Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-448—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover 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 you make the most of your study time.

Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:

• Create SSIS packages; troubleshoot data flow and control flow
• Configure, debug, and deploy SSIS solutions
• Develop SSAS cubes for OLAP and data mining services
• Implement custom logic with MDX
• Optimize storage design and query performance
• Create SSRS reports; enable interactivity; write custom code
• Manage the report environment
• Configure security features for SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS

Assess your skills with the 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 your studies.

Your kit includes:

• 15% exam discount from Microsoft. Offer expires 12/31/13. Details inside.
• Official self-paced study guide.
• Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results.
• 200 practice and review questions.
• 180-day trial of SQL Server 2008 Enterprise Edition.
• Case scenarios, exercises, and best practices.
• Fully searchable eBook of this guide, plus sample chapters from related books.

A Note Regarding the CD or DVD

The practice test materials are available as a download along with your ebook version of the kit, and will be located in your account. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.