Product Description

Announcing an all-new SELF-PACED TRAINING KIT designed to help maximize your performance on 70-236, the required exam for the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS): Configuring Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 certification. This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide plus practice tests on CD to help you assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and practice exercises for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job. Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. Focusing on configuring Exchange Server 2007, this official study guide covers topics such as installing Exchange Server 2007; configuring recipients, groups, and mailboxes; setting up connectors and message compliance; modifying spam settings and blocking attachments; monitoring system performance and client connectivity; creating server and usage reports; configuring backups; and recovering messaging data and server roles. Then assess yourself by using 400+ practice and review questions on the CD, featuring multiple, customizable testing options to meet your specific needs. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an evaluation version of Exchange Server 2007 software and an exam discount voucher—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment. 

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #8492 in Books
• Published on: 2007-11-05
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 800 pages

About the Author
Orin Thomas, MCSE, CCNA, CCDA, and Linux+ certified, is an author and systems administrator. He is the coauthor of several Self-Paced Training Kits for Microsoft Press, including MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-290): Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server® 2003 Environment, Second Edition, and a contributing editor for Windows® IT Pro Magazine. Ian McLean, MCITP, MCDBA, MCT, has 40 years of experience in industry, commerce, and education. He's written 18 books, including coauthoring MCSA/MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-291): Implementing, Managing, and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure, Second Edition, plus many technical articles and papers. He currently runs his own consulting company.

Customer Reviews

Good enough for the 70-236 cert,
First the negatives
+ Loads of mainly minor editing mistakes everywhere, the main body of the text and Q+A at the end of every chapter,
+ The additional tests on the CD are pretty good, but annoyingly the Q+A are not alligned with the book. In most cases you have to go through 2 chapters before being able to test yourself.
+ In the last chapter LCR is not taken through its logical conclusion.
+ The online site does not provide an errata/corrections list.

Postives
+ Covers the material well enough
+ Each chapter has at its end a Q+A section, to re-enforce learning.
+ You get Exchange 2007 32bit+64bit on to DVD plus additional questions on a CD.
+ loads of screenshots, text pretty easy to read

I used this as my main study tool and passed with 96%, so it does what it says.

I would give it 5 stars, if it didnt has so many annoying errors. I think it is unfair and too harsh to lose more than a single star, as

1. This is a technical book and it has a limited life span (3 years max).
2. The authors and publisher are in a race to produce the book for people like me, I rather have the book now with a few errors rather than wait for another 3 months.
3. Most of the errors probably will be corrected with time.

Typical MS traing material
If you want to do the exam then read this book, for real world scenarios it might be worth shopping around

Excellent Reference
The 70-291 book was a very good study guide and reference book, I would recommend it to anyone taking this the 70-291 exam. Everything is covered very well and it certainly should help get you through the exam. However, please don't expect to use this book as a sole study guide, you do need additional study material. While this book covers pretty much everything, a book on its own is not sufficient to pass the exam.

The only downside of this book is some of the practices are setup where you need to have a connection to two separate phone lines. I didn't have two phone lines so pretty much had gloss over these practices, but because I had additional study material I was still able to cover everything to a good degree.