MCSE StudyGuide Windows95 & Networking Essentials 1562055682

||boek: MCSE Study Guide Windows 95 & Networking Essentials|Joe Casad|Leigh Anne Chisholm|Drew Heywood|Tim McLaren|Mike Wolfe|New Riders Publishing

||door: Drew Heywood, Joe Casad, MS Certified Systems Engineer MCSE

||taal: en
||jaar: 1996
||druk: ?
||pag.: 905p
||opm.: paperback|like new|possibly with CD

||isbn: 1-56205-568-2
||code: 1:002330

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This comprehensive study guide is the most effective, inexpensive, and fastest way for readers to pass these exams.

• Features insider tips and notes from an MCSE and Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT)
• Helps users build a solid understanding of the MCSE program
• CD-ROM contains Windows 95 and Networking Essentials test engines with hundreds of questions

[source: https--www.amazon.com]

Here are the only study materials needed to pass these two exams, Windows 95 and Networking Fundamentals. This study guide contains hundreds of test questions, lists, tables, notes, tips and tricks to completely prepare readers for the exams. It's organized in a concise, easy-to-read manner to give users the most valuable information efficiently.

[source: https--www.amazon.ca]

This comprehensive study guide contains test questions, lists, notes, notes, tips, and step-by-step exercises to completely prepare you for the Windows 95 and Networking Essentials exams. Don't spend thousands of dollars and countless and countless hours in MCSE courses- lets you take advantage of the experience and expertise of MCSEs.

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Reviews

MCSE Study Guide: Windows 95 & Networking Essentials
by Lieigh Ann Chisholm, et al NewRiders

Microsoft Windows NT Technical Support
by Microsoft Corporation

Windows NT 4.0 MCSE Study Guide
by Alan R. Carter

Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Exam Guide
by Steve Kaczmarek

NT Server 4 Exam Cram
by Ed Tittel, Kurt Hudson, J. Michael Stewart

Microsoft Corporation: love it, hate it, or make it the focus of paranoid persecution fantasies, but there is simply no escaping it. In the business software market especially, Microsoft has no credible competitors in several product domains. To survive, corporations worldwide have been forced to adopt, at minimum, Microsoft operating systems like Windows 95 or Windows NT, and the company has capitalized brilliantly on this massive installed base to bootstrap its other software offerings into workplace ubiquity.

The enormous weight that Microsoft now throws around is no better illustrated than by the rapid growth of the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP) program. A system of four professional certifications based on specific areas of technical expertise, MCP certification has become an extremely valuable method for computer specialists of all stripes to prove their competency in a measurable way. Microsoft Certified Product Specialists (MCPS), Microsoft Certified System Engineers (MCSE), Microsoft Certified Solution Developers (MCSD), and Microsoft Certified Trainers (MCT) all benefit from direct access to technical information from Microsoft, invitations to Microsoft conferences, technical training sessions and special events, exclusive publications with news about the MCP program, and perhaps most importantly, the right to use the official MCP logo and the appropriate certification acronym along with their name.

According to Kevin Brice, vice-president and general manager of ExecuTrain Corporation, writing in the introduction to Windows NT 4.0 MCSE Study Guide "When you become an MCP, you are recognized as an expert and are sought by employers industry-wide. Technical managers recognize the MCP designation as a mark of quality - one that ensures that an employee or a consultant has proven experience."

A fifth certification category, Certified Microsoft Office User (CMOU), is on the way and the company reportedly expects to certify more than two million professionals as CMOUs within a year.

The career and business-enhancing boost that comes along with this type of certification has led to a mini-boom in MCP exam-preparation books. Daunting cinder-block-sized tomes - more manual than book, really - these volumes are generally quite readable, and most will more than adequately perform their basic function: helping the user pass the MCP exams. A few titles are broader in scope and can be used outside the context of the certification process as general reference books on the software product at hand.

