Hi all,<br/><br/>I am about to start preparing for the 70-562 exam. As of now I am aware of the 2 books for preparation as mentioned in the title. I would like to know ask for your reviews on either or both of the above books. I do understand that the final selection has to be done based on my preferences, etc. But still I am looking for a few comparisions / recommendations / complaints(eg. many printing mistakes, etc) for either of the above mentioned books.<br/><br/>Also, on a cursory glance of Dino's book, I found it covered topics like Silverlight, etc..which are not required for the 70-562 exam. To those of you who have read dino's book, I would like to ask whether Dino's book (which seems to be good reference material) is appropriate for a person like me (.net web apps developer - 3.5 yrs) to use as primary study material for my 70-562 exam or does it contain a large amount of info that is irrelevent to the exam? I need a rather apt &amp; to the point guide as I am facing a rather small timeframe in which to study and give the 70-562 exam...<br/><br/>Any help on this front shall certainly be appriciated...<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>Ravi© 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:47:33 Zed94ce7c-2ed7-44ad-a22a-a9424529b157http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/CertGeneral/thread/ed94ce7c-2ed7-44ad-a22a-a9424529b157#ed94ce7c-2ed7-44ad-a22a-a9424529b157http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/CertGeneral/thread/ed94ce7c-2ed7-44ad-a22a-a9424529b157#ed94ce7c-2ed7-44ad-a22a-a9424529b157Ravi Shrivastavahttp://social.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Ravi%20ShrivastavaHi all,<br/><br/>I am about to start preparing for the 70-562 exam. As of now I am aware of the 2 books for preparation as mentioned in the title. I would like to know ask for your reviews on either or both of the above books. I do understand that the final selection has to be done based on my preferences, etc. But still I am looking for a few comparisions / recommendations / complaints(eg. many printing mistakes, etc) for either of the above mentioned books.<br/><br/>Also, on a cursory glance of Dino's book, I found it covered topics like Silverlight, etc..which are not required for the 70-562 exam. To those of you who have read dino's book, I would like to ask whether Dino's book (which seems to be good reference material) is appropriate for a person like me (.net web apps developer - 3.5 yrs) to use as primary study material for my 70-562 exam or does it contain a large amount of info that is irrelevent to the exam? I need a rather apt &amp; to the point guide as I am facing a rather small timeframe in which to study and give the 70-562 exam...<br/><br/>Any help on this front shall certainly be appriciated...<br/><br/>Regards,<br/>RaviThu, 02 Jul 2009 10:29:47 Z2009-07-02T10:29:47Zhttp://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/CertGeneral/thread/ed94ce7c-2ed7-44ad-a22a-a9424529b157#87233e96-61ba-400e-b912-04e6748aaea1http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/CertGeneral/thread/ed94ce7c-2ed7-44ad-a22a-a9424529b157#87233e96-61ba-400e-b912-04e6748aaea1Rubel Khanhttp://social.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Rubel%20Khan<p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="font-size:small">I am not sure if you are aware of it that you can download <span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><strong style=""><span style="color:black">&quot;Programming Microsoft ASP.NET 3.5 - Dino Esposito&quot;</span></strong><span style="font-family:Calibri"><span style="color:black"> for free. </span></span></span></span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="font-size:small"> </span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="font-size:small">Check the link for detail: </span><a href="http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urvs5cn3s8"><span style="color:#800080;font-size:small">http://csna01.libredigital.com/?urvs5cn3s8</span></a><span style="font-size:small"> </span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="font-size:small"> </span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="font-size:small">Unfortunately, I don’t have the comparison of these two books. Only thing I would like to mention that training kit comes with sample exam (MeasureUp). </span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="font-size:small"> </span></span></p> <p class=MsoNormal style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-family:'Verdana','sans-serif'"><span style="font-size:small">Hope this is helpful. </span></span></p><hr class="sig">Rubel Khan - My Blog: http://rubelkhan.wordpress.com Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:08:28 Z2009-07-02T17:08:28Zhttp://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/CertGeneral/thread/ed94ce7c-2ed7-44ad-a22a-a9424529b157#09a9742f-822a-4a8c-b79d-920a90d28d22http://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en/CertGeneral/thread/ed94ce7c-2ed7-44ad-a22a-a9424529b157#09a9742f-822a-4a8c-b79d-920a90d28d22Ravi Shrivastavahttp://social.microsoft.com/Profile/en-US/?user=Ravi%20ShrivastavaHi Rubel,<br/><br/>thanx for the heads up ...however, the link you have mentioned has only got chapter 3 of Dino's book ...  Something I got on the CD that came with my MCTS self-paced training kit 70-562 ...besides I prefer studying from paperback rather than the softcopy<br/><br/>thanx anyway...Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:47:33 Z2009-07-03T07:47:33Z