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Review: MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Cram

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Stop! There's no way in the world that this book alone is going to help you pass the 70-290 exam unless you already know Windows Server 2003 backwards and forwards. The good news is that it isn't supposed to be your one-stop-shopping guide for this exam. Exam Cram books are designed to be what Reader's Digest is to full-length novels. Buy this book but as a backup to other more complete tomes and resources on the subject.

Don't get me wrong. The Exam Cram series most certainly has its place. In general, it is your last line of defense before taking the actual exam. It's the short version to all the long versions on the market. That said, they (the short versions) are getting larger. Balter and Regan's book is 696 pages long which I don't consider "short". By comparison, Que's MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Training Guide: Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment is an even 800 pages while the Microsoft Press book MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-290): Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment tops out at 900 pages. I guess with a product involving so many details, "hitting just the high points" takes a lot of writing.

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