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urseus
Apr 30, 2002

~*My Little Kony*~
I'm looking at these to help me with my server administration courses. But I don't know if either is any good.

https://www.microsoftelearning.com/eLearning/collection.aspx?guid=9808523F-2D39-4646-A15A-2C4BD8266F57


http://www.transcender.com/e-learning/microsoft/70-646.kap

I was thinking of just buying the first Microsoft one just to see if I like it. Or should I go for the cheaper transcender one?

urseus fucked around with this message at 09:43 on Jul 2, 2013

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urseus
Apr 30, 2002

~*My Little Kony*~

MJP posted:

If you don't mind going the text route, this is what I used to study for and pass the 70-646: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0470293152/ref=wms_ohs_product?ie=UTF8&psc=1

With practice on Virtualbox and going over the book, you'll do just fine.

That said if the MS E-learning is anything like the MS Press book for the 70-646, go for Transcender. I don't say this out of experience on either the MS E-learning or Transcender product, just that MS' cert prep books for 2k8 really weren't helpful at learning about situations that you'd use tool X, console Y, application Z in meaningful ways. They just said "This is tool X, it does this that and the other thing, to launch it go to A-> B-> C."

The 70-417 book they have out does far better at helping learn the material, not just function as a cert prep technical manual to read.
I've only been using the ms press books so far. And failing. My study is very lackluster I just can't absorb the material. But I found these other books are awesome at teaching you teal world but not exact ms exam terminology. At least with A+

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