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Summary: Just Passed 70-210 with THIS book...
Review: I've read some pretty bad reviews on this page and wanted people to know that this book isn't as bad as they're making it out to be. After using this book and the CD provided with the book I was able to pass the 70-210 exam. There were a few things on the exam that weren't covered by the book, but I found them using other resources. The accual exam wasn't as hard as I thought it would be. You can pass using this book as your main resource, you just might want to check out a few web sites about the MCSE or MCSA just to make sure you know your stuff.
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Summary: Not for Test Candidates
Review: If your looking at taking and passing the 70-210 test you'regoing to need a lot more than this book. This book reads more like anowners manual. It tells you where things are located but doesn'treally get into the managing of win2k pro in a work environment, andthat's what you're going to be tested on. It may cover 100% of theexam objectives but not to the depth that you need and the authorsshould know that.If you want a book that will introduce you towin2k pro and have a little extra then you may want this book. Butdon't buy into using it as a study guide for an MCPcertification. You'll be throwing your $... for the test out thewindow.
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Summary: Never exact, full of errors
Review: If your single goal is to pass the exam this book will probably do the job. Do not suspect a well writen reference on the subject. In many instances given explanations miss real depth, and many errors and inconsistencies can be found throughout the book.
Just as if it was quickly written for selling by numbers without a real concern about contents. Occasionally it seems that some subjects were written to fullfil the exam requirements, however, the author did not have the experience with the subject.
The publisher made a smart deal with training centres to use this book as their reference...
- Not recommended -
A few pages of errata can be found on the publishers website, however, many more are still uncovered.
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Summary: Good book, but....3 stars and half
Review: In general is a good book but it have some errors on some chapters, these errors and important omissions can be harmful for you but you can supplement this with the help of the Windows 2000. Something that definitively should to improve is the selftest at end of each chapter, the questions should be more similar to the real exam, more guided to real scenarios, I think that it is the biggest weakness. It is a good book to begin, but it should be supplemented a little.
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Summary: Great Book
Review: In the past, I have used other study guides to prepare for the MCSE exams. This book was as good as, if not better than most of these books. Most of the material on the test was covered and lots of step by step examples are given. The only reason I did not give it 5 stars is due to just a few things that were left out of the book. Use the Transcenders to augment this book and your set.
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Summary: Perfect for the new breed MCSE Exams
Review: Microsoft has raised the bar significantly with the MCSE 2000 exams, which has made it much more difficult to study for these exams. Not that the NT track was easy, but if you knew your facts, you would probably pass. Not so with 2000. The Shinder's book not only covers all of the objectives on the Professional exam, but it teaches it all to you in the same manner that Microsoft tests you on it. The exercises, the real-world type questions, and the CD make this a really comprehensive study tool. I passed the exam using this book, and I'm studying for Server now using their book. So far, it's just as good.
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Summary: Don't depend on this book
Review: The book presents a comparatively superficial overview of the material on the exam. It has nowhere near the depth required to prepare you for this exam. It is virtually a carbon copy of the server (70-215) book in the series. Do not depend on this book alone to prepare you for the exam.
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Summary: This book is a rip-off
Review: The only good thing about this book is the cd-rom which has some nice videos which show you how to do the most important stuff. The book itself is total rubbish. I do not pretend that technical books are error free but in this book, there is no single chapter which is free of errors. It is totally unacceptable to buy an expensive book which instead of helping you to pass the exam, it will as a matter of fact mislead you! If I was the author of this book I would ask the publisher to retire it and compensate all the poor souls who bought it. I passed the exam on the first try with a score of 800 but obviously not thanks to this book but thanks to ExamCram.
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Summary: Perfect book for the test!
Review: This book along with the Exam Cram for 70-210 will easily allow you to pass the test.
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Summary: A great way to home study
Review: This book covers test (70-710) of the Windows 2000 MCP series, and came in a boxed set with it's brothers, Server (70-715), Win2K Infrastructure (70-716), and Directory Services Infrastructure (70-717). The shear size of this block of study guides means I have to push through them at a certain rate or never be finished. Fortunately, the writing style is warm and clear and the book is laid out in such a way that I can sit and work through a chapter in front of my computer, trying the examples, learning and moving on. I have been working my way through this 764 page tome picking up valuable nuggets along the way, and can't wait to cover the next chapter and move on. This entire series is 2900 pages long and will take me around 58 days if I could read at 50 pages per days, but even if I only cover one book of this set per month and take four months to read them, this is a terrific source of high quality and low cost Windows 2000 training. I am enjoying working my way through this book, and can't wait to get to the next in the series once I finish, but first I have this Mastering Windows 2000 Server by Mark Minasi, (1507 pages) to finish. <Sigh> Fifty pages a day and I'll have that one done in a month...then...
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