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Summary: Relevancy of Exam materials
Review: As a MCP who's completed 70-100 I can wholeheartedly recommend you buy this book as an (excellent) primer into the world of Solution development. Wonderful cases and exercises make this book worth your time (if not for the sake of the exam). It also has a good sense of humor and doesn't bore you to death with facts (unlike some MS Press books I could name) Anyways, my recommendations are that you study the exam (with this book) and then forget all there is to know about it. Then, focus on Chapter 10. It is the ONLY chapter you will need. The rest is irrelevant (if somewhat useful) exam preperation material. I advise you acquire a Transcender demo so that you acquaint yourself with the special way you are tested. Don't worry the built-in Exam Gear software is fabulous and will show you how to use the exam software. All in all from a technical standpoint this book deserves a C+.One more thing, do not buy the MS Press 70-100 exam preparation book, it has nothing, NOTHING to do with this exam.
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Summary: NOT Good
Review: believe me, for this exam you don't need any book, especially this book, as long as you had some basic aknowledge on database theory. this book is too heavy and useless. the trescender is VERY GOOD!
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Summary: Maybe! Might help a little!
Review: Having just passed 70-100, an completed my MCSD, this book really didnt help much. While its is not a bad real world analysis and MS solution architecture book , it's "PASS ME" (Performance, Availbility, Security, Scalability, Maintainance, Extensability) case study analysis method won't help passing the exam. PASS Me is better applied to the real word than the exam. One could do without this book for the exam. In fact its got the usual errors and might lead one astray with it's home grown concepts like "one to one or many" and "one to none or many" relationship! It strays a bit from good solid basics. The accompaning ExamGear practice software is also a bit marginal. Errors in it also, along with not being representative of the exam content, presentation or Look-Feel(Next button on the right, and not knowing how to score diagrams, trees, relationships. But, I did pass the test so I'm sure is does help. (I also used other study giudes too) If ya want to pass the test, read( and know how to apply) the MS Enterprise Application Model from MSDN. MSDN and your other product exam knowledge is all ya really need to know for 70-100, plus good, quick, thorough, reading comprehension for the case studies.
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Summary: Maybe! Might help a little!
Review: Having just passed 70-100, an completed my MCSD, this book really didnt help much. While its is not a bad real world analysis and MS solution architecture book , it's "PASS ME" (Performance, Availbility, Security, Scalability, Maintainance, Extensability) case study analysis method won't help passing the exam. PASS Me is better applied to the real word than the exam. One could do without this book for the exam. In fact its got the usual errors and might lead one astray with it's home grown concepts like "one to one or many" and "one to none or many" relationship! It strays a bit from good solid basics. The accompaning ExamGear practice software is also a bit marginal. Errors in it also, along with not being representative of the exam content, presentation or Look-Feel(Next button on the right, and not knowing how to score diagrams, trees, relationships. But, I did pass the test so I'm sure is does help. (I also used other study giudes too) If ya want to pass the test, read( and know how to apply) the MS Enterprise Application Model from MSDN. MSDN and your other product exam knowledge is all ya really need to know for 70-100, plus good, quick, thorough, reading comprehension for the case studies.
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Summary: I came, saw it, Ibought, I was overwhelmed!!!
Review: Hi Guys, I am 19 years old, writing this review from India, and currently hold 5 MCP Certifications. This book is simply very good if you want to know all the aspects of Solution Architectures, and want to clear the MCP Certification of Exam 70-100. All the necessary topics are dealt in beautifully and most importantly in simple style. A great book if you want to study all the required topics for this exam or even if you just want to study for adding to your knowledge-base. If you want to get Certified TOMMORROW, buy TODAY!!!!!!
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Summary: Good book. Average for the exam
Review: I am an engineering student, but works in IT field. I picked up this book to attain a good foundation on software design principle. Then I want to sit for the 70-100 exam to get my MCSD status. This book assists me in accomplishing both. Do not solely rely on this book on exam. The real exam's major emphasis is on data modelling, E-R diagram and data flow design. This book may not guarantee you to pass the exam. Couple this book with Transcender or Troytec and you will be 100 % safe. Overall, it is a nice book. It gives me a good concept how I shold approach software design better, and prepares me better in challenging tasks. I think my money is well worth spent.
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Summary: Reasonably good book.
Review: I found this book useful not only from the point of preparing for the exam, but also for getting a solid overview of Microsoft technologies in general. This is not a perfect book for the exam (I have yet to see one!), but overall it covers the bases quite properly. The material in this book will also help you answer many questions in interviews (as I recently found out myself)!
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Summary: A bookshelf reference book keeper
Review: I hadn't come across this book until this past year, and I wish I had it earlier. It sits on my shelf where it will be helpful now and in the future. Thank you, Cornish, et al.
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Summary: Good Coverage
Review: I just passed the test! I read this one along with a couple of others, and this one seems to give the best review of the material on the test, and the look and feel of the test itself. Best of luck to you!
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Summary: Covers the exam material well; needs some editing
Review: I pased the exam on the first try. If you are a developer with limited business or design experience this book is a good resource for exposing you to the concepts of business requirements analysis, database design, and logical vs physical design. If you are an experienced systems designer, much of the material is a good review, and the case studies used are very helpful in preparing for the exam. After taking the Transcender practice exams (highly recommended) I realized I needed more depth with the Microsoft-specific technologies (COM, ADO, etc). The references in this book were good, though I found myself wondering why a book this size couldn't have included the key information from the references instead of making you search them out. I found that the Sybex book for this exam covers the technologies pretty well, and also has some very good practice cases. I would recommend the Sybex book as a companion study tool for this exam. On the down side, there are numerous editing mistakes in the book, especially discrepancies between the case studies and the "correct" answers to the review questions in some chapters. It looks like the authors of the questions weren't always working from the final manuscript. For example, in one question the answer is explained with "Since XYZ company has selected Oracle..." and the case study for XYZ never says a word about Oracle. Hopefully New Riders will correct this in later printings. Several reviewers have commented on the practice exam software included. I also had difficulty installing the practice exam software under Windows 2000. New Riders support said it was not tested to run under Win2K and offered me a full refund. I found a Win98 machine and was able to run the practice exams without difficulty. They are ok for the multiple choice part of the exam, but you will need to be very confident with the "build a tree", database modeling, and flow diagramming covered in the case studies to pass the exam.
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