximize their exam performance and sharpen their skills on the job. It focuses on the specific areas of expertise modern database and business intelligence professionals need to succeed with SQL Server 2016 Analysis Services.


Direct from Microsoft, this bundle contains the following two study guides at a $15 discount:

 

Exam Ref 70-761 Querying Data with Transact-SQL, 9781509304332, offers professional-level preparation that helps candidates maximize their exam performance and sharpen their skills on the job. It focuses on the specific areas of expertise modern database professionals need to succeed with T-SQL database queries.

 

Exam Ref 70-762 Developing SQL Databases, 9781509304912, offers professional-level preparation that helps candidates maximize their exam performance and sharpen their skills on the job. It focuses on the specific areas of expertise modern database professionals need to succeed with SQL database development.


These are the two exams necessary for the MCSA certification in SQL Server 2016 Database Development.