Useful Even If Inconsistant from Each Other
I have actually found both of these resources to be useful in tediously combing through about 20% of material that I might have missed on the exam, and with this I have succeeded. These books alone will not help you pass the exam, as you'll need additional material and of course, a real computer running Windows XP. With this understanding and diligent effort, one can pass the exam.
Despite my recommendation, I was a little bothered that the books' organization and topics (chapters) were inconsistent from each other. Thus if you study a chapter from one book, you may or may not find a corresponding chapter in the practice questions books.
To make matters worse, both of the books do not necessarily correspond to the actual Microsoft study material thought in MSCE courses and published through Microsoft Press. One would hope that this material would be supplement study guides from Microsoft. The end result from this is that there is a lot of coverage of material that may or may not be on the exam.
In some areas, they over emphasize tools from Microsoft's download site, that isn't covered on the exam, but then completely miss areas that are covered on the exam. The authors do claim again that you need more than these resources to pass the exam, but I wonder if that is more of an excuse to publish material that doesn't necessarily correspond or is relevant to the actual test questions.
OK. I seem harsh for lost hours of my life, ha-ha, but I did find the books useful, and I did feel they were a help to passing the exam.
Not a bad final review kit.
When I took the 70-270 exam about a year ago I had and abundance of study material, what I didn't have was a final prep tool to study from. This set of books is an excellent final tool but the timing is a little late.
Both books cover each objectives and domains for the exam; however the areas of AD and group policies were a bit small as compared to the questions I had on my exam. The information is technically accurate and very up to date with the current exam.
There are 2 books in the set and each one has a different set of exam questions, 1 with Prep Logic and the other with Measure UP. Both set of question are right in line with the exam, but I would add more questions to the mix.
There are over 1000 questions in total, with over 500 in the Practice Questions book alone. Again timing is the major drawback and overall this is set of books has excellent explanations for the questions, which makes studying more than memorization.
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