MCSA/MCSE: Windows XP
Professional Fast Pass (Fast Press)
by Lisa Donald
Good Book, Quick Read
For all MCSA and MCSE exam candidates who strive to prepare fully for
the core exam--Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft
Windows XP Professional (70-270)--Sybex offers this perfect companion to
its best-selling Study Guide. This concise review book uses objective-by-
objective coverage of the material to help reinforce understanding of key
topics. Its to-the-point approach is perfect for last-minute review. The
companion CD includes two bonus exams, electronic flashcards, and a
searchable key term database.
Personal Review: MCSA/MCSE: Windows XP Professional Fast
Pass (Fast Press) by Lisa Donald
I used the Microsoft 70-270 book for studying, and a few days before the
exam, I just felt completely not ready for it. It is not as good as a book as

the earlier reviews have said (read my review of it for an honest opinion).
To pass the Microsoft exams these days, you need more than one study
source.
Two days before my exam, I picked up this book and read it cover to
cover. Needless to say, it put in perspective things that the Training Kit
made so confusing, and the tables and charts in the book are great for
learners.
I passed the exam, and believe that the majority of that success came from
this book being read in two days than the Microsoft one being read for a
month.
About the only thing the MS book is good for are the Measure Up tests that
are included, but you will have to do quite a bit of external research to get
things down if you use that book.
While I wouldn't recommend this book as a sole study guide (it wasn't
intended for that), I would definitely tell all 70-270 takers to read this book
start to end if they don't immediately know that difference between
winnt.sif, unattend.txt or RIsetup.exe and RIPrep.exe amongst other things
such as Group Policy.
Finally, though I used only this and the Microsoft book, please research
other 70-270 study guide books to accompany this book, because the MS
70-270 book is just not enough anymore, not with how much the exam has
changed since its first release. I know that Sybex are always good, and
that the author of this book (Lisa Donald) also has a Sybex study guide.
Remember, take a lot of practice tests and learn from the mistakes you
make on them!
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