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MCSD - Microsoft Certified Solution Developer
There are others.
The Foxall book is one of the best VB books in hte market. I use it and
pass the exams without problems (you know the feeling of know what every
question is about.). I recommend also the training kits of MS for the two
VB exams 70-175 and 70-176. The other book, for exam 70-100, is boring an
miss the real topics of the exam. I'm already studing for 70-100 and 70-229
(SQL Server). I recommend you to take an SQL Server exam as elective,
because brings you the oportunity to broad your perspectives for another
certificacion: MSDBA.
Hope be helpful,
Klod, MCP
Experience. By this I mean using the product. If you are a
professional software developer, this means performing the tasks
covered in exam prep for 70-100 & which ever electives you choose on a
day to day basis's. If you are a novice, you need to ensure you have
the means to simulate a professional developer, i.e. making sure you
have the product software, a decent pc (or more) etc.
All you need in order to pass any of the ms product exams is the
product documentation (free on the msdn web site) & the exam pre guide
for the product. If you are experienced, going through the prep guide
& documentation will take only a few hours a day for a week or two at
most. If not, be prepared for a lot longer and take a closer look at
the examples.
For books, generally avoid anything with the words mcsd/mcse in the
title as in my experience (and to my cost in money), they are
worthless. I understand from previous posts that the book you have
quoted is an exception to this and is worth buying. If you wish to buy
books, look for books which concentrate on the product, ms press books
& wrox books tend to be very good (imho).
Good luck
MCSE - Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer
Gerry wrote:
> Im looking to buy a set of books for self study. I already have some
> computer knowledge and have access to the 2000 software. Im looking to
> find out what books people find the best and what books I should stay
> clear of. Thanks.
go to a book store and browse through the Mark Minasi books from sybex
or the microsoft press books. These are 2 good sets of books, however
each collection has a different style of presenting the info. See which
style fits your tastes. I prefer Mark Minasi...but that's just me.
I've never read the MS Press books....they sucked for the longest time,
just recently they've gotten better.
I've recently passed 70-210 and 7-215, and am currentyl studying for
70-216. I like to use the Sybex books for initial overview. Then I
read the Mike Myer's Passport book. Then I usually read the exam
notes at cramsession.com
I used Sybex and New Riders. Same info, differently presented that's all.
If anyone needs an "as new" set in the UK, e-mail me as I don't really need
to keep both now.
Fred.
I would stay as far away from
SmartCertify? as
possible...their MCSE Win2000 materials are so vague that
it is really hard to pass an exam based solely on Smart
Certify courses.
in my opinion, the answer is no...its not.
just for the record, I would steer clear of those boot
camp fiascoes that promise MCSE cert in 14 days. We hired
a couple of technicians that had been certified via one of
those boot camps...both had the paper certification,
but "didn't know their ass from a hole in the ground"
I would just read alot and get a copy of the Sybex Windows
2000 virtual lab.
Order any books from the US, you'll save yourself quite a bit of cash this
way. Amazon will ship books to you and it'll only take a week or so. If
you order a Microsoft Official Curriculum book you'll get Evaluation copies
of Win2000 Advanced server with the book.
Something else you might want to consider is, rather than turning your
study area into something resembling a Server Room you could invest in one
high end system and purchase a copy of a software product called "VMware" (I
think it's about £150). This allows you to run "virtual machines" on just
one. I've not used it myself but had I known about it when I started out, I
probably would have (I have that imitation Server Room!). Note sure of a
specific link but a search on Google will give more details if you're
interested.
Regards,
DJKJ
Try
http://www.vmware.com/
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DaleBrayden - 01 Jan 2003
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