I just got back from my certification exam, so I feel that I can provide a true review for this book. First I'd like to say that I've been working with NT for a couple of years now and I'm not lacking hands on experience. Since I felt that I know NT pretty well already I've been relaying mostly on the exam cram books for my studies. This is the 5th exam I've taken so far (I took NT Workstation, Server, TCP/IP and IIS 4.0 already). I've passed them all on first attempt without fail and used the exam cram books plus different prep tests for almost all of them (I used the Lisa Donald 'Test Success' for IIS). However, for this specific subject I am rather disappointed. I feel that this book did not prepare me for the exam like the others did. I passed at a disappointing 635 (passing score 560-adaptive). The other material I used (MeasureUp.com prep tests) was not that helpful either. Since I'm not aware of any Microsoft changes to this subject since this book was published, I would recommend you look elsewhere if you need a quick study guide. If you know NT already, you'll probably pass the exam with this book. However, if you want to be safe, look for other sources. Perhaps the Lisa Donald 'Test Success' did a better job on this subject too. Please note that I will recommend the other Exam Cram books that I've used before (i.e. Workstation, Server and TCP/IP)

Good Luck. Oshri Feldman

The Exam Cram series is famous for its ability to distill volumes of information into a compact book that will help you pass the exam. The only negative we found with the NT series (Server, Workstation, and Enterprise) is that they tend to repeat a lot of the same information between books. We at MCSETutor.com would recommend to buy the four pack as you will save money over purchasing them separately and receive a CD with practice questions. Good luck on your exams!

If you've already passed the NT server exam and you read this book, you won't have any problems with NT Enterprise. Make sure you know all the stuff in the practice tests at the end of the book and you're set! By far the best exam prep book I've read.

I used this to study for and pass the NT Server 4.0 test. Of course, I also took a class on NT Server, utilized the NT Resource Kit, IDG Books NT 4.0 Study Guide by Alan Carter, Exam Prep book, Exam Cram Flash Cards, as well as Troy Technologies study guides, and worked extensively with the system at home on my own computers as well as at school. In other words, this guide was one of many tools that helped me pass the exam. I did find various errors in the book, but overall the book was quite helpful in preparing me. If you are preparing for the test, don't rely on one source - use multiple sources for the best results, and make sure you get experience using NT server as well. I don't think you truly know this system until you have a lot of hands-on experience with it. Don't expect this guide to teach you everything you need to know to pass the certification exam - you need to know the material first.

Incidently, the practice tests included on CD with the flash cards and the Exam Prep book were excellent (both of which require internet access to use.) The Exam Cram book uses written tests as opposed to computer based tests, and those were good as well. I'm not sure all of their answers were correct, and there were questions that didn't function properly (required more than one answer, but didn't allow you to choose more than one, etc.) but a combination of these tools will help prepare you to pass the Microsoft exam.

This book is very helpful for taking the server test. You do need to get your hands on a copy of NT Server 4.0 and fast if you are thinking about taking this exam. But if you have experience than this and Trancender will do you just fine.

This book did well to fill in knowledge gaps when studying for exam 70-067. You should DEFINITELY know about and have some experience with Windows NT 4 before reading it and attempting the test, but with that accomplished this book was a nice companion. An important note: when buying study guides, be sure you are getting the most current edition (check the publisher's site), shopping can be confusing with so many versions abound. Again, let me emphasize, you NEED experience with NT before taking the test with this book alone. But of course, if you don't have much experience with NT, why are you taking the exams, right? ;)

I like Exam Cram. In fact, I like them a lot. But, I would not rely on them as the only study aid for an MCSE exam.

The TCP/IP Exam Cram is a nice book. It presents most of the salient points for the MCSE exam in a nice compact manner. There are some errors, as with all of the MCSE books from all sources (except maybe Microsoft Press). But, once you get the concepts down enough to find the errors, you are generally ready for the exam.

The biggest shortcoming of this book is the limited subnetting examples. There is a enough information, but presenting how to set up a subnetting table would have been far more useful to passing the MCSE exam.

If you work with TCP/IP in an NT environment, this book and your experience should be enough to pass the exam. If you are going for a paper MCSE, it would be best to augment your education with further material.

I took the test and passed w/ a 948. In addition to this book, I read the New Riders and MS Press titles. This book is definitely worth the read. But, by no means should it be the only thing you read before taking the test. A couple of the chapters are really sloppy, and there's some outright wrong information contained. This one is definitely not on par with the other Exam Cram books. But, as a final review, it is still the best thing available. I would recommend this book and the MS TCP/IP books, in addition to the Transcender tests to give a knockout blow to the exam.

