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Exam MCSE 70-431: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Implementation and Maintenance became available January 30, 2006. This is a Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification exam.

Audience profile

Candidates for this exam are professionals who typically pursue careers as database administrators, database developers, or business intelligence developers. Additionally, they can be people who do not work with Microsoft SQL Server as a part of their primary job functions but who want to show their breadth of technology experience, such as developers, systems administrators, and others.Candidates have sought out knowledge and experience with Microsoft SQL Server 2005 to enhance their technical expertise, and they can implement and maintain databases by using specific instructions and specifications.

Candidates for this exam should be experts in following areas:

• Tools usage

• UI navigation

• Wizards usage

• Writing code in the appropriate language (Transact-SQL, CLR language, and other scripting languages)

• Code debugging or syntactic issue resolution

• Troubleshooting

• Accomplishing specific focused tasks by using code or UI navigation

Credit toward certification

When you pass Exam MCSE 70-431: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Implementation and Maintenance, you complete the requirements for the following certification:

• Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist: SQL Server 2005