Your 2-in-1 Self-Paced Training Kit
Exam Prep Guide
Ace your preparation for the skills measured by Exam 70-461—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully covers each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft Study guide is designed to help make the most of your study time.
Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:

• Write queries and work with database entities using T-SQL
• Choose the right data type for your database structure
• Create, modify, and delete tables using T-SQL
• Implement aggregate queries and XML schemas
• Modify data by using INSERT, UPDATE and DELETE statements
• Identify performance issues and optimize query execution

Exam Prep Guide

Assess your skills with practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus you studies.About the Author

Itzik Ben-Gan, is a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server and T-SQL expert who has written many books on the subject, including Microsoft SQL Server 2012 T-SQL Fundamentals.

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Dejan Sarka is a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server who develops database and business intelligence solutions. He has authored or coauthored many books about SQL Server, including the Training Kit for Exam 70-448.

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Ron Talmage, is a Microsoft MVP for SQL Server who has contributed to numerous SQL Server white papers and articles.