MCITP Windows Server 2008 Server Adminstrator Self-Paced Training Kit: Exams 70-640, 70-642, 70-646 Second Edition

Whether you are taking the Microsoft official course from an authorized teaching facility, or working on your own to obtain your certifications, this training kit is a must. The 'official' course text leaves something to be desired in the way of details and clarification. This training course does not. It goes into much greater detail and starts at the beginning instead of assuming that you have certain facts already. It lays the foundation for every segment.I believe you can actually obtain your certs with this material. You have labs that you set up (they step you thru it) and practice tests that are the same as the schools provide. And to repeat, you will have a much greater grasp on the material.Even if you are enrolled in a structured course with a school, you should just consider the modest cost of these self-paced kits as another necessary cost. Just suck it up and shell out the 'very worth it' money. I didn't and I regret it, even though I have them now. They correspond to the 'official' course flow.You can't go wrong.

Sure these are MS press and as we all know that have been in the business for a while, you will need more than just an MS press book to pass the exams. Some things are overlooked and somethings are not touched on enough. Supplemental material is going to be needed. The Unleashed books are good, exam crams are good, but nothing is going to supplement better than real work experience and the ability to read between the lines. I had my MCSA 2003 and decided I wanted to do more than just the single upgrade test and exam crams, so I got these books as reference and study material among with an unleashed book. Why two resources? Because you need more than one source and different writing styles can help explain something better than another. I have been in the industry for 13 years and have worked with 2008 and 2008 R2 in the practical world since they hit the market. If you think you are going to read books alone and pass these three tests you are sorely mistaken. You are not going to spend 2 weeks reading these books with little or no experience and pass the tests. Take your time studying, doing labs if you can, and exam crams. Spend a month on it, or what time frame you need for yourself. You must have real work experience with it as well. Even if you take the MS classes and have NO experience you will fail. I've seen this way too much. I had noticed another reviewer saying these books do not cover R2, they do.I don't give 5 stars because nothing is perfect. Don't be afraid of these books and go sign up for some exam crams and take your time. Don't rush! Good Luck!

makes a good study guide, makes a decent reference manual after the exam. The practice tests included could match the exam better, only has multiple choice and none of the interactive questions. It was still a good guide and a good place to look up why i missed answers on other practices tests that I used in addition to this.

Having this resource made it extremely easy to pass the exams for the cert. I cannot express enough how useful these books were to me. I would recommend this cert to everyone looking to move further up in their career and would recommend these books as a great resource to accomplish those goals.

Books are very comprehensive. I have not tested out yet, but the it seems well written. The CD has the book included as a pdf and has testing software included. Test engine broken down into the various domains tested.

This book is completely useless for someone like myself who wished to learn Windows Server 2008 on my own. This book was clearly designed as a classroom campanion.

This service pack provides detail information about everything Microsoft; however,sometimes it forgets that one needs to include a basic fundamental definitions of important concepts. In other words, a summary of information to be presented, and the importance there of should be included for every chapter.The purpose of this book is to provide a guideline to appreciating a conceptual approach to all things Microsoft.

Make a boring topic fun...That is the challenge with this product. I'm a visual learn. Enough said.

I got this book to help in passing the 70-646 exam. Most people who take MS exams will tell you that no one book on its own is enough to pass the exam unless you really use it a lot in your work or have a lab. The book is good, it covers most topics to some degree not in depth but then this is the 646 exam which is high level compared to the other exams.Still worth buying to consolidate 2K8 knowledge but don't just buy it thinking you can pass the exam with it, get another book too (IMHO).

Great product Now my daughter can get on and learn everything in readiness for her forthcoming Exams we had absolutely no idea that you could by these over the internet and at such a great price if you are wanting this qualification then this is the thing to help you get it

Great book.

Valido para el día a día como libro de consulta, como para preparar los exámenes de certificación.Sin dudas, recomendable al 100%

ya que no se vende en españa lo tuve que comprar por aqui, buen pack ya que separadado te sale mucho mas caro.buen contenido y en los cd vienen programas para examinarte y hacer testing pero al final es poco, me pensaba que iban a venir mas