After using Sybex for Server 4 and Workstation 4, I almost gave up on ever understanding TCP/IP when I started with Sybex TCP/IP. Sybex made the convoluted subject of TCP/IP much worse that it actually is. They also had looooong stupid analogies throughout the book that were a waste of reading time.

On the other hand, Exam Cram was extremely orderly and offered the most concise and understandable explanations of the TCP/IP suite. They helped the reader build a framework or context to hang all the information on rather than the seemingly endless flow of disconnected information presented in Sybex.

Also, I have read what the OSI model is in at least 6 books. This was the first time it was explained in way that gave it some "reality" rather than a mysterious abstraction.

When learning any subject from a book, the reader must "select" a distilled set of facts and relationships to put to memory. This book has effectively condensed the subject to the essential basics, so much less energy has to be spent on reduction. Everything is pertinent, no filtering needed.

The 5th printing has corrected most of the errors referred to by other reviewers.

I used this book for a lavish party at my home and the results were terrible. Save your money!

As a neighbor of Martha Stewart's in the charming town of Westport, Connecticut, I have had the pleasure of being invited into her home several times. Granted, that ended around the time she became so well-known, but Martha is a truly wonderful woman who is an encyclopedia of entertainment know-how. Fortunately for the rest of the world, this book is *the* next best thing to having Martha in the kitchen and at the party with you. Creative recipies, table settings, and other ideas which help to enhance the environment of any party- large or small.

I feel that this book should be a part anyone's home library who can appreciate the fine art of entertaining and wishes to take their gatherings and functions to the next level.

This book is a staple in my kitchen. Do I cook all the upscale, gourmet recipes? I'd love to say yes, but in all honesty I haven't the time! I *have* tried the sugar cookies, and they went over well with my three little boys! The reason I love this book is that I can read a bit, look at the lovely pictures, and gain fresh inspiration to make my little home a lovelier place. Also, for any Martha-phile, this book is a good place to peek inside Martha's life and hear her thoughts for more than just a five minute segment on her show.

I've passed 3 exams out of 4 so far and honestly I'm disappointed. 70-210 was the last one and it was the best book so far. Server and Network are quite off the real exam topics and were not the most effectife resourse in my training. Another funny thing I've noticed is if you look at each book Amazon.com individual rating it's much lower then the whole set's one.

I beleive that these books are not only for passing the exam but also for learning what is need in those subjects. I used these books and I pass the four core already. I plan to buy the other ones for the electives too. In these books they show you screen shots which are not needed in the exam but you need them if you need to work with W2K products.

Let's face reality, Micro$oft modifed the MCSE 2000 exams so that simple memorization wouldn't be enough to pass (ie: the MCSE NT 4 "Paper Certification"). They were designed for people already in the IT/Computer industry. If you're not working in a tech related field, and you don't have at least SOME access to the hardware/software, you're gonna have issues.

That said, lemme say that these books are perfect for "Real World Techies".

I can't speak about other books in this series, but I can say as a former programmer and current IT Manager (yes, I got coder's burn out), I breezed through the first 4 tests with these books.

Read through one, take a practice test (I'm partial to Transcender), go over the weak spots, take another practice exam just to make sure I got it down, and take the exam.

I averaged one test every two weeks. Passed every time.

This is not to say the tests are easy. Nor are these books "all inclusive" But I manage a 10 server 50+ node 3 domain network that was entirely NT 4/Win98. Doing the migration after I passed the tests was a breeze.

I only needed one other book outside of these 4...and that was because TCP/IP sub netting can be a pain in the butt. (as we are all aware)

If you're a techie, and are thinking about taking the exams, buy this cluster of books. If you're solid with the basics of NT4, you'll never regret buying these.

This book is ok if you are using it to review for the test after having used another more in-depth book (sybex or the like). If you have a pretty good understanding of how networking is done you may be able to pass the test with just this book. If you don't work on a network allready, get one of the other MCSE books that more closely resemble a phone book.

I like all the Exam Cram books. But they all have the same weakness. They are crams and not comprehensive texts.

Still, I thought it was a good place to start. Most of the material is valid and a good foundation for the other exams.

I would supplement it with other more comprehensive books like the Microsoft Network Press book--those are the opposite and give you too much information that will bog you down and put you to sleep. Use both and pass.

The exam crams do what they claim. Give it as much as possible in the quickest way. I recommend this book for anyone studying for this exam.

