Offering a full coverage of all exam objectives in a systematic approach, so you can be confident that you're getting the instruction you need to take Microsoft's new MCTS exam (70-620), this book is packed with practical guidance and hands-on exercises to reinforce critical skills. Exclusive WinSim Vista Simulator allows you to perform a number of the exercises in a simulated environment, real-world scenarios put what you've learned in the context of actual job roles, and challenging review questions in each chapter prepare you for exam day. 
For Instructors: Teaching supplements are available for this title.

MCTS Microsoft Windows Vista Client Configuration Study Guide: Exam 70-620

Computers & Technology

Donald, Lisa

Chellis, James

Aldridge, Michael

Evitt, Josh

Certification

Sybex

Candidates for Windows Server 2008 certification take a foundation-level Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification and a job-role specific certification: Microsoft Certified Information Technology Professional (MCITP). You need to pass five exams. The MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator Certification Kit contains all the tools you need to pass these exams: MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory Configuration Study Guide, MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure Configuration Study Guide, MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Application Platform Configuration Study Guide, MCTS: Microsoft Windows Vista Client Configuration Study Guide, and MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator Study Guide.

MCITP: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Administrator Certification Kit

Stidley, Joel

Panek, William

JOHNSON, STEVEN

Wentworth, Tylor

Sybex, Inc.

Supplies practice questions for the Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Windows NT Server 4 in the Enterprise exam (Exam 70-68) for the MCSE and includes test-simulation software on the CD-ROM. Original. (Advanced)

MCSE Test Success(TM): NT Server 4 in the Enterprise

Operating Systems

Provides a method for testing and reinforcing knowledge and understanding of the Microsoft Certified System Engineer exam, covering implementing and support of Microsoft Windows NT Server 4, and includes test-simulation software on the CD-ROM. (Advanced)

MCSE Test Success(TM): NT Server 4

Bruce Moran, a Microsoft Certified Trainer, shows readers all they need to know to pass the MCSE Implementing and Support Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4 exam. The test-simulation software on the CD-ROM provides a method for testing and reinforcing the candidate's knowledge and understanding.

McSe Test Success: Nt Workstation 4

Lammle, Todd

Cabiroy, Frank

Moran, Bruce

This expanded and improved second edition contains 200 pages of new material. Implementing and Supporting Microsoft NT Server 4 in the Enterprise is one of the four core requirements of the MCSE certification. The CD-ROM includes a sample test program and information resources .

McSe: Nt Server 4 in the Enterprise Study Guide

Here's the most effective way to make sure you're ready for the Implementing and Supporting Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0 exam, one of the required exams for the MCSE+Internet certification and a key elective for the MCSE certification. After you've studied with courses or study guides, reinforce your knowledge with concise summaries of all the key information you need to know, hundreds of thought-provoking study questions, and challenging sample exam questions that prepare you for the real thing.

MCSE Test Success: Internet Information Server 4

Here's the fastest and most efficient way to get yourself ready to take the MCSE-preparation courses. Use the MCSE Jumpstart to get up to speed on what you need to know before you take the MCSE-preparation courses. This book provides a thorough grounding in computer and network basics, from processors, memory, and hard-drive types through bridges and routers. You'll learn what the components of computers are, which components affect which aspects of the computer's performance, and how networks harness the power of multiple PCs and peripherals. Features a spread-based design for easy assimilation of information. Great for both classroom use and self-study.

MCSE JumpStart: Computer and Network Basics

While not quite up to the value of the other core MCSE books thanks to a wrongheaded effort to be all things to all people, the third edition of MCSE: NT Server 4 in the Enterprise Study Guide is still a solid reference for those looking to pass the notoriously tricky Enterprise exam. In other words, the sensible, efficient writing that graces the Workstation, Server, and Networking Essentials is still here, it's just that there's not nearly enough of it.
 The Sybex Study Guides are famed for being accessible to both the neophyte and the advanced field techie, and this book is no exception. Lisa Donald and James Chellis bring you through the basic concepts of NT Server, from setting up printer pools to NetWare interoperability to monitoring and optimizing NT networking performance. The writing is very lucid but extremely dense, varying mildly in quality; the section on NetWare interoperability stands among the best explanations around (even if it unnecessarily shunts File And Print Services For NetWare into a footnote), while the sections on DHCP servers and RAS will probably require more than a few rereadings before you get them down. Several hands-on exercises help flesh out your comprehension, but many of the exercises require more than one computer... which is a reasonable assumption, given that this is an exam that's supposed to test your knowledge of how thousands of networked computers interact. 
 (Incidentally, sharp-eyed surfers may note that the reader reviews of previous editions have complained of numerous technical errors; the four pages of errata that marred the second edition have been corrected here. No worries, mate.) 
 Unfortunately, the book was written to straddle both worlds and services neither fully; it seems to want to be a complete reference for someone who's completely unfamiliar with NT Server, while still trying to provide content for the advanced Enterprise topics. As such, it falls between the cracks, providing a lot of redundant data on topics like printing, user management, and permissions--things that have already been covered quite thoroughly in their NT Server and Workstation books. The space given to those chapters eats up valuable pages, and doesn't allow the guide to explore in nearly as much detail on advanced topics (like Enterprise-style troubleshooting, Network Monitor, and DHCP) as it should. Unfortunately, this takes away from the "one-stop shop" nature that is the hallmark of the other core MCSE books from Sybex. The nature of this makes it a fine introduction to Enterprise topics, but a more advanced and thorough book will most likely be needed if you want to guarantee a passing grade. 
 The end-of-chapter questions are flawed simply because they're, well, simple. The Enterprise exam is famed for having large, complex scenario questions designed to confuse the rookies, and the Sybex questions tend to lean more toward the baldly factual--i.e., "What RAS callback option provides the greatest level of security?" There is a chapter devoted to troubleshooting, but even there the questions are elementary. If you know your troubleshooting skills are weak--or, worse yet, have never troubleshot--a supplementary book to bolster this area would probably be in order. (Incidentally, the secondary nature of this guide isn't a reflection on poor writing, though--few study guides cover all areas equally, and reading more than one book to prepare for an exam is generally a good idea.) 
 Overall, this is a wonderful effort whose aim is just a little off. If you're looking to start somewhere, this is a good choice that will probably get you to 80 percent of where you need to be--and, in fact, many people have passed the exam using this book alone. But when you're the one paying $100 a pop.... --William Steinmetz

MCSE: NT Server 4 in the Enterprise Study Guide, 3rd edition

Computer Science

Offers coverage of exam objectives and includes pre-assessment exams, review questions, and sample exams.

MCSE: Windows 2000 Professional Study Guide Exam 70-210 (With CD-ROM)

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