MCSE : NT Server 4 Study Guide [Hardcover]

Matthew Strebe (Author), Charles Perkins (Author), James Chellis (Author)

Book Description

Series: Microsoft Certified System Engineer Exam | Publication Date: March 1997

Get ready to pass the NT Server exam, a core requirement for MCSE certification. This hands-on study guide uses real-world examples to illustrate key concepts and improve retention of information. Coverage spans every aspect of the NT Server course, including installing, configuring, and administering NT Server networks. A test-simulation program, provided on the companion CD, lets you study and review sample test questions, and identify areas requiring further work. This book may also be used to prepare for the MCPS and MCSD certifications.

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Amazon.com Review

The NT Server exam focuses on the skills required to create and maintain workgroups that exchange information on Windows NT-based networks. This book talks you through the process of installing NT Server on a machine, integrating that machine into a network, and getting the machine and its clients to perform needed functions.

MCSE: NT Server 4 Study Guide begins by helping you think through the planning of a network--something that appears in a couple of the Sybex MCSE books. Lots of attention is given to selecting server hardware (particularly storage hardware) and getting NT properly configured at installation. Later chapters address performance tuning, post-installation addition of hardware and non-storage devices, such as modems and printers (shared and otherwise).

NT Server has everything to do with networks, so protocols get plenty of space in these pages. TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, NetBEUI, and AppleTalk are covered to the extent that you need to understand them for the exam. RAS (Remote Access Service) gets its own chapter, which is appropriate because it's a large (and potentially confusing) part of the exam. The authors also give lots of attention to intranet operations, server management, and integrating NT machines with a NetWare-based network.

Throughout the book, you'll find Q&A sections that mimic the exam and exercises that help you master the skills you need. Understand the material in this book thoroughly and you'll pass the NT Server exam.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 768 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; Bk&CD-Rom edition (March 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782119727
• ISBN-13: 978-0782119725
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 8.1 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (39 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,092,606 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not good enough for the exam, June 16, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE: NT Server 4 Study Guide, 2nd ed. (Hardcover)

I failed the exam using this book. The practice questions at the end of each chapter are not answered with explanations and some important concepts like mandatory profiles are not even mentioned. Many questions on the actual Sylvan exam exceeded the scope of this book in its explanation. The cd rom included had some questions that were precisely repeated with different answers! Though the book is quite readable, it does not use illustrations fully to show you how to access features with the graphical portion of NT. THe "MCSE Test Prep Windows NT Server 4" series by Que has much better test questions with explanations but you have to watch out because the multiple choice selections and the answer key answers with explanations are sometimes mismatched. I got 100s on all the practice exams and cd rom in this Strebe book but flunked the NT exam by Sylvan, even though this is certified by Microsoft as an adequate study guide.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Try this out, October 3, 1999

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This review is from: MCSE: NT Server 4 Study Guide, 2nd ed. (Hardcover)

I agreed with a lot readers who said that this book left many holes that need filling. However, it coverage of some topics was quite to my liking. I only used this book - no exam cram or exam notes - yet I passed the exam at first attempt, scoring 85%. You have to try and do all the exercises and I bet you, after your one hour in any of Sylvan Prometric centres you would out smiling.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars WARNING!! INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS BOOK IS INCORRECT!, June 30, 1999

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[e-mail] (Salt Lake City, Utah) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE : NT Server 4 Study Guide (Hardcover)

I am a hands-on network administrator, an MCSE, MCT and teach MCSE track courses full-time. This is the first and last time I will every use a Sybex book!! There is no doubt in my mind that the authors of this book, and the other Sybex MCSE books, are doing a great injustice to those of you who are devoting a great deal of time to preparing for MSCE exams. A great deal of information in these books is outright incorrect and misleading. A good deal of the exercises in the book are incorrect and as a result do not give you the hands-on practice which is necessary. These books are not capable of preparing you for dealing with NT4 in either the real world or the exam world. I urge you not to waste your money. In my opinion, it is gross negligence for a book company to fail to make corrections as to gross inaccuracies by the time the 2nd edition is published. I was going to attempt to sell my copies at a garage sale but felt as though it would be a cruel thing to do...that is allowing these books to continue circulating in public!! My suggestion: The New Riders series of books.