Topics covered: The material Microsoft says you need to understand in order to pass the Implementing and Administering a Windows 2000 Network Infrastructure exam (70-216), including domain names and their resolution with the Domain Name Service (DNS), Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) setup and operation, remote access, routing, and security.

Good for ground up tutorial but should also look elsewhere   April 6, 2004

If you think you can pass the exam with this book alone, don't bet on it unless you have plenty of experience. My advise on anyone who wishes to take this exam should also purchase the 3 Win2k resource kits (TCP/IP, Internetwork, Distributed System) for a very complete coverage on all the topics covered in this book. With these 4 books, I passed the exam on first try and completed CCNA with ease.


Good beginning   March 3, 2004
I believe an excellent job was done of often troubling areas of infrastructure and DNS, and while solid studying is required in addition to simply using this book in order to pass 70-216, this book will get you started


BIG Book, little information.   April 1, 2003
Lots of words, but little useful information. I want a book that gets to the meat, and this is not it. I have been working with Windows for a long time. I think this book was written for a beginner, but I think it would be too confusing. I found the material very wordy and hard to follow. I got this book because of the reviews, I just don't understand how other give it 4 stars.


Be careful of other reviews...   September 15, 2002
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Depending on who you ask, this book will help you pass the 70-216 exam. The author is very good at explaining most of the topics. The print is nice and big so you won't go blind reading it. For those who wish to pass the exam, this book will help.

However, the book does little more than give someone a very basic understanding of the major topics for the exam. Perhaps the biggest fault with this book is that it is very disorganized. Many topics which are related are spread out over several chapters which makes learning the material very confusing. Some of the major topics like RRAS (Routing and Remote Access Server) are very poorly written as well. Do you hate it when you read a book and the author makes reference to a later chapter without fully explaining the point that he/she is trying to teach? There are many such instances of this throughout the entire book.

The diagrams do very little to help show the reader what the author is trying to teach. Unfortunately, the CD is just as bad. The exam questions are good practice though and I like the fact that they are not similar to the real exam. However, many people will not like this fact since the exam is the main reason they would consider purchasing the book. If you're serious about buying a book that will help you learn and pass the 70-216 exam than look elsewhere. If you are a professional with experience who wishes to prepare for the exam, you will find this book lacks detail. If you don't care about long term learning and just wish to pass the exam this book may help you.


Good book. Easy to read   July 11, 2002
  0 out of 1 found this review helpful

Its the best book available now for this test. Easy to read and it covers all the oficial topics. If you're looking a good Study Guide for the 216 test, this is the best choice!

Unfortunatly, CD and Simulation Software that comes whitin is not so good. You can not review your mistakes after taken a test;CD sound's quality or audio is not the best either.

Studying well all this book's topics and also buying and reading Windows 2000 TCP/IP Troubleshooting too, of same authors, you can take the test without any problem or fear.