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Summary: The most boring book I have ever read
Review: A waste of time and money. The information is in this book is repetitive and badly presented. The writing style is boring to the extreme. Having passed seven exams and this being my last, this book almost put me off continuing.
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Summary: Reference book @ Best!!!!
Review: I passed the exam but it had nothing to do with the contents of this book. The other reviews are pretty insightful and I would look to only add this. I like this book for reasons outside the exam. I am a consultant and I always strive to find information useful in helping me prep for a new design or somehow enhance my documentation. This book for me was useful in that respect.For exam prep I would also have to recommend a study aid tool. As much as I like to REFRAIN from mention study aid tools by name I would say invest in the transcenders for this one. I did and was successful.
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Summary: Almost useless for the exam!
Review: I took and passed the 70-221 exam yesterday despite buying this book. There is very little technical information here and if you have passed the the core exams on Professional, Server, Network Admin, and Active Directory, then you already know more than they tell you here. Secret to success is a good test prep simulation like Transcender. The forms and information collection methodology presented here could be useful in a real design perhaps but have little or nothing to do with what is on the test.
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Summary: Go elsewhere
Review: I've heard good things about some of the other MSPress guides, but unfortunately this one makes even their 70-216 study guide look like a masterpiece. The book is short on real information and contains massive ammounts of repetition e.g. much of the info in the IP routing section is repeated in the IPX routing. The writing style is dry with very little effort is made to convey understanding and many of the diagrams are utterly meaningless even with prior understanding of the point that is being made. Typical of this is the fact that every single time a diagram includes a connection to the internet the public interface of the router/proxy is shown as having a private address (172.16.x.x.) and a note is included saying that for the purposes of this diagram 172.16.x.x is to be regarded as a public IP address range- why not just make the diagram accurate! Buy ANY other book, nothing could be as bad as this one.
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Summary: Good foundation, but a poor format.
Review: While the information in the book is revelant and provides a good foundation for study, the format leaves much to be desired. Especially cumbersome is the lab format, which requires a great deal of writing and can only be graded with use of the included CD. This makes it difficult to study on the road. This is a good study guide, but it should not be your only one.
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Summary: Good foundation, but a poor format.
Review: While the information in the book is revelant and provides a good foundation for study, the format leaves much to be desired. Especially cumbersome is the lab format, which requires a great deal of writing and can only be graded with use of the included CD. This makes it difficult to study on the road. This is a good study guide, but it should not be your only one.
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