MCSE Core Elective Exams in a Nutshell

Product Description

For Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 administrators preparing for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) core exam 70-270, and core exams 70-297, and 70-298, this book is invaluable. Not only does it provide the resources you need to succeed on the exams, but to succeed in the real world as well. Think of this book as the notes you would have taken if you were to capture every essential nugget of information related to the skills measured in the core elective exams.

To begin with, MCSE Core Elective Exams in a Nutshell allows you to see all of the topics expected for mastery in each of the exams. Each exam is covered in three parts: Exam Overview, Study Guide and Test Your Knowledge sections. This makes for easy reference and a great study aid.


The Exams covered include:

* EXAM 70-270: Installing, Configuring, and Administering Microsoft Windows XP Professional
* EXAM 70-297: Designing a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory and Network Infrastructure
* EXAM 70-298: Designing Security for a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Network



Once you have completed the exams successfully, you will find the book to be a valuable reference to core Windows administration and security skills. This book uses the same successful format found in MCSE Core Required Exams in a Nutshell by William Stanek, and together they satisfy all of the Core exam requirements for your MCSE certification.

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #209796 in Books
* Published on: 2006-11-01
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 586 pages

Editorial Reviews

About the Author
Pawan Bhardwaj, an independent technical trainer and author, is MCSE, MCSA, Security+, Network+, I-Net+ and A+ certified. He teaches Windows Administration and Networking classes and also provides consulting to training institutions. He has authored or contributed to 12 certification books and served as technical reviewer for the best selling title 'MCSE Windows 2000 Exams in a Nutshell' and 'MCSE 2003 Core Exams in a Nutshell' by O'Reilly.

Roger A. Grimes (CPA, CISSP, CEH, MCSE: Security) is a 19-year Windows security veteran with 6 books and over 150 national magazine articles on the subject. Roger is a 3-time Microsoft MVP in Windows Security (and MVP of the Month in December 2005). He participated in the Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Learning curriculum and was an Early Achiever of theWindows Server 2003 MSCE: Security desination. Roger has written advanced Windows security courses for Microsoft, Foundstone, and SANS.

How to Cheat at Windows System Administration Using Command Line Scripts

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If you want to streamline the administration of your Windows servers and workstations by using command line scripts, this is the book for you! With every new version of Windows, Microsoft attempts to ease administrative tasks by adding more and more layers of graphical user interface (GUI) or configuration wizards (dialog boxes). While these "wizards" are interactive and make the administrator's job simpler, they are nowhere near as quick or efficient as a well-crafted command-line script or batch file. This next title in Syngress' best-selling "How to Cheat" series teaches system administrators hundreds of powerful, time-saving tips for automating daily system administration tasks using Windows command line scripts. The book is divided into five sections.

The first section covers the basics of command line scripts and batch files including, usage of filters, conditional processing and command redirection. The readers will learn to create and schedule tasks to automating administration jobs from the Task Scheduler and from the command prompt.

Part two discusses basic Windows administration including disk check, disk defragmentation, converting basic disks to dynamic, and file system commands as well as administering partitions and volumes.

Part three focuses on scripting Active Directory including administering user and group accounts, and administering computers and domains. Part four moves on to Windows networking where the reader will learn to troubleshooting command-line tools, manage network printers, manage services for DHCP, DNS, WINS services as well as manage and monitor security including Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer and certificate services.

In the final part of the book, the reader will learn to manage Windows systems including starting and stopping services, configuring service startup types, managing event log files, setting log filters, configuring system monitor, starting a performance log, setting objects, and configuring performance alerts.

Product Details

* Amazon Sales Rank: #348820 in Books
* Published on: 2006-09-15
* Original language: English
* Number of items: 1
* Binding: Paperback
* 400 pages

Customer Reviews

Discover the Windows command line5
Disclaimer: I was the technical editor of the book

"There's more than one way to skin a cat", as the old saying goes.

Everything, and more, that can be done using the graphical, mouse-driven, interfaces provided by Windows, can be accomplished by using the command-line. What's more, these tasks can get scripted and be automated!

This book covers the basics of the command-line and how to go about writing batch files (or scripts).

After these fundamentals are covered, commands in various areas of system, domain and network administration are discussed. From configuring and using the task-scheduler, to performance, to managing disks, to AD administration, to network trouble-shooting, one is ready to tackle any administrative task from the command line.

The book also contains a very handy Appendix for those MS-DOS old-timers amongst us. The Appendix covers the MS-DOS commands no longer supported in Windows XP and those not supported in Windows 2003.

A final note is that this book was written with Windows XP and Windows 2003 in mind.