Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 800 pages
- Published by: Syngress
- Edition: 1st Edition July 2003
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 1932266607
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-1932266603
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Book Dimensions:
9.1 x 7.3 x 2 inches
- Weighs: 3.7 pounds
Product Description
MCSA/MCSE Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment: Exam 70-290 Study Guide and DVD Training System is a one-of-a-kind integration of text, DVD-quality instructor led training, and Web-based exam simulation and remediation. This system gives you 100% coverage of the official
Microsoft 70-290 exam objectives plus test preparation
software for the edge you need to pass the exam on your first try.
In June, 2003
Microsoft will launch beta exams for the Windows Server 2003 certification line. Exams will likely go live the following August and September. This launch is a comprehensive revamping of the MCSE (
Microsoft Certified System Enginner) track with all new core exams and all new electives. In addition, the MCSA (
Microsoft Certified System Administrator) certification will expand its program to include an additional upgrade exam for MCSAs wanting to become MCSEs.
The launch of this new certification track means that all current MCSEs, representing an installed base of approximately 200,000 (source: MCP Magazine) will need to recertify under Windows Server 2003. In addition, any MCP looking to become an MCSE--estimates are about 1.2 million (source: MCP Magazine)--will also have to continue their certifications under the new program.
Many industry experts expect the Windows 2003 certification, and product line as well, to be a more popular track since many organziations are still using NT and plan to skip 2000 and go directly to 2003.
* DVD Provides a "Virtual Classroom": Get the benefits of instructor led training at a fraction of the cost and hassle.
* Guaranteed Coverage of All Exam Objectives: If the topic is listed in
Microsoft's Exam 70-290 objectives, it is covered here.
* Fully Integrated Learning: This system includes a study guide, DVD training and Web-based practice exams.
About The Author
Debra Littlejohn Shinder (MCSE) is a technology consultant, trainer, and writer who has authored a number of books on networking, including Scene of the Cybercrime: Computer Forensics Handbook, published by Syngress Publishing (ISBN: 1-931836-65-5). Thomas W. Shinder M.D. (MVP, MCSE) is a computing industry veteran who has worked as a trainer, writer, and a consultant for Fortune 500 companies including FINA Oil, Lucent Technologies, and Sealand Container Corporation. Tom was a Series Editor of the Syngress/Osborne Series of Windows 2000 Certification Study Guides and is author of the best selling books Configuring ISA Server 2000: Building Firewalls with Windows 2000 (Syngress Publishing, ISBN: 1-928994-29-6) and Dr. Tom Shinder's ISA Server and Beyond (ISBN: 1-931836-66-3). Chris Peiris (MVP) currently lectures on Distributed Component Architectures (.NET, J2EE & CORBA) at Monash University, Caulfield, Victoria, Australia. He also works as an independent consultant for .NET and EAI implementations. He is been awarded the title "
Microsoft Most Valuable Professional" (MVP) for his contributions to .NET Technologies. Will Schmied, (BSET, MCSE, CWNA, TICSA, MCSA, Security+, Network+, A+), is the president of Area 51 Partners, Inc., a provider of wired and wireless networking implementation, security and training services to businesses in the Hampton Roads, Virginia area.
Reader ReviewsI purchased this book based on the strength of its recommendations here. Now that I've taken the test, I'm disappointed. The book appears to be out of date as several topics that were on the exam are NOT covered in the book. Microsoft has added things on Software Update Services, Distributed File Sharing, and Scripting to the exam that are nowhere to be found in the pages of this 977 page tome. In addition, I found several things that conflict with other study guides, Microsoft's published materials (MDSN, TechNet), and the Windows Server 2003 help files. Although the book has a set of practice questions at the end of each chapter, in many cases their "correct" answer was wrong (based on additional research and conversations with other MCSA/MCSE's). When I wrote Syngress asking for an explanation about the discrepancies (twice), I never received a response. I'd recommend you look elsewhere if you hope to pass.
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