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IT professionals who hold titles such as database administrator, database analyst, or database developer are candidates for the MCDBA. Microsoft recommends at least one year of hands-on experience with SQL Server for those contemplating taking exams for the MCDBA.

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The Benefits
MCDBA titleholders receive the following benefits upon fulfillment of the requirements:

• Industry recognition of your expertise.
  
• The right to use the MCDBA logo on business collateral.
  
• A certificate, transcript, wallet card, and lapel pin to identify you as an MCDBA to colleagues and clients.
  
• Access to technical and product information direct from Microsoft through the private, secure MCP Web site.
  
• Discounts on products and services (such as reduced price on one-year TechNet or TechNet Plus subscription during first year of certification, and discounted MSDN subscription).
  
• One-year free subscription to SQL Server Magazine.
  
• Invitations to Microsoft and MCP Magazine TechMentor conferences, technical training sessions, and special events.
  

The Tests
The certification requires you to pass three core exams and one elective, as shown in the following table:

Note: If you had the opportunity to take and pass Exam 70-240, the Accelerated Exam for Windows 2000, you need only take one more Core: Admin (70-028 or 70-228) and one more Core: Design (70-029 or 70-229) to fulfill the MCDBA requirements. More information on all these exams can be found in the table below.

Tests are delivered through Prometric and VUE are the exclusive test providers for these and all Microsoft exams.

Microsoft frequently updates requirements information. For the most recent changes, be sure to view Microsoft's official MCDBA requirements page at http://www.microsoft.com/learning/mcp/mcdba/. 

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TESTS TO ACHIEVE MCDBA

Select a Certification or Test from the Exam Guide: Complete List of All TestsTests in developmentBeta TestsLive TestsRetired Tests--------Tests Filtered by Certification: MCAD MCDBA MCDST MCP MCSA MCSA:Messaging MCSA:Security MCSD MCSE MCSE:Messaging MCSE:Security MCT--------Tests by Name of Exam: 70-210: Administering Windows 2000 Professional 70-215: Administering Windows 2000 Server 70-086: Supporting SMS 2.0 70-217: Administering Win2K Directory Services 70-219: Designing Win2K Directory Services 70-220: Designing Win2K Security 70-221: Designing a Win2K Network 70-100: Analyzing Requirements 70-016: Designing Desktop Visual C++ 6.0 Applications 70-156: Designing Desktop Visual FoxPro 6.0 Applications 70-176: Designing Desktop Visual Basic 6.0 Applications 70-015: Designing Distributed Visual C++ 6.0 Applications 70-155: Designing Distributed Visual FoxPro 6.0 Applications 70-175: Designing Distributed Visual Basic 6.0 Applications 70-029: Designing SQL Server 7.0 Databases 70-244: Supporting NT Server 4.0 70-028: Administering SQL Server 7.0 70-228: Administering SQL Server 2000 70-229: Designing SQL Server 2000 Databases 70-056: Supporting Web Sites Using Site Server 3.0 70-216: Administering a Windows 2000 Network 70-057: Designing Site Server 3.0 Commerce Solutions 70-152: Designing Visual InterDev 6.0 Web Solutions 70-080: Supporting IE 5.0 Using the IE Admin Kit 70-081: Supporting Exchange Server 5.5 70-085: Supporting SNA Server 4.0 70-105: Designing Outlook 2000/Exchange Server 5.5 Collaboration 70-223: Win2K Adv. Server Clustering Services 70-098: Supporting Windows 98 70-088: Supporting Proxy Server 2.0 70-222: Windows 2000 Migration 70-091: Designing Office 2000/VBA Solutions 70-019: Designing SQL Server 7.0 Data Warehouses 70-224: Administering Exchange 2000 Server 70-225: Designing Exchange 2000 Messaging 70-227: Administering ISA Server 2000 70-226: Designing Highly Available Web Solutions with Win2K 70-090: Deploying Office 2000 70-230: Designing BizTalk Server 2000 Solutions 70-232: Maintaining Highly Available Web Solutions with Win2K 70-234: Commerce Server 2000 70-270: Windows XP Professional 70-290: Manage/Maintain Windows Server 2003 70-291: Impl./Manage/Maintain Windows Server 2003 Network 70-293: Plan/Maintain a Windows Server 2003 Network 70-218: Managing a Windows 2000 Network Environment 70-305: Developing Web Apps with VB .NET/VS .NET 70-306: Developing Windows Apps with VB .NET/VS .NET 70-316: Developing Windows Apps with VC# .NET/VS .NET 70-315: Developing Web Apps with Visual C# .NET/VS .NET 70-300: Analyzing Reqs, Defining .NET Sol. Architectures 70-310: Developing XML/WS with VB .NET/.NET Framework 70-320: Developing XML/WS with VC# .NET/.NET Framework 70-214: Implementing Security See MCP Newsflash: (no exams in beta yet) 70-292: Manage/Maintain Windows 2003 (for MCSA-Win2K) 70-294: Planning, Implementing, Maintaining Windows Server 2003 AD 70-296: Plan/Impl./Maintain Windows Server 2003 (for MCSE - Win2K) 70-297: Designing Windows Server 2003 AD, Network 70-298: Designing Security for a Windows Server 2003 Network 70-271: Supporting Users, Troubleshooting Windows Desktop OSes 70-284: Implementing and Managing Exchange Server 2003 70-282: Design/Deploy/Manage Net. Sol.for Sm./Med. Biz 70-285: Designing a Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Organization 70-281: Plan, Deploy, Manage Enterprise Proj. Mgt. Solution 70-299: Implement, Admin Security on Windows 2003 Network 70-272: Support Users, Troubleshoot Apps on Windows Desktops

MCP BY THE NUMBERS

Numbers indicate total certifications per title as of April 14, 2004.

Courtesy of Microsoft Corp.

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