CCA XenApp5 Books

Does anyone have any suggestions on books to read in order to pass a CCA in XenApp5?

Most of my current experience is with earlier versions of Citrix including Metaframe XP; although most of this has been from playing with existing installations. I will not be able to afford a course.

On Amazon I can only find two books:
The Real Citrix CCA Exam Preparation Kit
Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix XenApp 5

The first one has a few bad reviews and the second one has none at all!

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LukeQuake

I've also been recently looking and found the same books. There seems to be very limited material for the 1Y0-A05 paper (which I guess you are studying for?)

My advice would be to:-

1) Have a look here: http://jeffrohrer.com/citrix/
2) Get hold of the CBT Nuggets training videos for this exam.
3) Setup a test network/configuration and 'play' around with all of the functionality.
4) Get hold of some decent practice tests and start finding out in which areas you need to update your knowledge.
5) Come back to us with any questions/concerns you have.

Regards,

Luke

LukeQuake

Just ordered this: Citrix Certified Administrator for Citrix XenApp 5 for Windows Server 2008 Certification Exam Preparation Course in a Book for Passing the CCA Exam - ... on Your First Try Certification Study Guide: Amazon.co.uk: William Manning: Books

Only recently published (10 May 2010)

Will give you a short review in a few days.

GagHalfrunt

Well I bought the "The Real Citrix CCA Exam Preparation Kit" in the end.

It was full of inaccuracies, and felt like someone had gone mad with Copy & Paste. There was Metaframe XP stuff in there still!

I got about 1/3rd through the book before I jumped ship to do the CCA XenApp6 Beta exam which I studied by reading the Admin Guide on the Citrix site and having a play around with the Eval. I haven't found out my score yet but that's normal for Betas.

I will await your review as I did find it a struggle to get a decent XenApp5 book.

LukeQuake

Hey - apologies for the delay in getting back to you.

The book referenced above was dire (in my opinion). Further details here: http://www.techexams.net/forums/citrix-certifications/58403-1y0-a05-xa-5-2008-1y0-a09-xs-5-ee-passed.html