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

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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.

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.

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.

This was my first MS Press purchase for Win2K. Overall a light read. I am an MCSE/MCT and have already taken 1594 and 1567 - the information was the same. The nice thing about the training kits is that they ARE like the MOC's - complete with module timing and labs. I would not recommend this book to experienced MCSE's, but would recommend it to anyone that is just getting their feet wet or to those folks that have more `book learning' than experience. TTFN!

Microsoft Press is off to a good start supporting Windows 2000 exams with this very smart training kit for exam (70-222). If you're an MCSE like me who wants to upgrade NT 4.0 servers and your certification, this text will help you do both. Its lesson-oriented structure supports effective learning in short steps. Clear explainations of key concepts preceed hands-on exercises. You'll need a test network of at least two PCs and Release Candidate 2 copies of Windows 2000 Professional and Server to take full advantage of the kit. While they did a great job with the key issues, I finished the book hoping to get into unattended installs and ISS 5.0. But then these topics need their own books.

I found this Microsoft book less useful than the two others I bought: Cockcroft/Eckel/Kauffman (ISBN 157610690X) and Chacon/Chellis/Donald/Desai/Robichaux (ISBN 0782127606). Neither was perfect, but each had its strengths. By reading both I was able to pass the 240 monster-exam with 2-3 weeks' preparation. Transcender was critical in such a rushed exam prep.

Next time I might not bother to buy any books, but just use Transcender with its Resource Kit references, sourcing the articles from TechNet's #1 CD, "Technical Information", the only CD I (sometimes) take with me on holiday!

The books do have their advantages: 1. you can travel without a laptop; and 2. they are a chance to escape the evil clutches of your monitor.

By the way, I also bought Chellis/Desai/Donald/Robichaux's "Exam Notes" (ISBN 0782127703) but didn't use it - the exam syllabus is available on the Microsoft web site and the remaining content is too superficial to really help.

Good luck with the exam.

As with all Microsoft books, you get what you need to know fast. If you are planning on upgrading soon to 2000 from NT 4 this is what you will need to implement your new servers quickly and efficiently. A must read for all administrators to get started <!>

While this book may not be the best book for exam 70-222, I used this book almost exclusively to study for exam 70-240 and passed with flying colors. The chapters in this book matched up almost exactly to those in my courseware, and explained it far better. This book will teach you everything you need to know about Windows 2000 administration and support, and did a great job of explaining troubling Active Directory concepts. This book covers nearly all of the objectives specified in the core Windows 2000 courses, and should not be dismissed so easily.

If you have already read any book on Windows 2000 and are looking for more details, forget it. This hardly covers upgrading from Windows NT at all. If the book had been called something like "A Brief Introduction to Windows 2000" I might have given it three stars, but since it failed to cover upgrading or migrating I give it one star. I have read about 30 MCSE books in the last couple of years and I believe that this is the worst I have read. I would not buy it again.

Surprisingly, this was a good book on the introduce people to Windows 2000. I was very surprised as to how well this book was written. I have read other books published by Microsoft, and this is by far one of their best works. The book may not cover everything in the exam, but is a good book for those that already know about NT4.0.