MCSE Exam Notes: SQL Server 6.5 Administration Exam 70-026

The book contained excellent, concise information for the exam preparation. I also used Transcender, but Transcender's focus was not nearly as good as the book.

This book is extremely well written and a must for anyone preparing to take the Microsoft 70-026 Certification Exam!As an MCT who is certified to deliver the Microsoft 867 (SQL 6.5 Admin) course, I reccomend this book to my students preparing to take the exam to supplement the courseware. I met Rick Sawtell several months ago when he came to teach a VB class at the training center I work for. We got to discussing the books that we suggest our students should read to supplement the courseware in preparation for the SQL exams. Rick told me to check out his book, and I have to admit I was quite impressed!The book is very well organized and loaded with exam tips. In defense of the authors, the sample questions do seem to be rather simplistic, but that's actually how they are on the exam. Unlike the server and workstation exams, the SQL exam is actually very straight forward. And as far as tips on real world administration, these are good to know,as the Real World isn't as straight forward as Microsoft may want us to believe. Also, they help to further illustrate the exam objectives by example.Great job guys! I look forward to any future titles!

I used this book as a supplement to the Microsoft Official Curriculum. It helped reinforce many of the concepts I learned in class and left me feeling prepared for the exam, which I passed today. I plan to buy other titles in this series based on my positive experience with this book.

This is one of 2 books I'm using for preparation. It is clearly written and well laid out. The only criticisms I have are the simplicity of the questions (which I would say do not prepare you for the real exam) and the extra information in some sections (usually preceded by "this is not in the exam but is useful to know"). This type of information does not belong in a book entitled "Exam Notes" which should be just the exam facts. What I don't understand is how Study Guides and Exam Notes are around the same length. Shouldn't the study notes be a very compressed version of the Study Guide? Don't get fooled into buying the study guide, test success and exam notes as they are as verbose as each other.