The latter is definitely true of Microsoft Windows NT Technical Support, published by Microsoft Press. Subtitled "Hands-On, Self-Paced Training for Supporting Version 4.0," the book is just that - a training guide for the working Windows NT systems administrator who may also wish to become certified as an MCP. The book is very clearly designed and written, with alternate work flow paths provided for users with different goals. It comes complete with a series of exercises the aspiring MCP-candidate can practice with, but that are easily bypassed by the working professional.

Microsoft Press uses its insider status to full advantage to make this volume stand out from the crowd. It not only comes complete with well-integrated multimedia instructional materials on CD-ROM, it also includes 120-day working copies of Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows NT Workstation 4.0. The utility of having hands-on access to both versions of NT while studying the operating system cannot be overstated, and it's a bonus none of the competitive publishers are likely to be able to match.

On the other hand, as a Microsoft publication, Microsoft Windows NT Technical Support sometimes skirts controversial issues or problem areas, a definite handicap in certain instances. In contrast, Alan R. Carter's Windows NT 4.0 MCSE Study Guide features "In the Real World" sidebars that compare and contrast Microsoft-stated program specifications with Carter's own experiences as a technician on the ground. Nothing he says is terribly earth-shattering (Windows 95 will not really run with less than 8 MB of RAM - surprise, surprise!), but it's something the Microsoft-published book simply does not do. Nevertheless, the Microsoft Windows NT Technical Support is a general, in-depth manual that will retain its utility long after the user has passed his or her MCP exams.

Carter's book is a very different type of publication. The cover copy says it all: "Learn directly from a Microsoft-certified expert what you need to know to pass exams #70-67, #70-68, and #70-73." It's purely a study guide, a whopping BIG study guide, weighing in at more than 1,300 pages, and it has much to recommend it.

It's a lighter, more breezily written book than Microsoft Windows NT Technical Support, and by virtue of having a single author rather than a committee, the tone is more direct and personal. Carter is not afraid of first-person singular, which he uses throughout. A certified MCSE and MCT, Carter is also surprisingly brief and to-the-point in such an oversized book, clearly delineating his intended audience from the outset. If you know this, he essentially says, you're ready to use this book. If you don't, go away and prepare yourself first.

From a technical standpoint, Carter gets off to an excellent start with an honest comparative assessment of all three current Windows 4.0 operating systems: Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0 Workstation, and Windows NT 4.0 Server. Microsoft Windows NT Technical Support only contrasts the two flavours of NT, sending readers to the dungeons of the CD-ROM appendixes for any discussion of Windows 95. Again, Carter is also far more up-front than Microsoft about the relative strengths and weaknesses of the three operating systems. Lab exercises test the user's knowledge at every stage of the process, and the bound-in CD-ROM boasts a variety of features, including practice exams and Microsoft Training and Assessment Offline, which also features assessment tests.

Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Exam Guide by Steve Kaczmarek of Productivity Point International is directly comparable to the Carter book except in one important area: it only covers Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer exam #70-68, as opposed to Carter's book, which also covers exams #70-67 and #70-73. This is not necessarily a minus. Kaczmarek is as good an instructor and writer as Carter, and for users only interested in exam #70-68, his book is perhaps better focused. On the other hand, this Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Exam Guide retails for $140.95 while Carter's Windows NT 4.0 MCSE Study Guide will only set buyers back $124.99. The arithmetic is obvious and brutal. There is less material here for more money.

NT Server 4 Exam Cram by Ed Tittel, Kurt Hudson, and J. Michael Stewart is quite distinct from the other books reviewed here. As the title implies, and the relatively minuscule length (300 pages) confirms, the authors have absolutely no interest in providing an all-purpose manual, or even a multi-purpose guidebook. The first title from Coriolis Group's new Certification Solutions Press imprint, NT Server 4 Exam Cram is designed to be used as a workbook with the companion NT Server Exam Prep or, one assumes, with other books of the type reviewed here. It's a quick, well-written, down-and-dirty guide to Windows NT that provides the reader with nothing but the information necessary to pass the MCP exams. "Exam Alert" sidebars even warn about trick questions and little-known facts often featured in MCP exams (for example, Windows NT installation on non-Intel platforms). Purists might question the pedagogical value of such a study guide, but as the millions who have graduated from high school with the aid of Coles Notes know, their utility cannot be denied.

