McSe Training Kit: Microsoft Windows 2000 Accelerated

By Microsoft Corporation

This self-paced official Microsoft study guide pools the most relevant lessons from the study guides for core MCSE exams 70-210 (Windows 2000 Professional), 70-215 (Windows 2000 Server) 70-216... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735612498
• ISBN13: 9780735612495
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Microsoft Pr
• Length: 1546 Pages
• Weight: 5.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 3.3" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

Fantastic

This is the only book you need to pass all the MCSA requirements (except for iis, which only makes up for 2 questions on the 218 exam)and THE perfect book to use to pass the MCSE core requirements. Well layed out, thorough this book has it all. For people that find it dry.. my advise find a new career. Running a Microsoft box is the most easiest and straight forward thing in the world compared to solaris/linux/(unix). Yes Win 2k and MMC can be your new best friends that'll help you earn 50k a year. Comes with a copy of Win 2k Server which alone is worth the bookprice.Certs:MCSAA+ and NET+SCSACCNA

Passed 70-240

This is a hefty book. It not only weighs a ton it covers an enormous amount of material. It's hard to believe it was written by a single author. While I agree with some reviewers that it covers much that an MCSE should already know, it doesn't hurt to review the material. Not everyone will have used the same features and skills in their career so covering the basics of some features isn't a bad thing.The book is fairly well written and has only a few errors and typos, something that other books have in abundance. In fact the test had several errors, more than the book did. I saw one question that I don't remember being covered in the book, so most everything is in there.I'm still amazed that it took me 3 hours to pass the test, I regularly breeze through these types of tests. But, if you read the whole book and UNDERSTAND everything that it discusses, success on the test is guaranteed. Read the whole thing, DNS DHCP RAS and others are different in Win2K than they were in NT.Good luck on the test.

Passed 70-240 w/This Book as Primary Tool

I passed 70-240 last week in 3.5+ hours. It was the toughest MS test I have taken yet but it is definately passable. 70-240 is made up of 4 separate tests; Pro, Server, AD, NetInf and this book is broken up in that manner to help you pass. It's 1400 pages of Chapters and you need every page! This book is the most comprehensive I saw and WILL, if read and studied, guarentee you pass. I would not use this exclusivley - I read some Technet articles and stuff, but that was all free. This is all you have to pay for to pass 70-240.

See Microsoft does care.

Windows 2000. Windows 2000, Windows 2000. This seems to be the IT phrase of the year and the certification seems to be one of the hardest to attain. Microsoft Press has taken the opportunity to publish on of the foremost extensive books on an exam they created.There is over 1500 pages, written by Microsoft Engineers, and the book is broken down into 4 parts, 1 is Windows 2000 Professional, 2 is Network Infrastructure, 3 is Active Directory and 4 is 2000 Server. This covers the following exams, 70-210, 70-215, 216, and 217. The first thing this book covers is the requirements of the 70-240 exam and what you need to do and what happens based on your exam results. Each chapter has several lesson and hands=on exercises and review questions to make sure you have a good handle on the material.One thing to keep in mind is that you can re-do any lesson and work at your pace. The book is well researched and well documented and should make the exam material easier to comprehend.There are 2 cd-roms included, the first has an 120-day evaluation of 2000 server and the other is filled with supplemental files that correspond to different sections in the book. It might be hard to find a better book on the subject that this one.

The legend continues...

As all of the Microsoft series self-paced training kits, this book's value is not only the perfect way it's been written but also the information a Windows 2000 Administrator can find for the every-day tasks that he is asked to perform. Just read it carefully, understand what you read and you will not miss the exam! Keep it on your book-shelves and be sure that you'll need it many times even if you've passed the exam.