Study Materials Suggestions for the Certification Workshop


Listed below are the three exams you'll most likely be preparing for during this workshop. Suggested study materials are shown for each. You are not required to use any of these below. Once you choose the exam you're going for, you can go to a bookstore or to a vendor web site and buy whatever you want. Pick out your favorites. The Transcender software is valuable because it mimics the format of the actual exams. These are just suggestions. Note that many of these books may be available free through the KSU Library subscription to Safari Books Online.

Microsoft Exam Home Pages

Exam 70-685: Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician Exam 70-415: Implementing a Desktop Infrastructure Exam 70-462 Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases Exam 70-416: Implementing Desktop Application Environments

Basic Study Texts from Microsoft Press

MCITP Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-685): Windows 7 Enterprise Desktop Support Technician

Tony Northrup and J.C. Macklin

Available free on Safari through www.library.kent.edu

Not yet available

Training Kit (Exam 70-462) Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases (MCSA)

Orin Thomas, Peter Ward, Bob Taylor

 

Not yet available

Transcender Study Aids

Microsoft Practice Exam for 70-685 MSCert: PRO - Windows 7, Enterprise Desktop Support Technician Not yet available Microsoft Practice Exam for 70-462 MSCert: Administering Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Databases Not yet available

Non-Microsoft Study Guides

Windows 7 Desktop Support and Administration: Real World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond (Exams 70-685 and 70-686) [Kindle Edition] No highly-rated books are available. MCSE Exams 70-461 & 70-462 Self-Practice Review Questions 2015 Edition: (with 100 questions) Implementing Desktop Application Environments, Patrick Regan, Adam Gilstrap