How To Upgrade Mcitp: Business Intelligence 2008 To Mcse Business Intelligence Certification

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Want to upgrade your MCITP: Business Intelligence 2008 certification to MCSE Business Intelligence Certification but don’t know how to? This article explains the ways to upgrade your MCITP: Business Intelligence 2008 certification to MCSE Business Intelligence Certification.

IT professionals who already certified with MCITP: Business Intelligence 2008 certifications are eligible for the upgrade path to MCSE Business Intelligence. To upgrade your MCITP BI 2008 certification to MCSE Business intelligence certification you need to pass following 3 upgrade exams.
Exam 70-457: Upgrading your Skills to MCSA SQL Server 2012 Part 1
Exam 70-458: Transition your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA SQL 2012 Part 2
Exam 70-460: Transition your MCITP BI Developer 2008 to MCSE BI 2012
The first 2 exams (70-457 and 70-458) involve upgrading your skills to MCSA SQL Server 2012 while the third exam is precise to transferring your 2008 business intelligence skills to the 2012 version.

Topic covered in these exams
Exam 70-457: Upgrading your Skills to MCSA ...
... SQL Server 2012 Part 1 covers the following technical topics:
Database object creation
Data modifications
Working with data
Query troubleshooting and optimization
SQL Server 2012 installation and configuration
SQL Server 2012 troubleshooting and optimization
Database and instances maintenance

Exam 70-458: Transition your MCTS on SQL Server 2008 to MCSA SQL 2012 Part 2
Part 2 of the upgrade involves mastering the skills and knowledge measured by the next upgrade exam, upgrading your Skills to MCSA SQL Server 2012 Part 2 (70-458). This upgrade exam focuses on your skills related to
Data management
High availability implementation
Security implementation
Data warehousing (design and implementation)
Data load tasks
Data extraction and transformation
The creation of data quality solutions
SSIS configuration and deployment

Exam 70-460: Transition your MCITP BI Developer 2008 to MCSE BI 2012
Finally, you will require passing one more certification upgrade exam to upgrade your MCITP BI 2008 certification to MCSE BI 2012. This exam, 70-460: Upgrading your Skills to MCSE Business Intelligence, covers:
Building analysis services databases
Building tabular data models
Managing, maintaining, and troubleshooting SSAS databases
Using SSRS for report building
Planning to deploy SSIS solutions
Planning business intelligence infrastructures
Designing business intelligence infrastructures
Designing business intelligence data models

When you successfully complete above 3 exams (70-457, 70-458, 70-460) your MCITP Business Intelligence 2008 certification will upgrade to MCSE Business Intelligence.