- Paperback: 1072 pages
- Publisher: Microsoft Press; 1 edition (17 Sep 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0735614393
- ISBN-13: 978-0735614390
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 19.4 x 5.1 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCP Exam 70-291—and on the job—with this official Microsoft study guide. Work at your own pace through a system of lessons, hands-on exercises, troubleshooting labs, and review questions.
The Readiness Review Suite on CD, featuring advanced technology from MeasureUp, provides 425 challenging questions for in-depth self-assessment and practice. You can choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on specific objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including a learning path that describes how and where to focus your studies.
You also get expert exam tips plus a full review section inside the book that covers all objectives and sub-objectives.
Maximize your performance on Exam 70-291 by learning how to:
- Install and configure TCP/IP
- Use DHCP to manage IP addressing
- Configure and manage DNS clients, servers, and zones
- Manage routing and remote access, including VPNs
- Implement and administer security procedures
- Monitor traffic, troubleshoot connectivity, and resolve service issues
Readiness Review Suite Includes 425 practice questions on CD
Your kit includes:
- NEW—Self-paced study guide with complete objective-by-objective review plus expert exam tips
- NEW—Readiness Review Suite featuring 425 questions and multiple testing options
- NEW—Case studies and troubleshooting scenarios for real-world expertise
- NEW—180-day evaluation version of Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
- NEW—Windows Server 2003 Sampler, with excerpts from Microsoft Press reference books
- NEW—eBook in PDF format
- NEW—Microsoft Encyclopedia of Security eBook
- Microsoft Encyclopedia of Networking, Second Edition, eBook
A Note Regarding the CD or DVD
The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.
About the Author
J.C. Mackin, MCITP, MCSE, MCT, has 10+ years' experience with Microsoft networks and is an IT consultant, trainer, and author.
Ian McLean, MCITP, MCDBA, MCT, has 40+ years of experience in the education and IT industries. He has coauthored numerous Self-Paced Training Kits covering Windows Server, Windows® client, Microsoft Exchange Server, and SQL Server® technologies.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This review is for the 70-291 book not for 70-284, as for some reason reviews for the 70-284 book have ended up here.
The 70-291 book was a very good study guide and reference book, I would recommend it to anyone taking this the 70-291 exam. Everything is covered very well and it certainly should help get you through the exam. However, please don't expect to use this book as a sole study guide, you do need additional study material. While this book covers pretty much everything, a book on its own is not sufficient to pass the exam.
The only downside of this book is some of the practices are setup where you need to have a connection to two separate phone lines. I didn't have two phone lines so pretty much had gloss over these practices, but because I had additional study material I was still able to cover everything to a good degree.
The 70-291 book was a very good study guide and reference book, I would recommend it to anyone taking this the 70-291 exam. Everything is covered very well and it certainly should help get you through the exam. However, please don't expect to use this book as a sole study guide, you do need additional study material. While this book covers pretty much everything, a book on its own is not sufficient to pass the exam.
The only downside of this book is some of the practices are setup where you need to have a connection to two separate phone lines. I didn't have two phone lines so pretty much had gloss over these practices, but because I had additional study material I was still able to cover everything to a good degree.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
As always, the MSPress self study training kits are excellent to prepare for exams, but for the 70-291 exam do not reccomend that you rely on the included measureup tests to assess your exam readiness.
I used the one provided with the book and purchased the latest version from measureup.com. even though I understood the materials in the sample exams pretty well, and could get over 95% in the sample tests, I failed the exam on first sitting, as the measureup tests did not seem to relate to the materials in the exam. I guess that MS has very recently changed the question pool for the 70-291 exam.
That said, I have re-read the book concentrating on the materials I had in my first exam, and used other sample papers and passed 2nd time with 890 out of 1000.
This is unusual, as I have had excellent results from the other training kits and included sample exams - I got 940 points on my first try on my 70-290 using these books.
I can still thouroughly recommend these books, I have since purchased another two, which I will use to prepare for other upcoming MCSE exams.
Also note that these books are heavily discounted at amazon - a real bargain for an IT technical book with so much included...
I used the one provided with the book and purchased the latest version from measureup.com. even though I understood the materials in the sample exams pretty well, and could get over 95% in the sample tests, I failed the exam on first sitting, as the measureup tests did not seem to relate to the materials in the exam. I guess that MS has very recently changed the question pool for the 70-291 exam.
That said, I have re-read the book concentrating on the materials I had in my first exam, and used other sample papers and passed 2nd time with 890 out of 1000.
This is unusual, as I have had excellent results from the other training kits and included sample exams - I got 940 points on my first try on my 70-290 using these books.
I can still thouroughly recommend these books, I have since purchased another two, which I will use to prepare for other upcoming MCSE exams.
Also note that these books are heavily discounted at amazon - a real bargain for an IT technical book with so much included...
Format:Paperback
I bought this book to get me through the 70-291 exam and was left bitterly disappointed. The book is overly wordy in some chapters, to the point of reducing you to a boredom induced coma, and then wholly incomplete in others leaving under-prepared for the exam. Just sat (and failed) the exam and the book failed to deliver in key areas. WSUS for example, my exam had 5 questions regarding WSUS out of 44, yet the book tip-toes round the subject in four useless pages (out of 1000+), infuriating - tip to all others planning on taking the 70-291 download the WSUS admin guide from the web to prepare you properly. The book also contain multiple typos, with references to diagrams and tables incorrect or missing. Overall I'm not impressed, my resit is in 4 weeks and I've just ordered MCSA/MCSE 70-291 Exam Prep, it's had good reviews so will try that instead.
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Fails to achieve its purpose
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good content if you have a couple of spare computers and isp acounts
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