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Summary: Very Nice Book, I recommend it
Review: This book is very good, I used this book and I pass in the 70-215 exam with a "860" score! But you have to use some additional tools like "TRANSCENDER" (...). The CD that comes with this book is very good but it is not enough.
I found a lot of good white papers in TECHNET (...) and Microsoft Windows 2000 Official Home Page (...).
The Group Policies, Forests, Domain Trees, OU's and Security Groups chapters in this book are not good enough you have to read additional material to get a real understanding of these topics, you will find these informations in the sites described early.
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Summary: Passed the test but not because of this book
Review: This book is very wordy and has several instances of inaccurate information and typo's that make for difficult reading. The test questions in the book and on the CD are mostly ambiguous and often don't give enough information to properly answer the questions. Although I did pass the test, it was mostly because of experience, not because I read this book.
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Summary: Passed the test but not because of this book
Review: This book is very wordy and has several instances of inaccurate information and typo's that make for difficult reading. The test questions in the book and on the CD are mostly ambiguous and often don't give enough information to properly answer the questions. Although I did pass the test, it was mostly because of experience, not because I read this book.
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Summary: A Good one but not the best
Review: This is a very good book, i obtain a scoce of 960 in this examn with this book, the Microsoft Readiness Review and the Transcender, this combination is the best, the only reason that i don't give the five stars to the book is that some times they explain a objective in such a manner that they make it harder to understand, and i realize that reading some information on the net, sorry for my english, just do your best...
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Summary: Good Enough
Review: Using this book, and a brief review using the transcenders I was able to pass the server test without a problem (I got a 900, 660 is passing). Although this book is very similar to the W2K Pro book, and there are some minor factual errors, this is true of most other study guides I have read as well. I was also left wanting a little bit more depth, and received a few questions on the exam that I didn't remember reading related material about in this book, but not enough to keep me from passing by a long shot. As always, hands-on experience is also helpful, but this book is definately sufficient for the exam!
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Summary: Followup to my previous review.
Review: Yesterday I sat for, and passed, the 70-215 exam. Thankfully the web is full of sites dedicated to the MCSE certification that offer both free and pay-for practice exams, study guides, etc., because I can say as someone who has just done it, that this book **does not** contain nearly enough technical information to give you what you need to pass the current exam (as of 4-2001) even if you memorized the entire book. The depth and breadth of content is sorely lacking in this book, and there are many errors and omissions. Use it as a baseline to acquaint yourself with the basic principles, but do yourself a favor and utilize the web to dig up as many free practice exams as you can and practice, practice, practice. A great site is 2000exams.com which currently offers 7 different practice tests for the 70-215, each with a slightly different focus, and each does a good job of explaining the right and wrong answers. Then when you feel proficient, try to get your hands on the Transcender exams, because I found it to be the closest at simulating the style and content of the real-life exam. Happy studying, and good luck!!
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