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| MCSA/MCSE Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment Exam Cram 2 (Exam Cram 70-292) | 
| Authors: Bruce Parrish, Kirk Hausman, Ed Tittel
Publisher: Que
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (7 reviews)
Sales Rank: 690200
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3
Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 5.9 x 1.1
ISBN: 0789730111
Dewey Decimal Number: 005.4476
UPC: 029236730116
EAN: 9780789730114
ASIN: 0789730111
Publication Date: November 14, 2003
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Product Description
Your resource to upgrading your MCSE or MCSA Certification to Windows Sever 2003! Join the ranks of readers who have trusted Exam Cram 2 to their certification preparation needs! The MCSA/MCSE Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment Exam Cram 2 is focused on what you need to know to pass the 70-292 upgrade exam for Windows Server 2003. The Exam Cram 2 Method of Study provides you with a concise method to learn the exam topics. The book includes tips, exam notes, acronyms and memory joggers in order to help you pass the exam. Included in the MCSA/MCSE Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment Exam Cram 2: - A tear-out "Cram Sheet" for last minute test preparation.
- Two complete practice exams and answer keys with key explanations.
- The PrepLogic Practice Tests, test engine to simulate the testing environment and test your knowledge.
Trust in the series that has helped many others achieve certification success - Exam Cram 2.
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With a new crop of Microsoft Windows servers comes a new assortment of related Microsoft exams. Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000 helps prepare you for the title exam by going through the exam's published objectives one by one, reviewing key concepts, facts, and procedures. As well, the book (and its accompanying CD-ROM) provide sample questions in the style of the exam. These come in handy for diagnostic purposes, and for visualizing the test day in advance. The only problem with the questions is that their answers appear (with discussion, to the credit of the authors) on the same page, making it hard to test yourself without sneaking a peek in advance. Bruce Parrish and Kirk Hausman--under the supervision of Ed Tittel, who started the Exam Cram series--assume that you have either some relevant experience or a lab environment on which to practice. They point out key features of the environment they're teaching without wasting time on subjects that aren't covered on the exam, making this more of a guided tour of highlights than a comprehensive manual. They also assume that the reader is going for an upgrade, and so note how various aspects of Windows 2003 are different from similar parts of Windows 2000 (it's a "delta book," one that focuses on what's changed since the last version, in other words). When they include a procedure--how to set up a DNS server, for example--their style relies heavily on steps to follow, and usually has an illustration to reassure the reader that the right thing is appearing on-screen. --David Wall Topics covered: The Microsoft-stated goals of the Managing and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Environment for an MCSA Certified on Windows 2000 exam (70-292). These include Active Directory and its administration, network services like DNS and DHCP, security and access control, and administrative procedures such as backups.
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 Very Little Help February 8, 2007
I passed many a test using the Exam Cram books, but this one was no help. It's more like a review and missing many details found on the test.
great basic coverage of all objectives June 27, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I failed this test twice, so I'm more familiar with the test than I wanted to be, and definitely in a position to say whether or not this book covers the material. Well, it depends on how you use the book. This test is fairly difficult. I base this on the fact that out of the 7 Microsoft exams I've taken previously, I had only ever failed one (the SQL Admin test) before. I think it *should* be hard, because it encompasses four other tests. That's the point of an upgrade test, right? Anyway, this book does not cover absolutely everything that you might encounter on the test. I doubt that there's a book that does. It even omits some things that I think should be included, like EMS and MBSA. However, it packs a lot of great material for each objective into only about 200 pages. I would certainly recommend doing other studying in conjunction with using this book (as does the author) but if you want a great overview, this book is very easy to read, has good coverage of a lot of the new 2003 features, such as the new command line tools, points you to other resources when you need additional information on a subject, and in many cases, puts the emphasis on exactly the right things.
 Not enough! May 25, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Smartcards, IPSec, default SOA settings....all these subject matters as well as a bunch of others were not even addressed in this book! Yet, the 70-292 exam tested you on all of these.
I passed all of the Win2k exams using Exam Cram series books, and I always felt there was simply too much material in the books, and it was not necessary to read every page.
Now it's not nearly enough. They are well written, organized and accurate. However, fall way short. I, too, use the operating system, puchased a video, surf the net for subject matter, and I was still surprised on the exam.
I'm getting the feeling that Microsoft is pulling questions for the upgrade exams from the pool of questions of the 4 core exams. Hardly seems fair.
I don't have the time or the money to guess which book has which material and read all of it. I need one product that thoroughly prepares me for the exam, and not have to guess what is and is not on the exam.
Exam Cram does not accomplish this goal. Otherwise they should change their slogan to: "The Exam Cram Method of study focuses on SOME of what you need to get certified now." Not very punchy anymore, is it.
This book will not help to pass the test period. June 2, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I took the test today and I failed miserably. I am certified NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 MCSE. I thought the book was good but was off the mark to pass Microsoft test 70-292.
Once again, the Transcender tests are the only thing to use to pass the test. It is not the fault of the Exam Cram series but the way Microsoft writes the question. This test (70-292) was poorly written by Microsoft and some of the questions and choices were very confusing.
 Lets redress the balance here. March 27, 2004
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Having used this book to good effect I too thought I should come back and redress the balnce in ratings on this book as others have done. There is nothing wrong here, don't use it as a single source make sure you read widely and have some hands on. The only cruel joke in these pages emerges from Denver.
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