MCSD Analyzing Requirements and Defining .NET Solution Architectures Exam Cram 2 (Exam 70-300) (Exam Cram 2) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Randy Cornish, Thomas Moore, Don Pavoni, Eric Rockenbach, Ed Tittel
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MCSD Analyzing Requirements and Defining .NET Solution Architectures Exam Cram 2 (Exam 70-300) helps you pass the 70-300 exam, which is a core exam in the MCSD .NET track and measures the ability to analyze requirements and define Microsoft .NET solution architectures. This exam is extremely tricky, widely considered the most difficult of any MCSD exams because of its emphasis on case studies as well as its demand that candidates have at least two years of hands-on experience. This book is not intended to teach new material. Instead, it assumes that you have a solid foundation of knowledge but could use a refresher on important concepts, as well as a guide to exam topics and objectives. The book features test-taking strategies, time-saving study tips, and a special Cram Sheet that includes tips, acronyms, and memory joggers not available anywhere else! The Cram Sheet is especially useful for last-minute review before the test begins. The CD features PrepLogic? Practice Tests, Preview Edition. This product includes one complete PrepLogic Practice Test with approximately the same number of questions found on the actual vendor exam. Each question contains full, detailed explanations of the correct and incorrect answers. The engine offers two study modes, Practice Test and Flash Review, full exam customization, and a detailed score report. The best-selling Exam Cram 2 series is supported online at examcram.com, offering industry news, study tips, practice questions, and discussion forums. Each book is published under the direction of Series Editor Ed Tittel, the leading authority on IT certification. This book has been subjected to rigorous technical review by a team of industry experts, ensuring content is superior in both coverage and technical accuracy, and has earned the distinction of Cramsession? Approved Study Material.
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 Renewed Faith June 29, 2006
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
After attempting to read the MS study guide, I had come to the conclusion that the Microsoft Solutions Framework was just a bunch of UML rebranding, hastily cut and pasted together by lone wolf code hacks with no interest in organized software development. This book has led me to believe that I may be wrong. It IS a bunch of UML rebranding, but MSF still forms a lucid useful framework.
The book is packed with helpful real world advice and is a down to earth pleasurable read, even if you're not taking the test. My hat's off to these guys.
 Digital Rights Management - I am not a thief! March 13, 2006
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Careful about the eBook version of this book. I downloaded it at home, and unbeknownst to me activated it. When I took it to work via USB drive, it complained it was already activated. My workplace proxy firewall won't let me re-activate it.
If DRM can't work transparently and reasonably, then the manufacturers should stop using it.
I'm getting really annoyed with digital rights management. I'm not trying to steal a copy of this book; I just want to use one copy on different PC's as different times. One copy, one PC at a time!
Amazon should make it clearer when a book or CD has DRM, and what is the implications of purchasing a product using it.
 Some parts difficult to understand; good coverage July 7, 2005
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
Although I passed the test, I wasn't very satisfied with this book. When I didn't already understand something before I started, I often found their explanations hard to understand. Sometimes an additional small piece of information was needed to grasp the concept, or the wording was ambiguous or incorrect in some subtle way that made it hard to follow.
For example, I had a hard time understanding the notation for Object Role Modeling until I found Terry Halpin's excellent explanation at [...]. Another trivial example is the sample error message exhorting users to make sure that "all numbers are numeric." Of course I know exactly what they mean in that case, but it illustrates the quality of the writing.
On the positive side, they cover all the material and give lots of references in case you need more information. The alerts are good, too.
I must say that several people recommended this book to me, so not everyone shares my concerns. Perhaps I'm spoiled by reading Amit Kalani's excellent books in preparing for other exams. Also, I am not familiar with other books on this subject, so I cannot offer a comparison. This is what I used, and it was good enough.
Good Intro into Architecture for MS Developers January 20, 2005
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The book is readable and gives a good overview of the various stages of Software Design and Development. It covers the most pertinent .NET features as well as other Microsoft Products and what they do and how they can be integrated into the solution.
The book is well structured and covers pretty much everything that comes up in the exam.
The Praxistests on the CD are shoddy, though! SHAME ON YOU, THEY GIVE THE BOOK A BAD NAME!! Full of typos, grammatical errors and wrong answers contradicting their own explanations. It's better than nothing, but frustrating and inexplicable, seeing that a few hours of editing would clean up this whole mess.
Better than most September 3, 2004
This is the best study guide for 70-300, but it isn't a home run like the Exam Cram 2 series for other exams (like 70-315). There was a lot of redundancy and emphasis on operations-level aspects, though the emphasis on the logical data model was done alright. I felt I was being told too much reference info (like the DFD example). The book could be improved by turning every end-of-chapter summary into a case study exam, and reworking the practice tests into better case-study examples. I passed the exam thanks to this book, chapter 1 of the MS Press book, and the Transcender exam.
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