Registration for Exam 70-448.

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  Please refer to the following link http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-lifecycle.aspx

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  Tuesday, June 5, 2012 3:19 AM
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  As far as I can tell, 70-448 is not yet scheduled to expire, at least it does not appear in the list of retiring exams:

  http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-lifecycle.aspx#tab2

  Have you tried more than one test center in Prometric? Perhaps you tried to schedule the exam at a center that closes in August, and that is why you didn't see any available date later than July.

  • Proposed as answer by Mr. Wharty Tuesday, June 5, 2012 7:06 AM

  Tuesday, June 5, 2012 6:33 AM
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  I did try several of the exam centres, but all of them didn't have exams available after July... which concerned me....

  I would believe that exam 70-448 would still be available until beginning of next year, since its not part of the 'to-be' retired exams til Jan 2013(as available in the link you've provided)?

  Tuesday, June 5, 2012 4:43 PM
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  Prometric do not show appoints more than 8 weeks in advance.

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  • Edited by Mr. Wharty Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:05 PM

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  This is from the Prometric Available Exam Dates booking page:

  The selected appointment duration is 03:30 hours. Select an available Date and Time, then click Next. Exam must be scheduled at least 24-hours in advance and no more than 8 weeks ahead. For same day testing, please contact the test site directly.

  https://www.register.prometric.com/DateTime.asp 

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  • Proposed as answer by tooleyrose Wednesday, June 6, 2012 12:56 AM
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  Tuesday, June 5, 2012 10:21 PM
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  Thank you very much ! :)

  Wednesday, June 6, 2012 2:40 AM
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  the microsoft  site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-lifecycle.aspx#tab2

  says nothing about exams for SQL 2008 retiring but the site below says that the SQL 2008 exams will be retiring, so which is correct please?
  
  http://blog.wharton.com.au/category/sql-server-2012/

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  • Edited by Adrsql Wednesday, June 6, 2012 3:40 PM

  Wednesday, June 6, 2012 3:34 PM
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  It reads as follows:

  SQL Server 2008 Upgrade Path

  Please Note: SQL Server 2008 certification exams will be retired in July 2013 and exams ..........

  Wednesday, June 6, 2012 3:57 PM
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  the microsoft  site:

  http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-lifecycle.aspx#tab2

  says nothing about exams for SQL 2008 retiring but the site below says that the SQL 2008 exams will be retiring, so which is correct please?
  
  http://blog.wharton.com.au/category/sql-server-2012/

  Thanks

  
  
  

  According to this site http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-sql-server.aspx, exams will retire at the end of July 1013

  Q.  Will I be able to earn MCTS certifications for passing exams that count towards the MCSA: SQL Server 2008 certification?

  A.  You will continue to earn an MCTS for Exam 70-432 and exam 70-448 until July 2013. At that point, the MCTS certifications for all SQL Server 2008 exams will be discontinued.

  I had forgotten about the information I provided on my blog post. 

  I will confirm retirement dates with Microsoft and update this thread (and my blog) when I get confirmation.

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  • Edited by Mr. Wharty Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:10 AM
  • Proposed as answer by Adrsql Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:53 AM

  Wednesday, June 6, 2012 11:10 PM
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  According to this site http://www.microsoft.com/learning/en/us/certification/cert-sql-server.aspx, exams will retire at the end of July 1013

  Unfortunately this link does not work.

  Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:08 AM
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  That's because there's a "," at the end of the link.  It has been updated.

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  • Edited by Mr. Wharty Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:11 AM
  • Proposed as answer by Adrsql Thursday, June 7, 2012 8:52 AM

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