MCSE Windows 2000 Accelerated Study Guide (Exam 70-240) (Book/CD-ROM package)
Author: Tom Shinder, Littlejohn Debra Shinder, Syngress Media Inc, Thomas W. Shinder, Debra Littlejohn Shinder
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ISBN: 0072125004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media (06 October, 2000)
Sales Rank: 27,472
Average Customer Rating: 3.53 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Not as enthusiastic
Looking at the reviews from this book, you would think it is the perfect book to study for the Windows 2000 accelerated exam, but I am not as enthusiastic about it. I would still rate it average to above average, but I have some reservations about 5 stars.My largest reservation with this book is the methodology with which the author's teach. Having written introductory articles and taught classes, the direction taken to explain Active Directory is a bit deplorable. There were moments I had to step back and think about the concepts to stop myself from being confused. Consider this: if an early adopter of Windows 2000 who has programmed against Active Directory needs to go back to the Resource Kit and firm concepts, how confusing could this be to someone who has never touched it?
On the plus side, the book has numerous video lessons (on the CD) along with "real-world" lab exercises. These should help you get through any confusing verbage without too many problems.
One more thing. While I believe this tome to be about average, there is apparently not much competition (looking at reviews of other "error ridden" works). And, despite the sub par teaching style employed in some sections, the audience here is current MCSEs rather than newbies. This alone makes me bump this review up from 3 stars to 4. If the 70-240 exam was available for everyone, I would have to knock this one down a peg or two.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Just what I needed
I am currently an NT4 MCSE, and prior to getting this book I had an 1 week cram course for exam 70-240 provided by my company; the class was good but I needed something I could sit down with and go through at a bit slower pace. This book is just what the doctor ordered. I have not seen other books to compare this against, but this has all that I need. The labs and the CD are great. And the format of the book is easy to follow.
Rating: 2 out of 5
Don't count on this book to pass
The book is less than average, if you count on passing with this big volume...you'd rather think 1000 times before doing so. Their is a lot of missing information especially with the infrastructure and active directory stuff...the easy part is NOT missig. Get a set like sybex.
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