Exam 70-410 Study Material

Darkey15

Hello community,

I personally completed the MTA's Networking Fundamentals and Windows Server Administration Fundamentals and would like to continue with the MCSA Exam 70-410.

I have read the couple last hours through the forum and the web to find the best study materials for the 70-410 exam and I am still not sure which books I should use.

So I wanted to ask you which books you did use to pass the exam succesfully...
Bellow I listed some of the books which I discovered and maybe you know some different good books.

1) Windows 70-410 Ref Book. After reading lots of comments provides this book just a basic overview of the technology but not even close enought for passing the exam.
https://www.amazon.de/Installing-Configuring-Windows-Server-2012/dp/0735684243/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1467568318&sr=8-2&keywords=70-410

2) Sybex Complete Study Guide for all 3 exams. What I read of the comments/forums it's not really to considered of learning the content fully.
https://www.amazon.de/Windows-Server-Complete-Study-Guide/dp/111885991X/ref=sr_1_13?ie=UTF8&qid=1467568318&sr=8-13&keywords=70-410

3) Mastering Windows Server 2012 R2. What I discovered it should be one of the best books contentwise but it is 1700 pages long and covers all 3 exams mixed. So in my opinion it is not very useful for studying towards a specific exam.
https://www.amazon.de/MCSA-70-410-Cert-Guide-Configuring/dp/0789748800/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467568996&sr=8-1&keywords=Don%27s+Cert+Guide

4) Dons Cert Guide. Don't know much about that maybe anyone knows if this paperback is reliable.
https://www.amazon.de/MCSA-70-410-Cert-Guide-Configuring/dp/0789748800/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1467568996&sr=8-1&keywords=Don%27s+Cert+Guide

Ofcourse I know that the books are not enough and I will for sure use videos like CBT nuggets, Pluralsight and Labbing too.

I hope someone can lead me in the right direction.

Thanks in advance

Kyrak

Read this post if you haven't for some good info
http://www.techexams.net/forums/mcsa-mcse-windows-2012-general/118385-passed-70-410-first-attempt-heres-what-i-did.html

AndersonSmith

Kyrak wrote: »

Read this post if you haven't for some good info
http://www.techexams.net/forums/mcsa-mcse-windows-2012-general/118385-passed-70-410-first-attempt-heres-what-i-did.html

Thanks Kyrak, I was going to give him the same link!

Darkey15

Kyrak wrote: »

Read this post if you haven't for some good info
http://www.techexams.net/forums/mcsa-mcse-windows-2012-general/118385-passed-70-410-first-attempt-heres-what-i-did.html

I have already seen that post and its very informative how to go about the learning and the seriousness you should take to pass this exam, but the author too said that the sybex book he used was the least helpfull of all the material.
So in terms of the book you still don't know which one would be the best to use.

MHTECH

Don's books are always pretty good, I am using this one currently. I have used his booked for the windows 7 exams which I passed.

Amazon also gives good reviews of this book