Sergio Maziano said
I Just can say that the book is very helpfull... because of them I achieve my cerification. And I'm very happy with that.
Best Regards
Sergio Maziano
Reet said
I am almost done wrapping up the first book in this series. It seems to have a good amount of information with some filler of course. Seems to be pretty thorough in the topics covered. We'll see how it actually prepares me for the test.
Cymaril said
Exactly what I wanted. Its not everything I need for the tests but it is a great place to start.
David J. Brown said
I bought this set a couple months ago. I'm just finishing studying for the 2008 AD Config test (70-640).
As others have mentioned, there are several errors in the book. There is an errata posted on the Microsoft site that lists a couple dozen errors and I found about that many more myself that were not listed.
One nice thing is that You are encouraged to set up a virtual lab environment. Unfortunately, it doesn't really tell you how to do that, logical points to make snapshots, etc. Some of the labs rely on exercises from previous labs, and there's no chart for which virtual machines will or will not be needed later on. End requirements for the VMs that will be reused are not given, so you may find yourself rebuilding a VM or adding disk later. It may be helpful to read the "Before you begin" sections for all of the chapters before you start building VMs so that you're not surprised.
One lab instructs you to set up a SQL 2005 server. The software is not provided for this and no instruction is given. The lab can be accomplished in other ways, but clear information is not provided.
I wish the labs had a little more detail in them. It's pretty easy to do something just a little bit wrong and have it not work and not know why. Since they build on each other an early mistake can end up forcing you to rebuild one or more VMs in later labs. It would be nice if they provided a script to quickly build the machines used in a chapter to the "before you begin" state, so that you could start at say chapter 17 without having to work through 15 and 16 first.
On the positive side, good coverage of the material and the labs provided valuable hands-on experience. There were a lot of errors, but nothing that I feel really impacted my understanding of the material. There is a PDF version of the book on the CD, and a MeasureUp exam-sim with over 200 questions that helps you check your knowledge and locate your weak areas. The MeasureUp also provides links to information and white-papers on the Microsoft site to explain concepts in the exam, providing very useful additional study materials.
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