Reviews for MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-620): Configuring Windows Vista Client Book/CD Package (Self Paced Training Kit 70-620)

1. Great book, shame about the software.

   Rated 4 out of 5 stars, April 12th, 2009

   The book is easy to read and covers all you need to get a good score in your MCTS.
   
   The Measure up tests are good, but are not compatible with the earlier version of the testing software supplied with 70-270, 70-290, 70-291 etc Microsoft press books. This was a real disappointment and very annoying. This can be fixed by some copying of files from the old version installation location to the new installation location and then uninstalling the old software and repairing the new version.
   
   Revision without using the self testing is pointless. I did all the self test questions and as a result bagged a 978 (out of 1000). It is just a shame that I had to spend an hour trying to make it all work.

2. Excellent Comprehensive Resource

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, October 12th, 2008

   
   The book, all 800+ pages of it, is written with the objective of getting you through the 70-620 exam, and should therefore not be confused with the Vista Resource Kit.
   Whilst covering virtually the same material, this is not a reference book. It does however have very good labs and recommended best practises that will be useful long after the exam cramming begins to fade.
   
   Whilst many taking this exam will have done the Windows XP equivalent, Vista is a huge step forward from Windows XP and there is a lot of new good content to be taken in.
   Vista is really all about security, and in setting out the exam Configuring Windows Vista Client takes you through the whole desktop security model from browser security zones to locking down your wireless connections. Microsoft has now put security in by design, and it permeates throughout Vista, and the exam, as a result.
   If you are an IT professional with an interest in security the chapter on locking down Internet Explorer and Windows Defender is worth the price of the book alone.
   The advanced security firewall features, with the ability to configure in and outbound rules are well explained, and the reader is taken through a series of scenarios and best practises. For many in the desktop environment workspace this may be the first time they have configured a firewall, and this area is well explained for the novice.
   
   This is obviously a book to take you through the 70-620 desktop exam: Using Vista clients in Active Directory Environments is covered in the 70-622 and -70-623 exams, and hence left out here.
   

3. good enough for 70-620 exam

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, January 12th, 2008

   The book covers enough detail for this exam (its main purpose). I found the book concise and to the point. I was able to pass using this as my main study tool. If you have passed the 70-270 exam you find this easy reading, as this exam is closer to the MCDST 70-271. i.e.
   
   + no requiremnts for automated installs
   + AD or group policy etc
   
   Basically it is an easy read if your familiar with the previous XP exams.

4. Great for the Vista 70-620 exam,

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, January 12th, 2008

   The book covers enough detail for this exam (its main purpose). I found the book concise and to the point. I was able to pass using this as my main study tool. If you have passed the 70-270 exam you find this easy reading, as this exam is closer to the MCDST 70-271. i.e.
   
   + no requiremnts for automated installs
   + AD or group policy etc
   
   Basically it is an easy read if your familiar with the previous XP exams.

5. Great for the Vista 70-620 exam

   Rated 5 out of 5 stars, December 12st, 2007

   The book covers enough detail for this exam (its main purpose). I found the book concise and to the point. I was able to pass using this as my main study tool. If you have passed the 70-270 exam you find this easy reading, as this exam is closer to the MCDST 70-271. i.e.
   
   + no requiremnts for automated installs
   + AD or group policy etc
   
   Basically it is an easy read if your familiar with the previous XP exams.