MCSE Fast Track: Win NT Server [Textbook Binding]

Emmett Dulaney (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Fast Track Series | Publication Date: September 1998

This text is intended to help students prepare for Microsoft's Windows NT server exam. It focuses on the six major categories of implementing and supporting Windows NT server.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

MCSE Fast Track: Windows NT Server 4 is designed to help users familiar with NT Server 4 pass the 70-067 073 Microsoft Certified Software Engineer (MCSE) exam quickly. This title crams the most essential technical information into its first 191 pages, with about 80 more dedicated to exam preparation and review.

Following the structure of the certification test, the author covers the various categories with sharp focus on the most important information. The author, Emmett Dulaney, begins by covering disk configuration, protocol choices, installation strategies, and printer configuration. Next comes a discussion of managing user accounts, system policies, and disk resources. The book then moves into practical details of configuring NT with NetWare, setting up the remote access server (RAS), monitoring the network, and optimizing performance. He also presents several common troubleshooting scenarios, including "blue screen errors" and boot failures.

The second part of the book includes a quick review of "fast facts," a section entitled "Insider's Spin on Exam 70-067," and sample test questions. The book wraps up with a review of TCP/IP networking and the Open System Interconnection (OSI) model.

If you have experience with NT Server 4 and want to get certified quickly, this Fast Track title is probably right for you. Concise presentation and well-tuned sidebars like "What Is Important to Know" make this an excellent refresher tool. --Steven Plain

Product Details

• Textbook Binding: 300 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Pub; 1st edition (September 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562059351
• ISBN-13: 978-1562059354
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,566,962 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Emmett Dulaney has written over 30 books on Windows, Security, IT project management, and UNIX, and is the certification columnist for CertCities.

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Thorough Information!, February 15, 2000

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Vince Giardina (U.S.A) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE Fast Track: Win NT Server (Textbook Binding)

If you want a really great book that covers the information needed to pass the NT Server 4.0 Exam, then this is the one (along with a good study guide and practice question book, I used Sam's MCSE NT Server 4 book along with MS Readiness Review). I scored an 833 on the test.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fast and furious, November 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE Fast Track: Win NT Server (Textbook Binding)

I have never seen so much information packed into so small a package. This book was everything it claimed to be - and it contains every salient point that can be found in book sets costing 10 times as much. What it lacks is the miscellaneous information you skip past anyway when studying for an exam - think of it as the Reader's Digest Condensed version of any large study guide.

5.0 out of 5 stars Best investment I ever made., March 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE Fast Track: Win NT Server (Textbook Binding)

I thought I knew enough to pass the new adaptive exam, but bought the Exam Cram book just in case. After failing the exam, I realized I needed some decent study materials. I bought this book and brushed up on topics I was short in in less than a night and took the exam again the next day. I would not have passed had I not spent the night with this book...