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MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-294), Second Edition

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The 70-294 Self-Paced Training Kit does an outstanding job in teaching the objectives of the exam. Especially useful are the practice activities at the end of each lesson/chapter. Getting hands-on experience with Active Directory is a must to pass this exam, and this books makes getting that hands-on experience a breeze.

Of all the MSPress books I have bought, this one is the best.

Although this book is larger than most of the other MS exam books, it provides great detail and enabled me to pass the exam the first time and with flying colors. I've had some "issues" with some of the other MS exam books, however, this one MS actually did a good job with.

Piece of Advice for the Exam - Study and KNOW the GPO sections, OU sections (especially design and managment), and RRAS sections. Very little is covered outside of those things, believe it or not.

Good Luck!

I found this book to be a great resource and a good foundational book. I goes into enough detail to get a good understanding of the principals of Active Directory. While I am not sure you can pass the MSCSE 70-294 test with just reading this book it is a great foundation to compliment a good purchased sample test.

This is another excellent book from Microsoft Press. I'm not a native English speaker but the books from Microsoft Press are pretty good to read because Microsoft uses clear technical languages that is easy to understand. The questions, practices and troubleshooting labs are good resources to prepare for Exam.

I would like to recommend this book for any Windows Admins who is going to take the 70-294 exam.

If you have been through one of these books before, this one is much the same: Mostly straight-talk of skills and knowledge needed to pass the exam.

The e-Book (PDF format) is a treat as I don't have to lug the bulky, heavy book around; just my laptop.

The only thing that gets me about these books is they are really un-interesting. Yes there are plenty of activities and such, but I guess my expectation is more straight-to-the-matter and perhaps more real-world examples.

If you are looking to prepare for the 70-294 exam (and you are not looking for the Server 2008-series exams) consider this book as a PORTION of your training tool set. I HIGHLY recommend configuring a mid- to high-level laptop with virtual PC or VMware Workstation to set up your environment.

The book has all the necessary information to pass your core exams for MCSE. However, the assembly quality and binding are utter crap. The first page and last page are glued to the hardcover and wrinkled. The binding is not secured to the cover and loose. I purchased the 4 book set as a reference set. They have been returned to amazon and I went with the CBT material from testout.