MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-270): Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional, Second Edition

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MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Core Requirements, Exams 70-290, 70-291, 70-293, 70-294

Format: Paperback
Author: Dan Holme
ReleaseDate: 10 September, 2003
Publisher: Microsoft Press
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Definitely the bottom of the barrel
This set is filled with useless information and step-by-steps that you can get free through the whitepapers at Microsoft's website. When it comes to certification preparation books, the Microsoft Press series are the worst (with the exception of the 70-298 exam guide by Roberta Bragg, it was really great). If I were you, I'd go with the Sybex or McGraw-Hill (Osborne) study guides for most of your Microsoft exams.

-Tom Carpenter, Author: Wireless# Certification Official Study Guide and CWSP Certification Official Study Guide.

Like reading a dry legal document
I found the books very dry and hard to follow compared to a few other highly rated books like the ones from Mark Minasi. I own several MCSE books that i purchase as a supplement to an instructer led course. Also there were several typos and several inaccuracies. Some what surpriseing seeing as the book comes from MS itself.

After goin through the books and then takeing the test i found that there were several things that the books either didnt go into detail about or were non existant.

The practice tests are "ok" at best, but like the books, numerous inaccuracies were found once again as well as missing pieces of the questions. If you want great practice tests and are willing to pay, Testking has some of the best.

Bottom line, dont depend on just these books to pass the test if you have little to no experience with MS OS's.