My review on MCTS books for exam 70-448
Effective though I didn't appear exam so far. Covered a lot of topics effective for exam. But to do professional work I believe books for SSIS, SSAS and SSAS data mining are necessary individually. Data mining(Chapter 9) contents are too brief to understand. Best practice and Exam tips are really helpful. Also real life case examples are  helpful. As a novice this is a good book to study.

Book includes 200 sample questions and SQL server 2008 E/E CD for 180 days trial.
Used this and Dr. Kilkenny text and passed the boards on the first try. Great resources.