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Title: Networking Essentials: Hands-On, Self-Paced Training for Supporting Local and Wide Area Networks by Microsoft Corporation, Microsoft Press, Microsoft ISBN: 1-55615-806-8 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: April, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $99.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.11 (9 reviews)

Rating: 3
Summary: The book is a great start but not nearly enough for the exam
Comment: This course does a good job of covering the basics and I liked the end of Chapter reviews, troubleshooting and case studies. However, the questions and examples in the book are way too simplistic to be considered good preparation for the exam.

Rating: 5
Summary: Clear and Concise
Comment: Passed 70-58 first time out with 896 today! This book should be titled the Essential Passing tool for Networking Essentials. Before reading this book and going throught the extensive questions and answers, troubleshooting scenarios, etc., I read Sybex's Networking Essentials and New Riders MCSE Study Guide: Networking Essentials and Exam Cram Networking Essentials. I would have to say that Microsoft's book, along with Exam Cram's and Transcender's practice exams, were a winning combination! This book explained the OSI Model better than Sybex and New Riders. New Riders info on the OSI was not laid out well at all. This book also starts out with an orientation to networks, cabling and then hits the OSI and 802. As far as the reading is concerned, its not so wordy or technical that a non-technical junkie couldn't understand. Out of all the books I read, Microsoft's had the best Troubleshooting section. New Riders, Sybex and Exam Cram were both lacking. Microsoft took a different approach by including troublshooting scenarios at the end of each of the 8 Units....they built upon concepts as you learned them. I highly recommend this book as the book to read in preparation for the 70-58 exam in conjunction with Exam Cram and the Transcender practice exams....combined they are a winning combination!

Rating: 4
Summary: About what I expected
Comment: I just finished reading this book and found it very useful for passing the MS exam. However, I would like to note that I didn't expect the book (and CD-ROM) to be wholly sufficient as a stand-alone exam preparation kit. Instead, I supplemented the text with MS assessment tests and commercially available resources. This aided in "filling in the gaps" where the book didn't provide enough detail. Overall the text is a good read and I would recommend it to anyone preparing to take the exam, albeit with supplemental resource(s). My major dissatisfaction was with the ridiculously easy end-of-chapter questions that did nothing but inflate my ego. Take my word for it, the exam questions are much more challenging