McSe Testprep Exam # 70-68: Windows Nt Server 4 Enterprise (Mcse Testprep Series) [Paperback]

Emmett Dulaney (Author), William N. Matsoukas (Author), Brian Komar (Author), Kristin Wahlquist (Author), Kevin Wolford (Author), Jay Adamson (Author, Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1998 | Series: Mcse Testprep Series

The MCSE TestPrep series is a unique way of preparing for MCSE exams. The book is divided into 9 chapters. Each chapter covers a different exam objective. Each objective is further broken down into manageable sections. The information will be presented in a brief, outline format and will include an abundance of tables, figures, screen shots, and lists. Following each section will be a series of review questions, exercises, and answer explanations. Two complete practice exams and a glossary will be located at the end of the book.

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Popularly regarded as the toughest of the MCSE Core Four exams, the Windows NT Server 4 in the Enterprise test (70-68) requires you to integrate knowledge of NT Server with knowledge of NT Workstation, Windows 95, older operating systems, and various back-end transaction software. It's a difficult exam, and this book can help you prepare.

Much of the Enterprise exam focuses on planning and establishing an NT network, and this book follows suit. A third of the material here addresses issues of pre-installation decision making, installation, configuration, and optimization. The protocols--NetBEUI, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and AppleTalk--also get lots of attention, and later sections address NT security, RAID, and routing.

Another large portion of this book handles administration. The authors explore rights and policies and then shift to a discussion of increasingly important remote-administration issues. MCSE Training Guide: Windows NT Server 4 Enterprise completely documents Performance Monitor and Network Monitor, which figure prominently on the exam. The book wraps up with troubleshooting on both a macro (how to identify problems) and micro (how to fix specific common Remote Access Server [RAS] problems) level. Each chapter concludes with hands-on exercises and knowledge-testing review questions.

A companion CD-ROM will quiz you on key concepts, keeping score as you go. However, the exam's randomization feature seems weak--it's not unusual to see the same question multiple times in the same exam. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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The MCSE TestPrep series is a unique way of preparing for MCSE exams. The book is divided into 9 chapters. Each chapter covers a different exam objective. Each objective is further broken down into manageable sections. The information will be presented in a brief, outline format and will include an abundance of tables, figures, screen shots, and lists. Following each section will be a series of review questions, exercises, and answer explanations. Two complete practice exams and a glossary will be located at the end of the book. Includes only the ESSENTIAL information needed; organized like the successful Test Prep tools created by ARCO.

PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE rather than read pages of text; everything written in concise chunks. Learn insider tips and notes from a distinguished team of MCSEs and Microsoft Certified Trainers. Study HUNDREDS of test questions as well as a sample live exam with the TestPrep test engine on the CD-ROM; the closest thing to the actual MCSE exam!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 479 pages
• Publisher: New Riders Pub (January 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1562058274
• ISBN-13: 978-1562058272
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 8 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,296,460 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Lets me wonder how Dennis Maione would write this book, December 9, 1999

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This review is from: MCSE Training Guide: Windows NT Server 4 Enterprise (Textbook Binding)

This book may be an adaquate study guide for preparing for Exam 70-068, but I don't think it's an excellent one. You'd need use Exam Cram or Transcender exams to get an idea of how the questions would look like in the real test because the Exam Questions at the end of each chapter in this book are too weak and too few.

The contents are not very well organized and some errors are presented in an authorative tone that they are not easy to spot if you don't try it out. Try its comments on the "Forcibly disconnnect remote users ..." option in Account Policy.

I read Sybex (stay away from them) and Dennis Maione's books on Server and Workstation as supplements to Microsoft ILT. Maione's books are an excellent source for a comprehensive knowledge of NT (not just for the sake of passing the test). Though suffering from the same type of Exam Questions, they are very insightful and tell more about "why" rather than "just-do-this-and-don't-ask-why" (which is the impression I got from the labs in MS MOC). In contrast, the chapter on network monitoring in this book is just like repeating what Microsoft says in its Training Kit on the subject (and without the sample exercises in Training Kit). The author's lack of insights, or unwillingness to share them, on the subject are shown in the absence of those Exam Tip and Warning boxes in the margin. However, at least, this is the only study guide I used that covers the subject, which is not a favorite of the real exam but is something that you could be tested on. I had a question on analyzing a sample frame in the real exam.

One reason I use the study guides is to see what insights an author can share with you drawing on his/her experience and expertise and to obtain a perspective different from Microsoft. I don't benefit much this way from this book, although it does cover what you need to study for the exam.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Study Guide for NT Server 4.0 Enterprise, September 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: MCSE Training Guide: Windows NT Server 4 Enterprise (Textbook Binding)

Just finished prepping for the NT Server 4.0 Exam using this book as the main study guide. Very well laid out with good use of text/colors, very typical of the New Riders Next Generation Study guides. Exam covers a VERY broad range of info and the book does a good job of covering it all. The author is very knowledgable and brings his practical experience to the book. My only complaint is the low number of study questions in each chapter. Recommend adding the Exam Cram book for those study questions. Also would not recommend the MS Press study kits, they are not worth the $$$ (unless you need the 30 day eval. software) and it helps to have a non-Microsoft point of view...

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good, but short in some areas, June 30, 1999

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This review is from: McSe Training Guide: Windows Nt Server 4 Enterprise (Training guides) (Hardcover)

Having just completed the Enterprise Exam (70-68) in the Adaptive Format, I can say that the MCSE Server 4 Enterprise book was helpful. However, the exam also covered in some depth areas that are not touched in the text at all--be prepared and supplement your reading with some references to the Server Resource Kit and another text (the Microsoft, perhaps?).