MCSE Training Kit Upgrading to Microsoft Windows 2000: MCSE Training for Exam 70-222 (IT Professional) [Paperback]

Microsoft Press (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0735609403 | ISBN-13: 978-0735609402 | Publication Date: January 1, 2000 | Edition: 1

This official Microsoft training kit teaches IT professionals how to set up and support Windows 2000 Professional and Windows 2000 Server. The curriculum focuses on understanding the changes from the Windows NT "RM" 4.0 operating system and working effectively with new system architecture, user interface, user profiles, and built-in networking capabilities. It also provides comprehensive preparation for the pending MCP exam. Students learn through skills-based tutorials and hands-on lab exercises. An economical alternative to classroom training, this kit enables students to set their own pace and learn by doing.

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Amazon.com Review

Half the battle of making a software product successful is getting its administrators to understand it, and Microsoft goes a long way toward that goal with MCSE Training Kit: Upgrading to Microsoft Windows 2000. Using a combination of tutorial prose, laboratory exercises, and test-prep questions, this kit will help you upgrade your knowledge from Windows NT 4 to Windows 2000 (so you pass exam 70-222).

Assuming you're familiar with Windows NT 4 (particularly how it implements TCP/IP, DHCP, and users), this book/CD-ROM package competently explains the differences between NT and 2000. Plus it shows how to do an upgrade with the least possible fuss, taking advantage of Windows 2000's new features along the way. Organized as a series of lessons, it reads much like the abstract from a hands-on seminar. Each lesson begins with a concise summary of some aspect of Windows 2000 (Active Directory permissions, network installation, etc.) from a high level. The lessons then grow more focused, touching on the tools pertinent to the topic before detailing the procedures to follow for specific effects. The authors--a team of Microsoft writers--succeed in communicating the conceptual knowledge and practical familiarity that are both vital to passing the MCP exam. --David Wall

Topics covered: The transition from Windows NT to Windows 2000, particularly as it applies to the MCP exam. Installation, Domain Name Service (DNS) setup, Active Directory configuration, configuring desktops and software with the Group Policy tool, file management, and compatibility with Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS).

Product Details

• Paperback: 444 pages
• Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (January 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0735609403
• ISBN-13: 978-0735609402
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.6 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,257,643 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars NOT for exam 70-222, May 24, 2000

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Mark Townley (Reykjavik, Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE Training Kit Upgrading to Microsoft Windows 2000: MCSE Training for Exam 70-222 (IT Professional) (Paperback)

Cover: For Exam 70-222 No Longer Applies

The front cover, spine, and back cover of this Training Kit imply that the Training Kit is geared toward the MCP Exam 70-222, however this no longer applies due to the changes in the objectives for this exam.

Exam 70-222 is still in development and will be released in its beta version by July 2000. Because the objectives for the exam were not yet finalized when this Training Kit was first published, the Training Kit does not map exactly to this exam, nor to the direction this exam is taking in its development.

Since the exam objectives have changed, please disregard the references on the cover.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars GREAT Hands-on, weak on the details, February 1, 2000

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Thomas W Shinder, M.D. - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE Training Kit Upgrading to Microsoft Windows 2000: MCSE Training for Exam 70-222 (IT Professional) (Paperback)

This book is very good at allowing you to learn some of the "hands-on" of upgrading an NT network to a Win2k network. However, I found the book lacks in the amount of detail I was expecting for a study resource for the 70-222 exam. If the exam only covers the material contained in this book, it will be one of the easiest exams Microsoft has ever offered; but I doubt this will be the case.

In sum, a GREAT book for someone that already has a good understanding of Win2k and needs a lot of hands on exercises to familiarize himself with the practical application of a well considered upgrade strategy.

23 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Just what I needed !, February 14, 2000

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a reader from canada (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: MCSE Training Kit Upgrading to Microsoft Windows 2000: MCSE Training for Exam 70-222 (IT Professional) (Paperback)

This was a very good book at giving me a quick and easy intro to Win2K. Yes, this book is short on details and missing some areas, but I'm already an experienced MCSE + Internet in NT 4.0 and the last things I wanted to see (again) were 100 page explanations of how WINS, DNS, NTFS permissions,etc,etc work. I read enough books on that subject matter already in getting the NT4 certification. If you are just getting started into NT with Win2000 and need more info then you should probably by one of those 1600+ page books on Win2K by Minasi, but I would not subject myself to that trauma again. I don't care how good anyone say's he writes.

For me this book was just what I needed. Now I know what the main differences are between NT4 and Win2K and how and where to set up the most important things needed to incorporate it into my existing NT4 networks. From here, I will learn it hands on and also by later reading more specialized books. Personally, I learn better that way. All in all, this was a good book that you will learn from and you can finish it in a week.