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| Sully 2003-02-16, 11:24 pm |
| Many of us start on our certification track with the A+, then move on to the
Net+, then start the MCSE track. I am currently studying the Net+, but I am
looking into what books to buy for the MCSE now, before I complete the Net+.
For the A+, many people will recommend Mike Meyer's A+ All-In-One. For the
Net+ many people will recommend either Meyer's Net+ book or the Sybex book
by David Groth. For both certs, there is a fairly strong consensus that the
aforementioned texts are the best. Is there consensus for the MCSE track on
which book publisher offers the best books? I have heard Sybex from some
people and that the MS Press recently started puting out good books as well.
I guess the old MS Press books were more dry than the newer ones, or so I've
heard.
So who makes the best books for the MCSE? Is it is a single publisher or
does it depend which exam you're referring to? Does anyone have a
recommendation on the 70-270 specifically? Any help on this would be
greatly appreciated.
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| Julian 2003-02-17, 5:24 am |
| i used Alan Carter 's mcse book..
i found it to be fantastic
"Sully" <sullivanjm9@REMOVESPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Many of us start on our certification track with the A+, then move on to
the
> Net+, then start the MCSE track. I am currently studying the Net+, but I
am
> looking into what books to buy for the MCSE now, before I complete the
Net+.
>
> For the A+, many people will recommend Mike Meyer's A+ All-In-One. For
the
> Net+ many people will recommend either Meyer's Net+ book or the Sybex book
> by David Groth. For both certs, there is a fairly strong consensus that
the
> aforementioned texts are the best. Is there consensus for the MCSE track
on
> which book publisher offers the best books? I have heard Sybex from some
> people and that the MS Press recently started puting out good books as
well.
> I guess the old MS Press books were more dry than the newer ones, or so
I've
> heard.
>
> So who makes the best books for the MCSE? Is it is a single publisher or
> does it depend which exam you're referring to? Does anyone have a
> recommendation on the 70-270 specifically? Any help on this would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
>
>
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| I bought the MCSE core 4 pack when I first started. I found the first one,
Server I think it was, quite boring to read. Quite often complete
paragraphs are repeated after a few pages and I didn't like the way even
simple tasks like setting NTFS permissions are split into lessons. I tried
study guides from different publishers for the next 3 exams and found Sybex
to be by far the best. I'd recommend going to a decent book store and
picking out 4 or 5 books fom different publishers but for the same exam and
look up something you're not sure about in the Index. Go with whichever one
explains it best to you.
Col.
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| Delbert Matlock 2003-02-21, 5:24 am |
| "Sully" <sullivanjm9@REMOVESPAMyahoo.com> wrote:
>Many of us start on our certification track with the A+, then move on to the
>Net+, then start the MCSE track. I am currently studying the Net+, but I am
>looking into what books to buy for the MCSE now, before I complete the Net+.
>
>For the A+, many people will recommend Mike Meyer's A+ All-In-One. For the
>Net+ many people will recommend either Meyer's Net+ book or the Sybex book
>by David Groth. For both certs, there is a fairly strong consensus that the
>aforementioned texts are the best. Is there consensus for the MCSE track on
>which book publisher offers the best books? I have heard Sybex from some
>people and that the MS Press recently started puting out good books as well.
>I guess the old MS Press books were more dry than the newer ones, or so I've
>heard.
>
>So who makes the best books for the MCSE? Is it is a single publisher or
>does it depend which exam you're referring to? Does anyone have a
>recommendation on the 70-270 specifically? Any help on this would be
>greatly appreciated.
I did all of my MCSE certifications with the Sybex books. They are
dull at times, but they present the material in a consistent manner
across the entire selection of books. This makes it far easier to
plan your study efforts.
Watch out for some publishers. They may only have books for the core
topics and end up leaving out many of the electives. Then you will
find yourself changing gears to finish off your exams.
Look here for a few book ideas:
http://www.selfstudycerts.com/cert/microsoft/mcse.html
Good luck!
-- Delbert Matlock
-- MCSE, MCSA, MCDBA, CCNA, Network+, A+
-- http://www.SelfStudyCerts.com/
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