MCSE: ISA Server 2000 Administration Study Guide: Exam 70 227 with CDROM [Hardcover]

William Heldman (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0782129331 | ISBN-13: 978-0782129335 | Publication Date: November 15, 2001

Here's the book you need to prepare for Exam 70-227, Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000, Enterprise Edition:

• In-depth coverage of every exam objective--all the information you need to know
• Practical information on installing and administering ISA Server
• Hundreds of challenging review questions, in the book and on the CD
• Leading-edge exam preparation software, including a testing engine and electronic flashcards

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives, including:

• Installing ISA Server
• Configuring and troubleshooting ISA Server services
• Configuring, managing, and troubleshooting policies and rules
• Deploying, configuring, and troubleshooting the client computer
• Monitoring, managing, and analyzing ISA Server use

Note: CD-ROM/DVD and other supplementary materials are not included as part of eBook file.

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From the Back Cover

Here’s the book you need to prepare for Exam 70-227, Installing,Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA)Server 2000, Enterprise Edition:

• In-depth coverage ofevery exam objective—all the information you need to know
• Practicalinformation on installing and administering ISA Server
• Hundreds ofchallenging review questions, in the book and on the CD
• Leading-edge exampreparation software, including a testing engine and electronicflashcards

Authoritative coverage of all exam objectives,including:
• Installing ISA Server
• Configuring andtroubleshooting ISA Server services
• Configuring, managing, andtroubleshooting policies and rules
• Deploying, configuring, andtroubleshooting the client computer
• Monitoring, managing, and analyzing ISA Server use

About the Author

Chris Golubski (MCSE+I, MCDBA, MCSD, A+, Network+) is a senior technical training consultant for Productivity Point and a contributing editor to MCP Magazine. Sean McCormick (MCSE, MCT, MCP+I, A+, Network+) is a production lead and technical writer and editor for Brainbuzz.com, a leading certification-focused Web site.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 608 pages
• Publisher: Sybex (November 15, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782129331
• ISBN-13: 978-0782129335
• Product Dimensions: 10.8 x 7.5 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,323,924 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Well organized, comprehensive and must buy for 70-227 exam, February 8, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE: ISA Server 2000 Administration Study Guide: Exam 70 227 with CDROM (Hardcover)

Thanks to William Heldman and Sybex, this book is all you need to pass ISA 2000 server exam with a good score. I used this book alongside Cert21.com ISA server 2000 exam to study the product and exam objectives very well, and passed the real exam from the first try. Comprehensive, well written and organized with all exam objectives and more. I suggest you install ISA server serveral times and configure it for different senarious. The companion CD includes good exam questions to help you study for the exam. As usual, Sybex is the best resource to use for any future exam preparation guides.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Sign of a steady decline, September 3, 2003

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MR DAMIAN R JOPLING (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE: ISA Server 2000 Administration Study Guide: Exam 70 227 with CDROM (Hardcover)

I purchased this book in order to solidify my experience of ISA server after 2 years building firewalls with the product, with an aim of taking the 70-227 exam at the end. As I began to read the book, I realised that a lot of the content was far too basic to really get into the nuts and bolts of ISA. Each exam topic is skirted over in such a way as to not genuinely explain how ISA works. This may be acceptable to scrape through the exam but won't prepare you for using ISA in the real world. The book is full of typos, and some of it - particularly the interrelationships between protocol rules and packet filters - is plain confused.

The chapter assessments have exhibits which aren't clear enough to answer the questions without taking a leap of faith, and some of the answers are ambiguous at best (like leaving the word "deny" out of "deny packet filter"). This is not very helpful to people who are novices with the product.

If you are hoping to use the CD to cement your knowledge, forget it. While the questions may well be valid, they are poorly presented and the questions and answers wrap off the screen on some systems. Mine even told me I was doing an Exchange exam at one stage. This is simply not what you expect from a major publisher - if you're going to include this quality of material, you shouldn't bother bundling it at all.

If you bought this book already, consider getting a transcender test to test and rebuild your knowledge, and play with an ISA server - the online help contains a wealth of information about it. Also be aware the book went to press before FP1 was released, so there is nothing about the OWA publishing wizard.

This will probably be the last Sybex book I buy. I have been unimpressed by several of their titles now - so I'll be sticking to the genuine Microsoft material in future!

1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Very poor software!!, December 5, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE: ISA Server 2000 Administration Study Guide: Exam 70 227 with CDROM (Hardcover)

Although the book was in a good presentation style, unfortunately the testing software that comes with it is very disappointing, not user friendly in the least, invisible answers, answers that can't be seen because of the exhibit buttons.
If you don't need the software then the book is OK, but if you are relying on the software for the exam prep questions then forget it!!