MCSE Designing Windows 2000 Directory Services Study Guide (Exam 70-219) (Book/CD-ROM package) [Hardcover]

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Series: Certification Press Study Guides | Publication Date: September 28, 2000

-- Microsoft system engineers will learn all they need to know to pass the Windows 2000 Designing a Directory Service Exam with this in-depth, element rich, Microsoft Approved book.
-- More exercises. Find substantially more exercises throughout the book -- ideal for a hands-on learning approach. The exercises will also include more detailed steps and explanations.
-- Look for these special editorial features:
-- Includes a 16-page full color Visual Instructor section with annotated screen shots, infographic illustrations, and photographs to illustrate the most important complex topics.
-- Revised and enhanced CD-ROM featuring 50 3-4 minute clips of the world's premiere classroom instructors at Global Knowledge. Corresponding icons within the book will tell the reader when to go to the CD for the film clip that corresponds to the text section.

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The only certification study system based on 200,000+ hours of IT training experience.
*100% Complete Coverage--All official test objectives for exam 70-219 are covered in detail.
*Hands-on Exercises -- Step-by-step instruction modeled after classroom labs.
*Exam Watch -- Warnings based on thorough post-exam research identifying the most troublesome exam topics and how to answer them correctly.
*Three Types of Practice Questions -- Knowledge, scenario, and lab-based questions, all with in-depth answers.
*From the Classroom -- Discussions of important issues direct from the classrooms of Global Knowledge's award-winning instructors.

Full coverage of the topics you need to review, including how to:
*Analyze the existing business models
*Identify relevant laws and regulations
*Analyze existing and planned upgrades and rollouts
*Analyze performance requirements
*Analyze the impact of the existing and planned technical environment
*Analyze business requirements for client computer desktop management
*Design a directory architecture
*Establish the scope of Active Directory
*Develop an OU delegation plan
*Plan group policy object management
*Design an Active Directory site topology
*Design the placement of domain controllers
*Consolidate existing domains.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 752 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (September 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072125039
• ISBN-13: 978-0072125030
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.6 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,512,905 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars No good for the exam, June 13, 2001

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This review is from: MCSE Designing Windows 2000 Directory Services Study Guide (Exam 70-219) (Book/CD-ROM package) (Hardcover)

This book is more of a guide to consulating than a coursebook. Very little of the contents are applicable to the exam - look at the braindump sites and then compare the information presented in the book with that asked in the exam - there is NO correlation. If you want a VERY high level VERY general guide to design, this is the book for you. If you want any chance of passing the exam, forget this book, look elsewhere. The relevant material (no more than 10% of the total contents), is discussed in SO little detail as to be pretty much, (but not completly) useless. If you have done a course or used other material to revise from, this may add some value, but otherwise it is not going to get you through the exams. First Osborne book I've bought, think it may well be the last.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Absolute fluff...do NOT waste your time, July 30, 2003

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This review is from: MCSE Designing Windows 2000 Directory Services Study Guide (Exam 70-219) (Book/CD-ROM package) (Hardcover)

This is a 700 page book of absolute junk.
I'm very experienced with AD and had hoped that this book would focus on the specifics of the design aspects and prepare me for the test. Quite simply, it did not. This book simply glosses over general concepts and contains MAYBE 5% hard infromation you'll need to know for the exam. Bleh. I want my money back.

If you're looking for a serious study guide, ditch this and go with examcram or heck...go with anything else besides this. In contrast the Exam Cram 2 book was VERY helpful and gave me many details that definately helped on the test.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't waste your time, March 11, 2001

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This review is from: MCSE Designing Windows 2000 Directory Services Study Guide (Exam 70-219) (Book/CD-ROM package) (Hardcover)

Buy and study a book for the Installing and Administering Active Directory 70-215 exam. (That book of this series isn't bad.) This book provides a superficial overview of business practices and attempts to teach you how to apply them to AD Design. It fails miserably. The book, in my opinion, is a waste of effort. Just study for the 70-215 exam, and maybe try a practice test to get familiar with the question format for the 70-219 exam. If there is anything special you have to do to study for this exam, this book doesn't have it.