New Riders Publishing's MCSE Study Guide: Windows 95 & Networking Essentials prepares the user for the Windows 95 MCSE exam #70-63, and the MCSE Networking Essentials exam #71-58. Readers should be aware that the MCP certification structure and classifications have changed somewhat since this book was published in 1996, but this is a minor issue. Overall the book is much like its Windows NT cousins, covering a huge body of Windows 95 and networking arcana in a fairly reasonable 905 pages. Again, it's accompanied by a bound-in CD-ROM, this time containing MCP Endeavor, a test engine with hundreds of sample questions. Its structure is virtually identical to the books reviewed above with lesson modules followed by review quizzes. Overall it's clear, clean, and to the point. It may lack some of Alan Carter's charm, but it will more than do the job.

[source: https--quillandquire.com/review/mcse-study-guide-windows-95-networking-essentials]

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Drew Heywood is the best-selling author of a host of networking books including Networking with Microsoft TCP/IP and Inside Windows NT Server 4, both from New Riders. Drew's vast networking experience coupled with his strong writing, teaching, and presentation skills make him uniquely suited to author Networking Windows 2000.

[source: https--www.informit.com/authors/bio/857f8b2e-14b3-4187-bfdc-6098c76c1370]

Drew Heywood is a consultant and technical writer. He is the author of Inside Windows NT Server and Networking with Microsoft TCP/IP (New Riders).

[source: https--www.itprotoday.com/author/drew-heywood]

Drew Heywood has been involved in the microcomputing industry since he purchased an Apple II in 1978. For the past eleven years, he has focused on networking. After spending several years in government and the private sector as a network administrator, Drew came to New Riders Publishing as a product line manager for a new line of networking books. From 1991 to 1995, Drew expanded the New Riders title list to include some of the most succesful networking books in the industry. In early 1995, Dre left New Riders to become a full-time author. He has written or contributed to several New Riders books, including Inside Windows NT Server, Networking with Microsoft TCP/IP, Inside NetWare 3.12, and several books on NetWare certification.

[source: https--www.eyrolles.com/Accueil/Auteur/drew-heywood-4774]

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Joe Casad is an engineer, author, and editor who has written widely on computer networking and system administration. He has written or cowritten 12 books on computers and networking. He currently serves as editor-in-chief of Linux Pro Magazine and ADMIN Magazine. In a past life, he was the editor-in-chief of C/C++ Users Journal and the technical editor of Sysadmin Magazine.

[source: https--www.informit.com/authors/bio/BDA0923C-3585-4307-8A7B-629D5A1581A4]

Joe Casad is a writer, editor, engineer, and occasional gardener in Lawrence, KS. He is the Editor in Chief of Linux Pro Magazine and the author of SAMS Teach Yourself TCP/IP in 24 Hours.

[source: https--www.fosslife.org/user/19]

Joe Casad
As seen in: Linux Magazine, Admin Magazine

[source: https--muckrack.com/joe-casad/articles]

Cheers! Celebrating 20 years of Linux Magazine
Article from Issue 240/2020

Editor-in-chief Joe Casad reflects on the enchanting 20-year story of Linux Magazine.

I roll out of bed and start the coffee. The dog follows me around, expecting breakfast. I feed him; take a shower. It is still early and the first rays of sunlight are tangled in the trees over my neighbor's house. I pour a cup of coffee and sit at the desk in the small bedroom I use as my office ...start my Linux system, call up Slack, check my notes: 9 o'clock Zoom call?

