Exam Ref 70-412 Configuring Advanced Windows Server 2012 R2 Services (MCSA)

great book, learned a lot about servers a scopes with the making of forests and domains.Packaging was ok being package with another book that took a little hit on the corner.

Perfect exam reference book for the 70-412 section of MCSA exam. Covers the topic extremely well and has questions at the end of each subject area to refresh your learning. Great companion guide to go along with the training guide.

I have over 50 IT certifications, acquired over more than a 10 year period. I know Microsoft exams tend to be hard, so I studied extra for this one, having read this Exam-Ref three times before taking the test. My score was in the mid 500s. I am not even going to bother taking the second shot.Microsoft is doing a disservice to the IT community and to itself. It should be encouraging people to learn and spread its technologies. How in the world is a young person ever going to break into this field and establish credentials? Who said that becoming a recognized system administrator has to be as difficult as getting a PhD?Microsoft should be focused on making computing easier over time, instead of harder. I actually was looking forward to learn about the power shell commands. Instead, they are used as an excuse to introduce syntax-focused test questions about commands that don't appear in any training materials. This test is about features that administrators don't exercise on a frequent basis - there is no need to memorize heavy syntax, when in practice someone can obtain all this info from a web search when it's needed.So much for the "One Microsoft" policy - it seems Microsoft Press and the exam preparers are not talking to each other.The book itself is useful. I wish I could give a rating here not on the book, but on the Microsoft certification management team. They are the ones who deserve 0 stars, for their failure to devise a test that measures what someone learns from the provided training materials.

Good book but not enough to pass the exam. You will need to do more online research. Typical MS press book. The transaction with amazon, however, was flawless.

Considering Microsoft is the one that develops their exams and their exam questions come right out of their Exam Ref's, there's no real other choice. The Microsoft Training Guide's and Exam Ref's should be your go-to guide to everything Microsoft.

This book is not for novice who has no knowledge or practical experience in the topics in this book.The content in this book is over simplified , it is not like book 70-411 which provides more detailed explanation and more examples and use of powershell cmdlets.This book just links you to Microsoft website for more information. Thank you for the authors' effort but the book is not really worth of the money.

Good item

This book does not cover all the material for the exam. Use the book, your own labs and practice exams. Then based on how you do with practice exams look online for resources on the areas that need reinforcement. Here is where you see that a lot of material is not in the book.

Used by a member of staff in preparation for exams and found very helpful.

Great book

To study for MCSA

Excellent

Awesome book