Rating: 
Summary: Mixed Feelings Also
Review: This set didn't get 5 stars for a couple of reasons. First: the practice tests aren't nearly as nuanced as those on the actual exam. I was getting nearly perfect scores on the practice tests but on the actual exam the score was somewhat lower(though in all fairness I did pass the first try on each), which was a bit of a surprise b/c when I first certified on NT 4.0 I used Transcenders only and the scores more closely matched. Second: 3 different authors wrote the 4 books, resulting in a wide variety of style and content. Personally, I liked Weadock's books (Professional and Infrastructure), and could have done without Simmons'(came across like an instruction manual for a toy, i.e. "insert tab A into slot B," without necessarily including why A needs to go into B and what might happen if that isn't done). The bottom line is having the actual software available and setup in either a networked or standalone environment is absolutely essential(which the authors merely "recommend" as opposed to stipulate), and the best advice I can give a candidate is to spend some time with the actual software above and beyond the exercises in the books to get a more solid grounding with the various features and scenarios you will be presented with on the actual exams.
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