McSe Testprep Exam # 70-68: Windows Nt Server 4 Enterprise (Mcse Testprep Series)

Much of the Enterprise exam focuses on planning and establishing an NT network, and this book follows suit. A third of the material here addresses issues of pre-installation decision making, installation, configuration, and optimization. The protocols--NetBEUI, TCP/IP, IPX/SPX, and AppleTalk--also get lots of attention, and later sections address NT security, RAID, and routing.

Another large portion of this book handles administration. The authors explore rights and policies and then shift to a discussion of increasingly important remote-administration issues. MCSE Training Guide: Windows NT Server 4 Enterprise completely documents Performance Monitor and Network Monitor, which figure prominently on the exam. The book wraps up with troubleshooting on both a macro (how to identify problems) and micro (how to fix specific common Remote Access Server [RAS] problems) level. Each chapter concludes with hands-on exercises and knowledge-testing review questions.

A companion CD-ROM will quiz you on key concepts, keeping score as you go. However, the exam's randomization feature seems weak--it's not unusual to see the same question multiple times in the same exam.

Book Description
This Microsoft-approved, comprehensive training guide contains everything you need to completely prepare for the "Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 in the Enterprise" exam. This guide helps you stay on the cutting edge by taking advantage of the experience and expertise of the masters. Don't wait-learn from the experts and achieve certification. It provides complete coverage of Exam 70-68 including: planning; installation and configuration;managing resources; connectivity; monitoring and optimization; and troubleshooting. The CD-ROM includes the exclusive TestPrep software.

• Prepares administrators for the Enterprise Exam without expensive, time-consuming study courses
• Covers planning, installing, configuring, managing resources, connectivity, monitoring, optimizing, and troubleshooting
• The guide contains hundreds of test questions, lists, tables, notes, tips, and tricks
• Includes the TestPrep exam simulator; random-order test questions to test your knowledge; exam-like questions, objectives, and scoring methods; and electronic flash cards help you study for maximum retention of pertinent information.

Overall a good purchase, as long as it's not your only source and not expensive to own.


Way Too Light-Go for a True M$ Guide   October 2, 2000
I bought the New Riders as a boxed set and up to Enterprise the books appeared adequate. Luckily, I combined my studies with Exam Cram materials as well as company supplied Transcenders. In this case my study techniques paid-off because if I just used this book ...I would have blown the test. It skims over many of the most important concepts that are tested on the exam..the testing software supplied was way too light. This is one test I might push for the actual M$ study guide.


A good source, but...   June 2, 2000
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Overall this is an excellent book to use as your main study guide, but I would also suggest using another source of information. The Enterprise exam that I took had several indepth questions relating to the IIS 3 as well as other topics that were gone over only briefly in the book.

Overall a good purchase, as long as it's not your only source.


Passed Exam   February 14, 2000
 1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I purchased this book and passed 70-068. The exam is tough. Ialso used cramsession and Microsoft TechNet

I wouldrecommend using this book. If you read the entire book and use the exercises and practice hands on.


Lets me wonder how Dennis Maione would write this book   December 9, 1999
 3 out of 3 found this review helpful

This book may be an adaquate study guide for preparing for Exam 70-068, but I don't think it's an excellent one. You'd need use Exam Cram or Transcender exams to get an idea of how the questions would look like in the real test because the Exam Questions at the end of each chapter in this book are too weak and too few.

The contents are not very well organized and some errors are presented in an authorative tone that they are not easy to spot if you don't try it out. Try its comments on the "Forcibly disconnnect remote users ..." option in Account Policy.

I read Sybex (stay away from them) and Dennis Maione's books on Server and Workstation as supplements to Microsoft ILT. Maione's books are an excellent source for a comprehensive knowledge of NT (not just for the sake of passing the test). Though suffering from the same type of Exam Questions, they are very insightful and tell more about "why" rather than "just-do-this-and-don't-ask-why" (which is the impression I got from the labs in MS MOC). In contrast, the chapter on network monitoring in this book is just like repeating what Microsoft says in its Training Kit on the subject (and without the sample exercises in Training Kit). The author's lack of insights, or unwillingness to share them, on the subject are shown in the absence of those Exam Tip and Warning boxes in the margin. However, at least, this is the only study guide I used that covers the subject, which is not a favorite of the real exam but is something that you could be tested on. I had a question on analyzing a sample frame in the real exam.

One reason I use the study guides is to see what insights an author can share with you drawing on his/her experience and expertise and to obtain a perspective different from Microsoft. I don't benefit much this way from this book, although it does cover what you need to study for the exam.