I am looking to take one of these (I am not sure which probably 70-686) however, from what I can tell there is not any decent written material. The Windows Press book for 70-686 is terribly reviewed even before the test changed recently and now seems to be obsolete, as does the only other book that I can find by Gibson. I was wondering what anyone who passed recently used and whether they found it any good or had any tips.
For the 70-680 I used the Don Poulton book and the Exam Cram:
http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/don-poulton/mcts-70-680-cert-guide/_/R-400000000000000310732http://ebookstore.sony.com/ebook/patrick-regan/mcts-70-680-exam-cram/_/R-400000000000000361275I feel that as MS had changed the exam I almost failed passing with 700, the books were significantly reduced in value due to this - the exam cram is the more readable of the two - although I used the cram as the test prep - perhaps the other would have been better? I did use a brain dump as a resource but thank god only as a practice test as it was generally incorrect. I would never rely upon Dumps them and certainly you need to learn the material - what is the point of being a duck that doesn't quack!
I would defiantly recommend the Professor Messer material for this as an easy-to-digest free resource, his material is excellent.
http://www.professormesser.com/Thanks and I hope the information is of some use to some of you.
Nick
Edit. Added link to Professor Messer.
