MCSE Exam Notes: SQL Server 7 Administration [Paperback]

Lance Mortensen (Author), Joseph L. Jorden (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1999 | Series: Exam Notes

Brush up on your knowledge for the MCSE exams! The MCSE Exam Notes titles from Sybex provide the low-cost, focused approach to the MCSE for experienced candidates and advanced students:
-- Critical Information sections provide detailed analyses of the key issues for each exam objective
-- Necessary Procedures sections covers the nuts and bolts of each topic with concise step-by-step instructions
-- Exam Essentials sections highlight crucial subject areas for the exam
-- Key Terms and Concepts sections define words and concepts vital to passing the exam
-- Sample Questions sections preview the types of questions found in the exam and give answers and explanations

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc (June 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782124771
• ISBN-13: 978-0782124774
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,837,474 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Discover books, learn about writers, read author blogs, and more.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Concise version of the hardcover Sybex Study Guide, July 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE Exam Notes: SQL Server 7 Administration (Paperback)

This book is the condensed version of the big hardcover SQL 7.0 Administration Study Guide also published by Sybex. As a matter of fact, at least half the content was lifted word for word from the big book, moreso than in other Exam Notes books I've used.

This book was helpful as a supplement to the MOC but if you already have the big book from Sybex, you can skip this one.

The book does a good job of covering each exam objective as put forth by Microsoft and is fairly well readable.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Money, March 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE Exam Notes: SQL Server 7 Administration (Paperback)

Practice questions were too easy and too few in number. Sybex has a lot of good study guides out there but this is not one of them. A better subject review can be found in the back of the excellent full sized study guide "SQL Server 7 Administration," by Christopher Wille et al., New Riders, 1999, ISBN 0735700036.

While I'm at it I'd also recommend the following texts for the 70-028 exam:

"Teach Yourself SQL Server 7.0 in 21 Days," by Richard Waymire and Rick Sawtell, Sam Publishing, 1999, ISBN 0672312905; and,

"Transact-SQL Programming," by Kevin Kline et al., O'Reilly & Assoc., 1999, ISBN 1565924010.

Both of these texts will also help with the 70-029 exam should you volunteer for the punishment.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars As much a true reference book as it is a stuy guide ..., March 10, 2000

By 

David Sullivan - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE Exam Notes: SQL Server 7 Administration (Paperback)

I was both disappointed and pleasantly suprised when I finished reading this book.

As a study guide for exam 70-028, it doesn't go into enough detail all the time. In some parts it's very general, giving a high-level overview and in other parts it goes into great detail, telling you the exact menu selection (Tools - Replication - Configure ....) You need to have some experience with SQL Server to get the most out of this book. As I said, it will certainly supplement another more detailed study guide.

However, I believe this books strength is that it WILL be used as a reference guide to working with SQL Server. The chapters are well laid out and topics are easy to locate. I use this book in the "real world" quite a bit.

All in all, a very good book to have, but not the best source when you're studying for the exam