#DataWeekender #ExamCram - How to Think Like a Certification Exam

Our 3rd session in our #ExamCram series, this time we focus on what makes up and how to prepare for any Microsoft Certification. A great session to attend to help you hit those new year certification resolutions.

Overview
Preparing for Microsoft certification? Do you want insight into how certification exams are written, how questions are designed, and how to follow a logical process of elimination? We'll go through the process of item creation from an item writer's viewpoint, what rules item writers must follow, and why questions sometimes have strange phrasing. For any technical skillset pursuing certification, we'll review non-technical sample questions and walk through the process of using the information at your disposal. You'll better understand how to deconstruct the problem statement. We'll leave time for Q&A with a veteran of the Microsoft certification exam writing process.

Speaker
William Assaf is a senior content developer on the Microsoft Database Docs team, based in Redmond, WA. Formerly a Data Platform MVP and a consultant, and before that a .NET developer, William currently works with Microsoft product groups on content related to Microsoft SQL offerings, specifically over SQL performance, Azure SQL platforms, and Azure Synapse. As a consultant for 13 years, he worked with clients on SQL Server and Azure SQL platform optimization, management, disaster recovery, and high availability, and led a multi-city team of senior consulting SQL DBA's. William has written for Microsoft SQL certification exams since 2011 and was the team leader of the 2017 and 2019 and 2022 editions of "SQL Server Administration Inside Out" book by Microsoft Press. William is a past leader of the annual SQLSaturday Baton Rouge Planning Committee and is a big fan of data platform communities far and wide.

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