Microsoft Windows Nt Server 4.0 Enterprise Technologies Training Kit (Training Kit)

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Summary: The editors could have put into more efforts
Review: An adaquate but not outstanding preparation book. The editors could have put into more efforts. As some other MS MOC I have read, it's not well-organized. A same topic (domain sync, browser, WINS, trust, etc.) is usually discussed two or more times in different chapters, with varied depth and sporadic inconsistencies. A bit misleading is that network monitoring takes up too many pages (1/6) compared with its significance in the exam (1/25 adaptive?). If you want an MS refrence on NT Server, you'd be better off buying the RK. In fact, this book draws heavily on the RK. Of course, for exam preparation, you don't want to be bogged down in the wealth of info in the RK, either.

Rating:
Summary: Not at the same level as usual from MS Press
Review: Fair book, however falls short of the usual high standards by Microsoft Press. This book has been written by an outside company on behalf of MS Press. Too many words and repetitive writing and a large amount of errors is the downfall of this book. Check out http://mspress.microsoft.com/support and run a search based on the book title. This will reveal some of the shortcomings of this edition.

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Summary: Use with prior NT experience and ISBN 0-7356-0539-4
Review: This kit from MS is pretty loaded with theory and core info - trying to read it quickly in a cram situation could be detremental to ones health.

The test was a pretty nasty 90 minutes, it has been changed back to 50 or 55 questions - it is no longer adaptive.

I was amazed at the sheer number of seemingly trick questions I ran into on the actual exam.

Again, like most of the exams, I used Transcenders in conjunction with book material - The multimedia CD-ROM is pretty thin on content with this kit, but it did lock in "local" and "global" group theory successfully.

For additional sample questions to cross reference with this kit try ISBN 0-7356-0539-4, MCSE Readiness Review Exam 70-068 Windows NT 4.0 Server Enterprise by Microsoft Press.

This was the hardest of the tests so far - the others taking me about 25 minutes to complete - this one took about 90 minutes.