MCSE Designing a Windows 2000 Network Study Guide (Exam 70-221) [Hardcover]

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Book Description

Series: Global Knowledge Certification | Publication Date: September 28, 2000

-- Complete coverage of everything candidates need to know to pass the Designing W2K Network Infrastructure exam
-- Study guide features:
-- Exercises throughout the book showing step-by-step how to design Windows 2000 networks
-- Test Yourself end of chapter sections include more than 250 realistic practice questions in both knowledge-based and scenario format.
-- CD-ROM with Skill Builder CBT software featuring instructional video with voice-overs and a quizzing engine linked to the electronic book, as well as a full, realistic exam simulation.

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From the Back Cover

The Only Certification System Based on 200,000+ Hours of IT Training Experience.

100% Complete Coverage - All official test objectives for exam 70-240 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

Scenario & Solution - Quick reference scenarios with solutions that offer practical tips and explain how to approach and solve difficult problems

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 factors that influence company strategies
• Analyze the network requirements for client computer access
• Design a TCP/IP addressing and implementation plan
• Integrate software routing into existing networks
• Integrate DHCP into a routed environment
• Measure and optimize a DNS infrastructure design
• Design a DNS deployment strategy
• Design security for WINS communications
• Design a Distributed File System (DFS) strategy
• Design an Internet and Extranet access solution
• design a Proxy Server network implementation

About the Author

Syngress Media, Inc. (Rockland, MA) is an independent company committed to creating the very best book, software and Internet based exam preparation tools. They have published over 20 certification study guides and over a dozen Personal Testing Centers. All of these products are created by leading content experts, many of whom are also full-time trainers.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 890 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies (September 28, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072124946
• ISBN-13: 978-0072124941
• Product Dimensions: 9.4 x 7.8 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,067,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not so good, June 20, 2001

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Vijay Ramcharan (Sprinfield Gardens, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MCSE Designing a Windows 2000 Network Study Guide (Exam 70-221) (Hardcover)

I read this study guide twice before taking the exam. I was fairly confident that I had the material in it down cold. I was totally unprepared for the real exam and I didn't make it. I've been working with Win2k for about 6 months now and still got surprised at the exam format and difficulty. Don't depend solely on this book for exam readiness. You probably won't make it.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Thin on Content, Strays Off Topic Too Frequently, February 3, 2002

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This review is from: MCSE Designing a Windows 2000 Network Study Guide (Exam 70-221) (Hardcover)

I used the Syngress book written by the same author to study for my 70-215 and was quite disappointed. However, based on the positive reader reviews for this book, I thought perhaps Schinder did a better job this time, so I bought it. Unfortunately, this book was no better, wandering back and forth, hitting on-topic then straying away, then back again, like a drunk trying to walk a straight line. For example, the author wastes valuable space frequently reviewing the registry entries we can change to modify the system defaults (which we might need some day), or in reviewing the history of a particular topic, but the 70-221 is a DESIGN exam and not a system configuration or history exam. Like the 215 book, the author spends so much time drifting into material that is not relevant for the exam that there is insufficient room left over to actually develop the crucial topics to the depth needed for a passing score. I found myself arriving at the chapter summary and thinking, "Is that ALL he's going to tell us?" I suggest not wasting your time with this book. Granted, there is no single exam prep that will please everybody, but of all the tech books I've read, I've been the least pleased with the Syngress/Schinder books. I passed the exam, but only because I found other resources to study. This book alone will probably get you 60% "there" as far as preparedness goes, but don't expect much more.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Questionable, September 25, 2004

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Ricky "Discouraged" (Nebraska, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE Designing a Windows 2000 Network Study Guide (Exam 70-221) (Hardcover)

Upon completion of this book, I would not recommend it - unless you have a thorough grasp of the subject and do not mind errors/discrepancies. Numerous attempts to contact editors proved futile although a contributing editor provided some help. Contacting publisher to register book and obtain updates and listing of errors placed me in perpetual hold.
If you do not mind misprints and getting updates/seeing listing of errors is not important to you, this may be worthwhile. If not, search elsewhere.