Microsoft Certified IT Professional: 
MCITP:  Database Administrator

    
Microsoft Certified IT Professional: Database Administrator (MCITP: Database Administrator) is the premier certification for database server administrators. This certification demonstrates that you can keep up with your enterprise business solutions 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Database administrators install or configure Microsoft SQL Server and manage or maintain databases or multidimensional databases, user accounts, database availability, recovery, and reporting. They also design or implement security or server automation and monitor and troubleshoot SQL Server activity. Database administrators are typically employed by mid-size to large organizations.

Expand Your Knowledge and Experience with Training

There are 5 courses in total designed to help individuals pass the exams necessary for this credential.

• 2786: Designing a Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Infrastructure
• 2787: Designing Security for Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• 2788: Designing High Availability Database Solutions Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005
• 2789: Administering and Automating Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Databases and Services 2005
• 2790: Troubleshooting and Optimizing Database Servers Using Microsoft SQL Server 2005

Take Your Required Exams
    

There are 3 exams in total, necessary to pass in order to attain this credential. Candidates must first meet the requirements for the MCTS: SQL Server 2005 credential (one exam).  After earning this certification, candidates earn their MCITP: Database Administrator by passing two required exams.

If you are a Microsoft Certified Database Administrator (MCDBA), you may upgrade to the MCITP: Database Administrator certification by taking one upgrade exam instead of the two required exams. MCDBAs must still obtain the MCTS: SQL Server 2005 certification as a prerequisite.

• Exam 70–431: TS: Microsoft SQL Server 2005 - Implementation and Maintenance
• Exam 70–443: PRO:  Designing a Database Server Infrastructure by Using Server 2005
• Exam 70–444: PRO:  Optimizing and Maintaining a Database Administration Solution by Using SQL Server 2005 

	COURSES FOR PREPARATION
	MCTS Exam Prep		MCITP Exam Prep
Exam 70-431	2779	2780
Exam 70-443			2786	2787	2788
Exam 70-444				2787	2789	2790