IIS 4.0 Rapid Review Study Guide

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Summary: Excellent book
Review: As an instructor I highly recommend this book. Rapid Review is an excellent supplement to the Microsoft™ official curriculum. The easy to read format coupled with the review and excercise activities included at the end of each chapter provide full understanding of the topics necessary to successfully complete the IIS exam.

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Summary: Workbook format without the necessary detail
Review: I enjoyed this book. It was very well written with few mistakes. This is a tough test and not to be taken lightly. I would recommend this book and the trancenders and you should be good. Don't bother with the MOC.

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Summary: This book is all you need!
Review: I had NO experience with his software before taking the exam. I bought this book after reading the reviews, and found it to be a tremendous value.

This is a difficult exam! I failed it the first time, because I used inadequate materials (Exam Cram, MS Curriculum materials).

This book contains all the information you need to pass the exam. After a thorough re-review using this material only, I easily passed the second time. My confidence level increased dramatically.

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Summary: IIS 4.0 Rapid Review Study Guide
Review: I liked the book. It was the second one I read on IIS 4. The subject was well covered. I felt prepared for the test. Of course the idea that all you need is to read one book and you will pass is nonsense, unless you have a lot of experience with the product. Yes, there were a few errors, but every MCSE book I've read has them. What I liked most about the book was the way complex issues were explaned. I kept saying to myself as I read, "OK, now I understand". Everything was helpful, nothing I didn't need to know. The pactice test on the CD was quite helpful as well.

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Summary: Disappointing
Review: I must admit that I was pretty dissapointed with this book. I found it difficult to read compared with the Exam Cram series. Most of the mistakes in the book are in the Review Questions. Not a good place to have errors! I just may give up on this book and move on. I'm over half way through it and don't rally feel like I've learned anything.

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Summary: Pretty good
Review: Pretty impressive book that covers the major topic areas and is laid out sensibly. Could have dealt with some of the topics in more detail and the sample site on the CD could have been more "involved". But again this is a rapid review! I would give it 4.5 stars but this is not available. Let down by some minor errors (The major ones are published on the website). PS I passed the IIS exam with 850'ish and this was my major text book with some "braindumps"

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Summary: A must have for passing IIS 4.0
Review: This book throughly expains IIS 4.0 inside and out in terms that even a non technical person could understand. I read Exam Cram and Sybex series on IIS 4.0 and this has got them both beat. Even if you dont have access to IIS and NT Server and cant do the hands on exercises (which are great) you will still get all the info you need to pass the exam. The great thing is you dont have to wade through alot of junk you dont need to know. As the book claims "This is all you need to pass IIS 4.0". The practice quiestions at the back of the chapter and on the CD are also good. It helped me to pass my last exam and now I am MCSE! Randy McHugh A+,MCSE and MCP+I

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Summary: good, but not good enough
Review: This is a great review book and intro book to IIS 4.0, but it will not cover enough material for the actual exam. My strategy to pass consisted of this book, actual practice and creation of my own web site using IIS, Transcenders, and brain dumps from the internet. Ultimately, the book gave me a good understanding of the app, but it was the brain dumps that saved the day.

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Summary: good, but not good enough
Review: this was a good book......even for me, a midget. it helped me pass my test, now i'm mcse! this and transcender is all you need. it worked for me and remember.....i'm a midget.