MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Prep: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Lee Scales (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0789736489 | ISBN-13: 978-0789736482 | Publication Date: December 1, 2006 | Edition: 2

MCSA/MCSE

Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Environment

 

Your Complete Certification Solution!

 

Exam 70-290

 

Lee Scales

 

The Smart Way to Study™

 

In This Book You’ll Learn How To

• Implement and manage local and network resources
• Manage files and folders
• Implement, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot hardware devices
• Implement, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot disk quotas
• Implement, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Print Monitor
• Monitor and optimize system performance
• Implement and manage group policy
• Manage and implement disaster recovery
• Manage users, computers, and groups
• Implement and manage a software update infrastructure

 

WRITTEN BY A LEADING 70-290 EXAM EXPERT!

Lee Scales, BSEE, MCSE (NT/W2K/W2K3), has worked in the computer industry for more than 25 years, including stints with IBM and Microsoft. He is employed as a senior network consultant with Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc., of Overland Park, Kansas. In addition to his consulting duties, he has developed courseware for the Windows platform for several years and has contributed as an author to titles in the Exam Cram series and to a number of websites.

 

See the Inside Back Cover for Exclusive Access to 70-290 Practice Questions and Simulations!

• Helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses, so you can assess your readiness to take the actual 70-290 exam.
• Provides detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers.
• Features a variety of study modes, so you can work your way through the questions in the manner that best suits your study preferences.
• Covers each 70-290 exam objective.

 

U.S. $59.99

CAN. $74.99

U.K. £42.99

 

www.examcram.com

ISBN: 0-7897-3648-9  

 

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From the Back Cover

MCSA/MCSE

Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Environment

 

Your Complete Certification Solution!

 

Exam 70-290

 

Lee Scales

 

The Smart Way to Study™

 

In This Book You’ll Learn How To

• Implement and manage local and network resources
• Manage files and folders
• Implement, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot hardware devices
• Implement, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot disk quotas
• Implement, manage, monitor, and troubleshoot Print Monitor
• Monitor and optimize system performance
• Implement and manage group policy
• Manage and implement disaster recovery
• Manage users, computers, and groups
• Implement and manage a software update infrastructure

 

WRITTEN BY A LEADING 70-290 EXAM EXPERT!

Lee Scales, BSEE, MCSE (NT/W2K/W2K3), has worked in the computer industry for more than 25 years, including stints with IBM and Microsoft. He is employed as a senior network consultant with Levi, Ray & Shoup, Inc., of Overland Park, Kansas. In addition to his consulting duties, he has developed courseware for the Windows platform for several years and has contributed as an author to titles in the Exam Cram series and to a number of websites.

 

See the Inside Back Cover for Exclusive Access to 70-290 Practice Questions and Simulations!

• Helps you identify your strengths and weaknesses, so you can assess your readiness to take the actual 70-290 exam.
• Provides detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers.
• Features a variety of study modes, so you can work your way through the questions in the manner that best suits your study preferences.
• Covers each 70-290 exam objective.

 

U.S. $59.99

CAN. $74.99

U.K. £42.99

 

www.examcram.com

ISBN: 0-7897-3648-9  

 

About the Author

Lee Scales holds the MCSE+I (NT4) as well as the MCSE (W2K/W2K3) certifications and has been working in the computer industry for more than 25 years, including employment and consulting engagements with several Fortune 100 companies. He is currently employed as a senior consultant with a Microsoft Gold Partner, where his duties include working with companies that are migrating to the Windows Server 2003 platform with Active Directory.

 

In addition to his consulting duties, he has been developing courseware for the Windows platform for several years and has been a contributing author and coauthor to titles in the original Exam Cram, Exam Cram 2, and Windows Power Toolkit series. When time allows, he also contributes articles to various technical magazines and websites.

 

When not buried neck deep in a networking project, Lee enjoys camping, hunting, and fishing, especially in places where you can't plug in a laptop and where the cell phone doesn't work.

Lee lives in Overland Park, Kansas with his son, Davin, and daughter, Alayanna. You can reach Lee at [e-mail].

Product Details

• Paperback: 1032 pages
• Publisher: Que; 2 edition (December 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789736489
• ISBN-13: 978-0789736482
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.9 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,396,238 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding Hands On Product, November 21, 2007

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This review is from: MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Prep: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

As many of us IT pros tend to be, we're hands on learners. I bought this in conjunction with the MS press book. By all means, this product by far exceeds the knowledge one is capable to gain from a book. It was filled with hands on exercises. In addtion it also showed screen shots in conjunction with the statement referring to it whereas the MS press book would often times have me refer to a page 3 pages back/forward. I don't find it very inviting to continually have to flip pages to see screen shots. The MS press book didn't trully provide hands on practice as well. As many might agree, to truly understand IT products, a solid foundation of hands on experience is required; this is suggested within the requirements for taking the MS certificate exams. I also found this book to be very useful as a resource within the work environment and keep it on the shelf for quick access. I would encourage all who want to pass the MS cert exam or simply to gain a further understanding of W2K3 Server to read this book and follow the exercises. I have already purchased other books from the Exam Prep line to complete the MCSE course and will continue to do so for other tests I intend to take.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very good study material, November 12, 2007

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Jason M Ritenour - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Prep: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I have over 10 years of professional IT experience, and I finally started working on getting MCSE certified a couple months ago. If you're looking for a good study guide for the 70-290, I highly recommend this book. I had originally began studying with the official MS Press book for 70-290, but I felt there were a lot of areas that were glazed over and not explained adequately. The Exam Prep book is much better - everything you need to know is clearly outlined and broken down very well. I've used several of their books for other certification tests, and quite frankly, theirs are easily the best in the industry in my opinion.

6 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Second Edition, Includes SP2 and R2, January 3, 2007

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John Matlock "Gunny" (Winnemucca, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MCSA/MCSE 70-290 Exam Prep: Managing and Maintaining a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Environment (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

As the title clearly states, this book is on preparing to take the 70-290 exam as part of the certification for MCSE or MCSA. As such, this is not a book on the operating system itself. Indeed it presumes you already have a pretty good idea about Windows Server 2003 before you start this book. In fact, in the opening of the book the author gives you several recommendations for books that cover the OS and how to use it. This book is on making sure that you pass the test.

This book covers the test itself, what you should expect to afind on it, and gives you a very good understanding of those parts of Server 2003 that you should know before going into the testing room. It also includes practice questions and an access key for an online practice test from MeasureUp.

This is the second edition of this book. It is up to date to include Service Pack 2 and Release 2.