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Title: MCSE Windows 2000 Core Four Boxed Set (Exams 70-210, 70-215, 70-216, 70-217) by Syngress Media Inc ISBN: 0-07-212615-9 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media Pub. Date: 18 August, 2000 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 4 List Price(USD): $159.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.14 (22 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: ALMOST PERFECT
Comment: I bought this core set...and gave it 4 stars
There is no core set that covers the core four windows 2000 exams for a 100%. But i think that this core set from Syngress is the best study pack out there. It has only one flaw: the windows 2000 server study guide. This one ok, but it explains IIS 5 and network printing poorly. The rest of the pack (Pro, AD services and Network admin) is just great. If you need more info about IIS 5 and printing, you must check the Tech Net or online help for IIS 5 and printing, and then you are fine. Nevertheless, the Syngress Server 2000 study guide is a good prep tool.
I had the New Riders Windows 2000 server study guide, wich explained IIS 5 and printing pretty well, so i was lucky.
I can give some windows 2000 mcse core set study tips: Forget the Sybex books.. they stink. Forget the New Riders core study guides. They contain a lot of errors. Only the New Riders' Windows 2000 server training Guide from Dennis Maione has good info. (see above)
And how about the MS Training Kits. They are expensive and pretty boring. Be carefull with The Coriolis Prep Guides and forget the (in)famous exam crams. Windows 2000 exams are difficult!!, and just craming data will not get you there. Alan Carter's Study System is good, but caution, it only prepares you for the Server and Pro 2000 exams. IT WILL NOT PREPARE YOU for the AD services and Network administration exams Alan Carter has lost it: His nt 4 study guide (3 exams) was the best, but his new Study System covers only 50% of the core 4 windows 2000 exams (his explains AD services and Network admin at an introduction level)
My advice: Buy The Syngress core set if you are going for the core four exams of the windows 2000 track. You will save money, and you WILL be prepared. And if you want more, ($$$ !!) buy the Transcender.com prep exams.. then you will pass the exams in no time with a 101 %
Ciao
Rating: 4
Summary: Decent Set of Books
Comment: Have been reading the books since I purchased them a bit of a month ago, and first of all I am rating them in a set instead of individually. For those who don't know, the 4 core tests have a good dea of information that repeat, so you read one book (say Server) and then read Pro, you are going to get some repeat. So be aware of this, this isn't the authors just stuffing books to make extra money, it is just how the tests work. A friend of mine took the test for Pro on accident and passed it, he was studying Server however, so they do mingle together a bit.
My only thing to really add is read the books, atleast Pro, Server, and AD before taking either one of the tests, you will have a much better understanding because sometimes one book is lacking in an explination of a topic, and then the other explains it in detail. So in the end I give the set 4 stars, and would recommend it to anyone that wants to learn 2000 and pass the tests.
Rating: 1
Summary: Don't buy these Books!!!
Comment: Poorly written and filled with errors. It is a huge waste of money to buy these books. The guides from the Microsoft press are much better and what I would recommend.
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