MCTS SQL Server 2005 Implementation & Maintenance Study Guide
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The Best Fully Integrated Study System Available With hundreds of practice questions and hands-on exercises, MCTS SQL Server 2005 Implementation & Maintenance Study Guide covers what you need to know–an… More >>
MCTS SQL Server 2005 Implementation & Maintenance Study Guide
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I have had it for a month and got thru only half of this book. Good for newbies with lot of detail oriented material. However there’s lot of rubbish that one could skip. But its good with a soft copy of the book included in the CD to listen thru using reading software! One suggestion to author is to avoid repeating details and explaining useless scenarios in too much detail.
Rating: 3 / 5
I recently passed this MS example. They asked for 700, and thats what they got.
I used this book as one of my study guides to get going. It did help me get my studying organized, but as far as giving me anything really insightful or details that I really needed to get things done, it fell way short of the mark. The topics were there, just so vaguely covered as to be worthless.
The three primary sources that helped were the SQL Server 2005 administrators handbook, Measureup and MSDN. Honestly, the stuff is all there in Books on Line, and in enough detail to actually be useful.
Rating: 2 / 5
This book was my primary resource for passing the MCTS exam. I found the practice exams very useful. This book flows very well and is easy to read. I prefer this book over the Microoft Press books.
Rating: 5 / 5
Tom’s book is as good as his training classes. Very detailed but easy to follow. I don’t know how you could not pass the MCTS if you follow along with the book and video.
Rating: 5 / 5
In preparation for taking the certification test, I purchased this book and the Training Kit from Microsoft Press. As I was planning to take several certification tests, I wanted to find out which was better: Microsoft’s training materials or third-party materials. I flipped a coin to see which I would start with, and this book “won”.
I studied it over a period of weeks. I passed the included electronic exam with the book. Time to move on to the second book, right? So I decided I would take the test included with the Microsoft kit. If I passed it, I would know that I didn’t need to spend the weeks studying that one, and could proceed directly to the certification test. Of the first 10 questions on the Microsoft Training Kit test, I got 2 right, and had absolutely no clue on 6 of them. They were not covered at all in this book.
Getting over my frustration at wasting my time, I found the Microsoft book “cleaner” in that it had less errors and the test questions actually covered their lesson material more thoroughly. After some topics in the Study Guide, I had lots of questions about how it really worked. The Microsoft book answered most (not all) of them, and had test questions covering the Guide’s unexplained non-answers.
I still have not finished the Training Kit, but at 35% of the book read, I have increased my score on their trial test from 20% to 50%. The trend implies that by the time I finish the book, I should be over the passing grade.
The Guide (this book) glosses over, with glancing explanations, several complex topics such as messaging/queueing and jobs. I did find that it was better than the Kit (Microsoft) on the Security chapter. The electronic test in the Kit has many more questions, and it looks like they are more structured like certification exam questions. The Guide’s questions are all select one (radio-button) or check-all-appropriate (toggle-boxes). The Kit had those, plus drag-and-drop order of steps questions (take these 7 steps, which ones -in order- do you need to accomplish this task). If I remember the exam simulators correctly (this may be inaccurate), the Guide randomly selects from 95 questions, and the Kit from 195.
I have to say: Don’t waste your time. Buy the Microsoft Press Training Guide for this topic.
Rating: 1 / 5