Customer Reviews

MCSE: Internet Information Server 4 Study Guide Exam 70-087 (With CD-ROM)

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I think everyone is being hard on Sybex's two great writers onthis book. This is an outstanding book that gives you detailedinformation about the topics you will need to cover in this exam. Not only that but it includes lots of movies and learn keys cd and simulators.

The questions sybexs uses are half decent. If you plan on buying book to pass the exam, it is not going to happen. However you can combine this manual with EASYCERT's. Yes Transcender is a good testing system, I have them all. BUT! Transcender is the absolute worst for IIS4. USE EASYCERT and you will pass.

This book was well written, few mistakes. The terms are well explained and understood. There are plenty of snap shots of the program you are reading about its not just crazy. There are lots of labs and information. You must be crazy to give this book a bad rating.

* I gave this 5 stars, it only deserves 4, but I have to boost the rating for users who gave it 1 * haha

Rhos Barnes, MCP

(Checkpoint MCSE Board Administrator)

This is my 6th MCSE exam using sybex books. Of all the books in the series(at least the ones I used), this one has to be the least useful. It contains nothing of ODBC errors which you need to pass the exam and is very general on everything else. Having passed the other exams well using other books in the series I went into the exam very confident and came out very disapointed. If you are looking to pass the exam do not rely on this book.

This book is very good in practical knowledge, but it does not give good practise for MCSE exam.

The book is too general. It talks about everything, but in basic terms. If you depend on this book to pass the exam, please don't! After reading this book I find myself very confused and not achieving much, because I already know 80% of the stuff???? Anyway, the book is still good for the novice. Comparing to other books in the series, this one is lagging by far .....

I purchased this book and realised later on after spending a week that this book is worst. Prepearing for MCSE exam with this book only and passing it, is a bigger challenge then any thing else you can think of......

I like to give this book "0" star but this option is not available...

This book does not cover all the basic and there are quite a number of errors, therefore, I do not recommand this book to anyone. The book I wanted was in back-order and I didn't want to wait, so I bought this IIS4 (sybex) coz I wanted to start my study asap, however, it is not worthed buying this book even though there was no better choice available, I should have waited for the back-order, so please everyone, try not to make the same mistake I did.

This is my 5th MCSE exam using the Sybex books. Despite what the author says, even following the exercises the book has you do will not ensure that you can pass the test. There are important sections that you need to know missing. I'm working as Systems Administrator now and I can tell you that the Sybex books make lousy reference guides for the stuff a SysAdmin really needs to know. The CD exams that come with the test are basically worthless. Most of the questions have nothing to do with the test. The interface is poorly done and contains wrong answers. Save your money and buy a better book.

I used to hear that "books from Sybex are quite good usually." But after i read this book, i am disappointed on Sybex. IF you just want to know IIS without going for MCSE, the book may be for you, but not for those people want to take the exam. It doesn't touch deeply on the exam subject and it's also confusing. After this book, i really need to consider when next time i buy book from sybex.

Good book for giving an overall coverage of IIS4, but I also used Fast Track, Electives in a nutshell and troytec.com study guides. Covered terms used in IIS4 quite well.

This is a good reference book that can use even after you are finished with the exam. The concepts are explained well. Once you understand the concepts you can take some practice exams. This book is not the best for ptacticing for the test.