This book series is good and gets straight to the point. They do teach you what you need for the exam but thats it. The books will tell you to research some other points that Microsoft assumes you know for the exam. These point are usally definitions to terms that are used on the test. If you read the book and follow along on the hands on you should be ready to take the exam. The only gripe I have is that the books tell you to resaerch terms that are not in the books but could be alot of the terms are a sentence long definition they could have been added. Recommened as long a you do the hand on simultainously if you read and do the hands on later buy other books.