Product Description
System administrators learn how to install, configure, and support SQL Server 7.0 in enterprise networks using this official Online Training Kit. This fully interactive, next-generation learning system packs a full, multiple-session instructor-led training course onto a single CD-ROM! Readers work at their own pace through the modular courseware to gain practical experience with critical SQL Server 7.0 administration tasks and to prepare for MCP Exam 70-028, a core … More >>
Microsoft SQL Server 7.0 System Administration Online Training Kit
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#1 by Citizen John on June 24, 2010 - 2:13 pm
This product helped me pass the SQL Server 7 exams, some of the more difficult Microsoft exams, and I got certified. Right away, I’m going to confess that after going through all the trouble of getting certified, and it was a lot of trouble, I never worked with databases again. Changes in the economy favored my working in another direction as I am a CPA and a CISA, among other things.
This was the single best source of all the study guides I used. Microsoft put money into it and they created a brilliant learning product. It was absolutely brilliant. I love great textbooks and great learning software, and this is one of the greats. It was nevertheless an arduous preparation.
I came to understand that Microsoft Press produces the best materials to learn their products. Many other materials are also useful, but nothing I’ve found compares.
Rating: 5 / 5
#2 by owenmpk on June 24, 2010 - 3:50 pm
I used the CD training and it was better that the MS Official Curriculum class that I took from a well known Company. In fact that is all I will use in my future training. I like to be able to stop the CD and test ideas on a system what I just learned. I passed the exam and was able to use the information on a server that I was setting. Well done MS. Now can you do this with your Win2000 products?
Rating: 5 / 5
#3 by Michael Madewell on June 24, 2010 - 4:51 pm
I’m a SQL 6.5 DBA preparing to migrate to 7.0 as well as prepare for the 70-028 exam. Of all of the material I’ve collected, this training kit has been the most useful in getting me up to speed on both tasks. I find the Online Training kit to be much more engaging than the M.O.C. from the SQL Administration class. The Pre-Assessment and post-chapter quizzes for each module are very useful, as is the ability to switch between text and audio. Whether you need to implement SQL 7.0 at work or just pass the exam, this training kit in conjunction with BOL should do trick.
Rating: 5 / 5
#4 by Rob Lawrence on June 24, 2010 - 6:36 pm
This is the first “online” type of training I have tried from MS. I enjoyed the lecture-style format as opposed to the book-training kits. I agree that it needs to be complemented with Books On-line and Inside SQl Server. But, I definitely came away with some practical experience which I am now using on the job. Knocks on the course, for improvement:
The unit on web publishing, with the wrong quiz questions. They should gear the exercises to a higher level. If someone is using this material, MS should make the assumption that we don’t need to be told “to close Microsoft Outlook (or any other application) , click the close button”. All of these types of statements could have been left out, and more content added to the course.
Despite this, it is still a good way to learn the material and I look forward to continuing to the next one.
Rating: 4 / 5
#5 by Martin G. Nicholson on June 24, 2010 - 8:35 pm
I passed the SQL Server Admin exam on the first try, but only after supplementing the online training kit (OTK) with three other books, plus BOL, plus Transcenders, plus several months of practice on live systems.
I rate this training material only 3 stars not because it is bad material – for an OTK it’s ‘okay’ – but because I found that an OTK is not a good way to self-train in SQL Server 7 Admin. It’s just too easy to hypnotically click-thru the lessons without really absorbing anything.
There’s no easy way to take notes, no way to use a hi-liter, no way to bookmark important sections. Plus, I found myself hitting the ‘repeat’ button over, and over, and over again to clearly comprehend what was being said (I’m not talking sound quality – that part was fine).
This OTK is ‘okay’ as a resource for reviewing, but not as your primary training material.
My suggestion is to use the good ol’ hardcopy training manual, supplemented with BOL, Transcenders, and lots of hands-on practice.
Rating: 3 / 5