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Title: MCSE Windows 2000 Server Study Guide (EXAM 70-215) (Book/CD-ROM) by Thomas Shinder, Littlejohn Debra Shinder, Inc Syngress Media, Syngress Media Inc, Thomas W. Shinder, Debra Littlejohn Shinder ISBN: 0-07-212386-9 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 15 September, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.90 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.42 (24 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: It lived up to the reviews
Comment: I selected this book based on online reviews and found that it completely lived up to the reviews. The technical level was broad and deep enough to make this useful as both exam preparation and as a reference. Each chapter ends with a short "Two Minute Drill" of important concepts. This was surprisingly useful the night before the exam. The practice exam questions cover the material well. The questions on the actual exam in February 2001 are significantly harder than these questions. The exam questions typically require a level of detail that you could only get by working with Windows 2000 Server in a real network environment. This book may help you see the big picture and fill in some areas you don't see on the job, but it is no substitute for real experience. Microsoft's goal for this test is to make it impossible to pass without experience. As of February 2001 they seem to have reached their goal.
Rating: 4
Summary: Good foundation for 70-215 Server exam
Comment: I found the Syngress 70-215 to be a good core study guide for the 70-215 exam. I really like the layout of the book. The authors do a good job at focusing on important key topics. I consider this series a step above the Sybex books (at least the 70-217, and 70-216 which I read) that seem to be more of a step by step/screenshot owners manual. In contrast the Syngress book has many brainteaser example boxes and end of chapter two minute drills that reinforce and clarify what you just read. The two minute drills are also helpful for review as exam day gets closer. Each chapter has plenty of step by step lab type exercises also. The end of chapter questions are usefull for learning, but are not an accurate inidicator of exam readiness nor anything like the real exam questions with few exceptions. The exam I had hit real hard on disk configuration (dynamic versus basic, repairing, performance, and fault tolerance). After so far passing four exams (70-210, 70-215, 70-216, 70-217) I have come to a conclusion about W2K MCSE book reviews. Book reviews seem to be all over the board. I believe this is due to the fact that a lot of people are counting on a book alone to prepare them to pass an exam and when they fail they blame the book. As a NT4.0 MCSE I can tell you the new W2K exams are a LOT tougher. The new tests are not based on a regurgitation of facts but a clever measure of wide based competence of W2K Server technologies. The Syngress book in the preface does a good job explaining this. Microsoft is trying to separate the wannabees from the dedicated and knowledgeable. A MCSE study guide is just one part of the preparation process. Another is "other souces" such as help files, technet, Microsoft website, white papers,and Resource Kit. Lastly of course is a LOT of real hands on W2K Server experience which can be either on a real or practice network and assumed knowledge of basic networking concepts including tcp/ip. I feel no study guide can cover 100% of what is going to be covered on an exam (maybe 85% to 90%) after all the Resource Kit is 7000 pages long! I do feel though that the Sygress 70-215 book does its part as a great core study guide.
Rating: 1
Summary: Absolute trash
Comment: This book contains as many mistakes as the Windows 2000 Professional book written by these same useless Shinder clowns. After reading the first 3 chapters I realized I was wasting my time reading this muddled garbage and threw the book in the trash where it belongs. I have ordered the Microsoft Training Kit to study for the 70-215 exam. Most of this book is an exact copy of the Windows 2000 Professional book - they haven't even bothered to replace all the "Windows 2000 Professional" parts with "Windows 2000 Server" that they've copied.
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