If you are gonna sit this exam this is the perfect pre-exam evaluation. Loaded with tons of tough questions and practice tests to help you determine where your weakness lies. Alot cheaper than Transcender too!

Also a great review for those more experienced. If you are new to this, read another book first and get some hands-on experience.

This book definitely deals with the more difficult stuff that will be on the exam. However, it's mostly exam questions and only points you to other books to actually get the information you need on each topic (domain). Once you have read other resource materials, this should be used as proof to yourself that you are ready to write the exam. If you need more meat, then go for the full sized version which is 1152 pages, it pretty much has everything this book has, plus all the details you'll need.

This book gives you a good idea of what to look for on the exam. It shows you the basic format and concepts you will be tested on. Each section of the book gives a very general discription of the material and is not really worth the reading time before the practice questions. The exam software does a good job of simulating the real exam. It however does not give you immediate feedback on your answers like other expensive test software does. I think they should at least give you the option. You can go through it in one day and brush up on your "trivia."

...than to trust MS to write a good book. I am an MCSE in NT and this is the last exam before I am MCSA in 2k; however my first experience with an MS book. I have always used Syngress or Exam Cram's and they worked fine. When you get a "review" book you expect it to be mostly reading touching up on the sensitive portions of an exam with a few questions at the end of each chapter. NOT this one, its nothing but practice questions. If thats what you are looking for fine. If you want to "review" the exam, buy something else and get your practice questions online like the rest of the world. The only reason I am giving it a 2 star, is that the CD included with it is useful and has simulated exams.

This is one of the few or only MCSA 70-218 review books on the market and Microsoft should be the leader in producing it. Other print materials may have more practice questions but you can rest assured Microsoft is not going to lead you astray. This book is another in a long line of great Readiness review materials for MCSE/MCSA curriculum.