The Real MCTS/MCITP Exam 70-649 Prep Kit: Independent and Complete Self-Paced Solutions
This exam is designed to validate Windows Server 2003 Microsoft Certified Systems Administrators (MCSEs) AD, Network Infrastructure, and Application Platform Technical Specialists skills. The object of this exam is to validate only the skills that are are different from the existing MCSE skills. This exam will fulfill the Windows Server 2008 Technology Specialist requirements of Exams 70-640, 70-642, and 70-643.
The Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) on Windows Server 2008 c
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Doesn’t contain what it promises, and is too looong,
The front page says this book contains test exams and mp3 tracks, but none of these are available from the web site as promised. I sent an email to the Syngress customer service, but they still haven’t answered me today, four weeks later.
The book itself is allright, and covers a lot of good stuff for the exam. However it’s really obvious that the author gets paid by the number of words, and the book would really benefit from being shortened down by about 200 pages. What’s the deal with expanding the abbreviation TCP/IP every time it’s mentioned? (Yes, I’m serious. They do that in the book)
This is not a good book for someone who has previous experience and is looking for info on what’s new in Windows Server 2008. The authors are assuming that the reader knows nothing about previous Windows versions, dispite the fact that this is an upgrade exam.
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This book is incredibly long. It appears to be a first draft. I guess they couldn’t afford editors or something. This book contains a huge number of typos. Much of the information is wrong.
Its a horrible book. I wound up reading the Microsoft study guides for 70-640, 70-642, and 70-643. They are pretty good. I passed the test on the first try after reading and working through those books.
This book is absolute rubbish. Do yourself a favor and avoid this book at all costs. It is less than worthless.
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|Save your time and money,
Reasons to avoid this book:
1.Errors of fact. There is no indication that a technical editor ever perused these pages.
2.A lack of understanding the target audience. The audience for an upgrade exam is experienced technicians. This should be a new features book, but it is too often simply a recap of things any MCSE already knows. In addition, several important new features are not given any space at all.
3. It was written before the Server 2008 shipped. It is clear that the authors had a limited amount of time on the product. Much of the content is based on 2003, not 2008.
4. There is absolutely no support from the publisher. Absolutely nothing available on line and if ever a book needed an error log it is this one.
5. The authors appear to be challenged with the English language. Terms and phrases are not given the way that they are commonly used. Sentence structure is often convoluted and poorly constructed.
6. A distractingly HUGE number of typographical errors. If you enjoy trying to figure out what a sentence fragment was supposed to be, you might find parts of this book entertaining.
7. Many of the review questions have incorrect answers indicated, and the answers page gives only the answer letter and no explanation of why the answer was chosen.
8. You are much better off spending your time on TechNet and on the product.
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