MCSE Designing a Windows 2000 Directory Services Infrastructure for Dummies

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Summary: Accurate but not in depth.
Review: This book is accurate with VERY few errors. It covers all the topics required for the exam but not in the depth required to pass the exam. This book is good on installation and configuration issues but weak on the theory behind topics such as WINS and IP ADDRESSING. This being my first MCSE 2000 exam, I failed it the first time around. A lot of question that came out weren't covered in the book. This book should be complemented with another book. I read Mark Minasi's Windows 2000 server(Fantastic book, I give it a triple 5 star rating). I passed the exam second time around. A WORD OF WARNING MCSE 2000 EXAMS ARE MUCH MORE DEMANDING THAN PREVIOUS EXAMS. I HAD A FIXED LENGTH EXAM 55 QUESTIONS IN 2HOURS 35 MINUTES. I FINISHED WITH 1 MINUTE TO SPARE. THE REASON IS THAT A GOOD 85% OF THE QUESTIONS ARE SCENARIO BASED,WITH MULTIPLE ANSWERS. THIS REQUIRES ATTENTION TO DETAIL ALSO AFTER 90 MINUTES YOU ARE MENTALLY DRAINED.

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Summary: Excellent book!
Review: This book is very well written, easy to read, and covers the subject matter perfectly. Anyone who has at least a little bit of AD experiance and reads this book should have no problems passing the exam.

Rating:
Summary: Excellent book!
Review: With the the seemingly little selection of quality prep books for the design exams, I wasn't expecting much-- but I must say I was pleasantly surprised. This book covered exactly what it was intended for, not the "how's", but the "why's" you will be expected to know for this exam. Just like the author says, don't take this exam until you have passed the AD implementation first. I found this book clear, concise, VERY accurate, and doesn't take long at all to read the entire book. It has the right combination of what you need to pass, without having to read 1,000 pages. It seems that the Dummies books may now be the best "exam crams" for W2K, judging by reviews for the other Dummies books. Now if they would just hurry up and make the Network Design book!

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Summary: Probably the best Dir. Services exam prep so far...
Review: With the the seemingly little selection of quality prep books for the design exams, I wasn't expecting much-- but I must say I was pleasantly surprised. This book covered exactly what it was intended for, not the "how's", but the "why's" you will be expected to know for this exam. Just like the author says, don't take this exam until you have passed the AD implementation first. I found this book clear, concise, VERY accurate, and doesn't take long at all to read the entire book. It has the right combination of what you need to pass, without having to read 1,000 pages. It seems that the Dummies books may now be the best "exam crams" for W2K, judging by reviews for the other Dummies books. Now if they would just hurry up and make the Network Design book!