MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit: (Exam 70-297); Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure [With CDROM]

by Walter Glenn, Microsoft Corporation, Michael T. Simpson

Book Overview

Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCP Exam 70-297--and on the job--with this official Microsoft study guide. Work at your own pace through a system of lessons, case-study scenarios, and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0735619700
• ISBN13: 9780735619708
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: Microsoft Press
• Length: 700 Pages
• Weight: 2.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.6" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

For preparation to final exam of MCSE 2003

The book is different from earlier MCSE 2003 exam book. Contains less exact data, contains more overview of having complex idea of designing a new infrastructure. This is a typical closing exam book for having MCSE 2003, for the ones, who not mastering the Security aspects. For Security aspects, there exist another exam book 70-298, that I have no oppinion about. It is also assumed, that the exam will be new to earlier one. I expect having more situation tasks instead of having multiple choice questions. It will soon turn out. Tyke Fenderson

Great Information

Very well written with guidelines and tools to assist you in your study, especially liked the notes on what to focus on for taking test, questions at the end of each chapter were also an added bonus. Highly recommend this book, well structured and detailed.

I used this book as secondairy source of information.

I've done an semi instructer led classroom training, where I recieved the Microsoft official Course book (MOC) aswell. I used this book to lookup the subjects that weren't covered in the MOC book. Also after the training with the MOC was finished I used this book to read up about the subjects I failed in the test exams, because this book has a different way of explaning things. I had to do the exam twice because without being in an enterprise it is hard to relate to the subjects.

Good place to start your study for the 70-297

Overall this book is a good place to start your 70-297 study. When I study for exams I us a combination of book study and practice tests such as the readiness review CD included with this title. My personal favorite testing software for Microsoft exams is the SelfTest Software products (who also writes the offical Microsoft testing materials). Based on my current experience with the 70-297 Selftest program, most of the question reference are based on the Windows Server Deployment Reource Kit - a hefty collection of books that go indepth on all the various aspects of deploying windows. Bottom line is that you might want to cut out the middle man (ie. the MS 70-297 training kit) and invest in the Windows Server Deployment Reource Kit instead. The worst part about the kit is that the Readiness review test is flawed when it comes to taking a test in the Certification mode - this mode is supposed to simulate a real test environment, however the 30 minute time limit to answer 90 questions is extremely unrealistic. That works out to 3 questions/min in a scenario based test environment. Last time I checked the real tests were aloted 2 hours for the test.