MCSE/MCSA Training Guide (70-210): Windows 2000 Professional (2nd Edition) [Paperback]

Gord Barker (Author), Doug Harrison (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 078972877X | ISBN-13: 978-0789728777 | Publication Date: October 13, 2002 | Edition: 2

MCSE/MCSA Training Guide (70-210): Windows 2000 Professional is the perfect study guide to help readers pass this exam, which is a core exam for both the MCSE and new, popular MCSA programs. With this book, readers master the skills and concepts necessary to address examination objectives including: planning, installation, configuration, administration, support, security, and troubleshooting of Windows 2000 Professional. Readers preparing for this exam find the Training Guide series to be the most successful self-study tool in the market. This book is their one-stop shop because of its teaching methodology, the accompanying testing software, and superior Web site support at www.quepublishing.com/certification.

The CD features PrepLogic™ Practice Tests, Preview Edition. This product includes one complete PrepLogic Practice Test with approximately the same number of questions found on the actual vendor exam and full, detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers.

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From the Back Cover

MCSE/MCSA Training Guide (70-210): Windows 2000 Professional is the perfect study guide to help readers pass this exam, which is a core exam for both the MCSE and new, popular MCSA programs. With this book, readers master the skills and concepts necessary to address examination objectives including: planning, installation, configuration, administration, support, security, and troubleshooting of Windows 2000 Professional. Readers preparing for this exam find the Training Guide series to be the most successful self-study tool in the market. This book is their one-stop shop because of its teaching methodology, the accompanying testing software, and superior Web site support at quepublishing/certification.

The CD features PrepLogic™ Practice Tests, Preview Edition. This product includes one complete PrepLogic Practice Test with approximately the same number of questions found on the actual vendor exam and full, detailed explanations of correct and incorrect answers.

About the Author

Gord Barker (MCSE) and Douglas Harrison (MCSE) teamed to co-author the best-selling first edition of this book. Gord is a Senior Consultant at Microsoft, currently working with large customers to support deployments of Microsoft products such as Active Directory, Exchange, Windows 2000 and Windows XP and SQLServer. Douglas is a trainer with PBSC Training, the largest CTEC in Canada.

Ed Tittel, Series Editor of the Training Guide Series and the Exam Cram2 Series, runs LANWrights, Inc., a training and writing firm that specializes in networking, computer security, and markup languages. He has written more than 100 books on various aspects of computing.

Product Details

• Paperback: 751 pages
• Publisher: Que; 2 edition (October 13, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 078972877X
• ISBN-13: 978-0789728777
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,235,502 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There is a new player in teh MCSE/MCSA game., October 27, 2002

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Michael J Woznicki "Michael J Woznicki" (Holland, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MCSE/MCSA Training Guide (70-210): Windows 2000 Professional (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

In the world of the MCSE 2000 the first step to certification success is the 70-210 exam. With everything out there it is hard to decide what is good and what is not so good. Having spent three days reading this book I think you'll find that it certainly does its intended job.

Overall this 730 page manual covers every objective in detail. The author(s) have made certain they give you enough work to do with an abundance of hands-on step-by-step exercises. They have also included exam review questions and "Apply Your Knowledge" sections at the end of each chapter.

Part I is the exam prep, which like I said covers each objective in a clear yet detail manner. I like the fact that the authors have kept the technical language to level that allows everyone to comprehend the material. Part II is the final review, which allows the reader to prepare for the actual exam.

Included with the book is a cd with practice questions, engineered by Prep Logic. I found this software to both refreshing; in that QUE has sought to bring a new player to the certification table, and also to be very challenging. Also you can purchase more exams from the Prep Logic website which has several other MCSE exams.

Overall the book is good, the software if excellent and I think you'll find that QUE Publishing is certainly making headway in the production of high quality certification manuals - well done.

4.0 out of 5 stars Authoritative but dull, January 27, 2004

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John A. Leonard (Needham, Ma United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: MCSE/MCSA Training Guide (70-210): Windows 2000 Professional (2nd Edition) (Paperback)

I'm amending my original review. Much of it still stands, but, of the 3 books I purchased, it was the most used reference, particularly the electronic copy of the book on the CD. In fact I've upped my rating from 3 to 4 stars. WooHoo!
My original review:
This book is authoritative but humorless and dry, as if it was written by Microsoft. What is and what isn't important for the test is rarely stated. Too often a new term is introduced without any explanation and no reference in the index, although the searchable electronic copy of the book is a BIG plus. It's like the authors dumped their brains but never went back to tie it all together. For example, in the section on "Configuring the TCP/IP Protocol," it discussess DHCP and DNS, but nowhere does it come out and say that the easiest and most common way to configure TCP/IP is simply to select the "Obtain an IP address automatically" and "Obtain the DNS server address automatically" options. Language was clumsy at times, but I must admit that I didn't notice any spelling or grammatical errors. (Actually, the last statement isn't true. There were more than the usual editing oversights, including contradictory statements within pages of one another.) The practice test on the CD is excellent but don't be misled - it's a preview edition, included in order to get you to buy the full edition. At 19 bucks there's nothing to complain about there. I ordered a "used" copy (of the book) which then paid for the test.