The book provides an excellent and, I feel, comprehensive, review of the meat needed to pass the Networking Essentials exam. It may not teach you enough about troubleshooting and logical thinking about networks, I didn't concentrate on that part of the book. But if you have a basic understanding of networking, this book will assist you in memorizing all of those specifications (cables, protocols, etc) you need to know inside and out for the exam. With 4 exams now down, I got my highest score yet on this exam.

Yes! Alright already!! The book has ERRORS!!! Okay! Are you nay-sayers happy now?!? (Probably not, I realize, or else you wouldn't be called "nay-sayers.") But seriously folks, this is an excellent tool for MCSE preperation that some "DOGBERT-esque" NT Sys Admins will rifle through and immediately dismiss as "trash" because of its "technical errors" and "depthless writing!" (Picture an up-turned nose with a "humph" thrown in for good disdain after that last quote.) My reply to those who are truly concerned about passing the MCSE tests is to get the "errata" from Coriolis; buy the SYBEX study guide for the Enterprise exam (Sybex is CONSISTENTLY rated well in terms of readablity and technical credibility), and pick up Microsoft's "NT Server Resouce Kit, Supplement 2" to use as a cross reference. Try reading the study guide first (cross referencing the ResKit), take a practice exam or two (Transcender's if you can afford them), apply the errata to the Exam Cram book, READ the Exam Cram book (definitely cross reference here), take a couple more practice tests, read your "cram sheets" and review notes, and, finally, go CRUSH that test! Pass all six MCSE tests this way and you too can become a pretentious "DOGBERT-esque" NT Sys Admin.

Especially negative anonymous reviews. After reading this book as well as passing the test with my highest score of all I have some advice for those reading these reviews: Beware of users who rate with 1 star - they most likely failed the tests for reasons other than the study guide being a "rushed joke". Where the book did have its share of errors, all of which were corrected on the company's web page, it was still full of a lot of good information. The Cram Sheet and the easy to find "exam alerts" through out the chapter are a must right before taking the exam. Just remember that these books WILL help you to pass the test, even if you've taken a class, read an authorized training guide, or just had strong experience with NT Server in the workplace. These books are an excellent supplement to any training (or not, depending on your technical skill :-) I highly recommend the Exam Cram series.

Please note, that these are my opinions, and I'm not in any way affilated with Amazon.com, The Coriolis Group, or the authors. I'm just a happy customer who bought 6 exam cram books (and those were the only books I used) and passed 6 MCSE tests (5 of which were with scores of 930 or higher). I also welcome anyone's comments on my review, I'm not the type to hide behind anonymity, please email me if you have questions or just need help.

It's difficult to figure out from these reviews which MCSE books you should invest your time and money in. With such varying levels of praise and outright hostility, you wonder if the people who submitted their comments were even reading the same book. You also have to wonder if the people writing all the fantastic reviews aren't the publishers themselves. Well, with that said, here's my honest opinion:

I bought the book, I read it, I passed. First time, scored 921/1000.

Everyone throws their hands up in the air and screams about the errors and inaccuracies in this (and every) study guide. I went to Exam Cram's web-site and printed out their eratta, folded it up and put it in the book. I looked at it a few times. Most of the errors were trivial. I didn't have a nervous breakdown over it.

I found the practice questions to be difficult and stimulating. I felt that they did a god job of preparing me for the exam. The only dissapointment I had was with the f! inal practice exam at the end of the book. It should have included a different set of questions than those at the end of the chapters.

This was by no means the only resource I used for studying, but I do think that it contributed a great deal to my passing.

I also used Sybex, Minasi, TechNet, and my own Homegrown Lab.

My parting advice, other than to reccomend this book, is to take the money you'd spend on classes and buy yourself some more computers and a cheap Ethernet hub. Be your Own ATEC.

Good luck everyone.

I have used exam cram books for all the exams I have done (7 so far) and this book was the worst one. I was very impressed with the others but this one is too shallow and misses out too much information. When I did practise tests there was a lot of stuff I had not come across in this book.

Am afraid I can't recommend another book as this was the only one I used. Even though this was not the best book I have used I still passed the exam having never commercially used IEAK.

Just passed 70-79 this morning with an 812 (not the highest but a pass is a pass!). Used this book, Cram Session, and the IEAK Deployment Guide. While the book covers ISP and does explain things adequately, the deployment guide is almost everything you need to prepare for the test. Don't bother with the Transcenders if you have to pay for them, as the Deployment Guide and Cram Session should be enough. There were no surprises on the test.

