MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-652): Configuring Windows Server® Virtualization (Paperback)

~ Nelson Ruest (Author), Danielle Ruest (Author), GrandMasters (Author)

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Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-652 and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time. Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to: Install, configure, and optimize Hyper-V Prepare management infrastructure, including remote administration Create and deploy VMs and VHDs Perform physical-to-virtual and virtual-to-virtual migrations Plan security for hosts, VMs, and resource pools Automate Hyper-V operations Configure and manage high-availability clusters Monitor and optimize performance Assess your skills with the practice tests on CD. You can work through hundreds of questions using multiple testing modes to meet your specific learning needs. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers including a customized learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies. Your kit includes: 15% exam discount from Microsoft. Offer expires 12/31/13. Details inside. Official self-paced study guide. Practice tests with multiple, customizable testing options and a learning plan based on your results. 200+ practice and review questions. Case scenarios, exercises, and best practices. Fully searchable eBook of this guide, plus sample chapters from related books.

Product Details

• Paperback: 640 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; Pap/Cdr edition (June 17, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735626790
• ISBN-13: 978-0735626799
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 7.4 x 1.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #75,400 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great value -- Hyper-V, VMM, and R2 coverage, July 17, 2009

By	Microsoft Press Editor (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

Just wanted to let readers know this Training Kit covers not only the 70-652 exam on Windows Server Virtualization (including practice tests), but also includes prep material for exam 70-403 on System Center Virtual Machine Manager, plus Hyper-V R2 content. Nelson and Danielle did an amazing job in making this book an exceptionally good value!

5.0 out of 5 stars I passed both tests using this book, November 19, 2009

By	John Day "computer geek" (Phoenix, Arizona) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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The team of Danielle and Nelson Ruest have written another fine book. Not only does it cover the material for the Microsoft 70-652 Windows Server Virtualization, Configuring exam (why didn't MS title this exam `Hyper-V', which is what it is all about???), but it also covers the material you need to take and pass the related Microsoft 70-403 System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)exam as well. I used the book to help me learn the material, and passed both of the tests without a hitch. You will absolutely need to set yourself up a Hyper-V lab environment and then add SCVMM to it, as this material is too complex to actually master without much practice and experimentation. You should know that Hyper-V requires that you have a server with one or more 64 bit processors with both hardware virtualization and DEP support (be careful here, since not all 64 bit chips support hardware virtualization) and at least 8 gb of RAM to perform adequately, which is a bit more than many people have in their home lab. This is money well spent however, as all of the Microsoft server products going forward seem to require 64 bit processor support. The book is of moderate length (at least as 'geek' books go these days), and is highly readable. It even covers new features that came out with Windows Server 2008 R2, which means that it will be up-to-date for quite some time. It covers the theory, architecture and 'click, click, finish' material you need learn to use these products successfully in the real world. I found the case study style exercises in each chapter to be of particular merit. My hat is off to the author team for writing yet another wonderful book.