The content in the book is good... if you want to know a lot of theory. However, the actual exam places more emphasis on practical knowledge, and some topics on the test were not covered in the book. Also, the practice tests that come on the CD are absolutely worthless. It tests mainly theoretical knowledge. Chapter tests are also lacking - some of the questions are downright dumb and the answers are very brief and cryptic.

The structure of the chapters are also confusing; it jumps around a lot (be prepared to see "later in the chapter" a whole lot and it gets annoying after the 1,000th time).

I would have liked to see more real-world examples incorporated into the text, and not just maybe 2 or 3 "real world scenarios" that don't actually relate to the technical stuff covered in the chapter. The 70-290 Sybex book (written by a different author) is completely opposite: the real-world scenarios incorporate the meat of the chapter into itself.

I just placed an order for the 70-291 book offered by Shinder and I'm hoping that will have better content than this book.