...the simple fact of the matter is that this exam also happens to be one of the most pedantic of Microsoft's MCSE+Internet exams, truly reaching the level of academic exercise. As per the official exam requirements sheet, the sheer amount of material to memorize in the form of menu-locations, the number of applets, the Active Desktop architecture, the IEAK, .CDF file formats and syntax, etc, is quite staggering indeed, on a par with memorizing a whole new OS which, let's face it, is what the IE+Desktop combo is for all practical purposes. The Exam Cram is certainly one of the better offerings I have seen, easily beating the pants off the MS Press IE Tech Support training guide. However, given that it is a cram-book, there is material that is glossed over, namely software distribution channels and the .CDF file architecture, which one will need to know for the exam. Other than that, a very good supplement for the pre-prime-time wrap-up and review. As far as the exam itself goes, is it a useful exam? Is there material covered from one which an administrator or networking consultant can derive utility from? Absolutely yes, no question about it. Is there some cool technology under the hood which can be utilized? Yes, indeed, again. What I am apprehensive about, however, is the amount of memorization of minutiae necessary to pass the exam vs. real-world situations. A disciplined networking professional (i.e. one who reads regularly and one who can't afford the time to memorize every specialized detail she/he comes across) can (and would) look up most of this info on (or preferably before) any gig. Given the omnipresence of simulation software today, wouldn't creating builds with IEAK given a set of specs/recs in a sim-lab on the PC, analyzing and troubleshooting it, and reducing the number of "pedantic" questions be a far better real-world assesment exam? In the meantime, stock up on the Ginkgo and Ginseng supplements and hunker down.....

This book is plagued with errors, and should NOT be used as a study guide. Start with the most basic of questions, one that really should be a "freebie" for you on the exam: "What is the minimum amount of RAM required for Windows 2000 Professional?"

Coriolis says, "32MB." THIS IS JUST DEAD WRONG! The correct answer is 64MB! Here it is directly from Microsoft: "The minimum resource requirements for a computer running Windows 2000 Professional are as follows:" * Pentium class 133-MHz processor * 64 MB RAM" By the way, don't bother checking their web site for any errata or updates - they don't have any for this!

So, buy this book only if you would like to fail the exam!

I picked up this book to help me get started on my quest to upgrade my MCSE. I like the way that the authors explain the concepts behind the new features incorporated in Windows 2000. I thought that the chapters on RAS and Active Directory were especially good.

The only negative was that RIS was not covered as thoroughly as I would have liked, but overall the book is must buy for anyone that is trying to get up to speed on W2K.

Exams 70-210, 70-215, 70-216, 70-217 and 70-240 are the next generation of MCSE 2000 core exams and wouldn't it be nice to have one book to study all the objectives from instead of 5 or 6? Coriolis, a leader in exam preparation test material has once again taken the lead with the Windows 2000 Foundation Exam Prep.

The book covers the 5 exam and their objectives in a different fashion that other I have seen. This book put them objective together rather than separate sections, thus removing the redundancy factor for repeating information several times.

Starting off with the 200 architecture to installation, device drivers, management, performance, reliability, configuring and troubleshooting, you have only finished the first 7 chapters. You have tables, review questions, hands-on exercises to learn from.

Moving on you get 2000 networking, security, active directory, DNS, DHCP, remote access, WINS and IP routing and now you are at chapter 16. Again you have figures, tables, diagrams, exercises and review questions to work with.

In the final sections you learn about NAT, certificate servers, configuration management, tuning, active directory security and that brings you to chapter 21. Unlike most Exam Prep books this one does not have a cd with practice questions, which might be a small drawback. Overall the value is well worth the price.

The recipes are time intensive and many are tasteless. Health food does not deservice the bad rap.

At the recommendation of my grandmother, I purchased this book for help in preparing recipes prepared with soy. I was diagnosed with many allergies and I can no longer eat dairy products, corn, mushrooms, etc. (that's only the beginning, the list goes on!). I knew about tofu but I didn't know what to do with it. Using this book as a guide, I prepared a spinach lasagne following the ingredience for spinach ravoli (pg. 35). It was delicious, if I don't say so myself! I would definitely recommend this cookbook. I like using it as a guide to help with new ideas in food preparation. Bona Petite!

I loved this book. I've been a vegetarian for years, and have had to live with the scorn of my food-snob friends, many of whom wouldn't come to my house for dinner parties. So I cooked a feast of Ginsberg's recipes and impressed them all-finally. The Chinese food is especially tasty, although the biscotti was terrific. I brought it to work and everyone ate it up.