Like many companies around the world, our office has gone all-virtual due to the COVID-19 pandemic. We meet together online once per week for a roundup of company news, but information passes between us all the time, all day, in email, texts, Zoom calls, and posts to workgroups. A publishing office is a frenetic place even on the slow days, and when it gets busy, it is impossible to imagine how it all can stay floating - text files, layout files, emails, author queries, and social media posts fly in every direction, and all the threads converge magically at a sacred moment when we upload the issue to the printer. I'm always amazed when nothing breaks, and the fact that we have smoothly navigated to a remote workday is a testament to our experience, versatility, and espirit de corps. But you see, it hasn't always been so virtual. Most of our years we have worked together face-to-face, and our vibrant office culture has always been a source of pride.

Linux Magazine launched way back in 2000. Our parent company at the time, Linux New Media AG, had been publishing a high-quality Linux magazine in Germany since the very early days of Linux. The founders had a vision for a network of magazines in different languages around the world - an international community like Linux itself - sharing information, expertise, and resources. At one point we had Linux Magazines in German, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Brazilian Portuguese, and English - all published in tiny offices like ours with small budgets, but all cooperating and making the most of shared resources.

The original English edition was a joint venture with a company in the UK, and the founding editor was Julian Moss. At around the sixth issue, the torch passed to John Southern, who served as editor until I started with Issue 48. Somewhere around Issue 26, the publishing and layout gravitated back to the continent. The English team shared production and marketing resources with the parent company in Munich for a few years, but everyone knew that, when the time was right, they would look for a home in the English-speaking world.

When I first started, I was the only US employee and worked out of my basement in Lawrence, Kansas, editing and coordinating the production with the team back in Munich. The founders had originally wanted to put the U.S. headquarters on one of the coasts - wondering, as do many, what was in between - but the CEO visited Lawrence and quite liked it, conceding that the beer at our local brew pub was more than acceptable to the German palate. (That's a good sign, when people from Munich like your beer.)

Dirty Baby

Our official mascot is a baby doll we found in the fork of a tree one day outside of our office. Dirty baby shows up for all our parties and rarely behaves well. Visit Dirty Baby on Facebook at @itsdirtybaby.

After a couple years of toil, with circulation and ad sales trending up, we had gained enough momentum to open our first office in the US. At first it was just me and distinguished alumna Rikki Endsley, who started as managing editor and then became associate publisher when our publisher, Brian Osborn, a young American ex-pat with an infectious poker face and a rare knowledge of publishing on two continents, took on additional responsibilities at the corporate level. Our office was a one-room space above Buffalo Bob's Smokehouse. We had a big bank of windows that looked out on Massachusetts Street. (The main downtown street in Lawrence is called Massachusetts Street because the town was settled by radical abolitionists from Massachusetts in the 1850s.)

We worked hard, talked about life, and watched a lot of time go by, not just in our lives, but in the evolution of Linux. Our friends in the local publishing community would stop by to see our hip office space. I think they were all a little jealous about our cool gig putting out our own Linux magazine in our funky downtown office. One of the reasons for starting the company in Lawrence was the indigenous reserve of IT-publishing veterans who got their start at local companies like R&D Publications and CMP. Over the years, we've enticed several former co-workers to come and join us.

A couple times a year, Brian would come to town, often on his way to a tech conference or other event, and we would spend a week planning (more like scheming) about where we were going and what dragons we would be hunting next. With each issue, the whole thing felt more like a real company and less like an experiment. Gradually we brought in new services and capabilities, scaling up our operation. We launched our special edition series, added an off-site ad sales team, and increased our involvement with conferences and the open source community. At one particularly surreal moment, we had to occupy a temporary location at the back of the building so they could install a balcony on our office (how often does that happen?). We put out the first edition of The Shell Handbook crammed into a tiny windowless cubicle previously used by a psychotherapist while they crashed down the facade and installed the balcony. The balcony was super cool and made our friends even more jealous, but when our population rose to four in our little one-room space, we knew it was time to find another home.

Our next office was a house converted into an office building that was on a street a couple blocks off the downtown. The building had a big front porch and looked out on a park. The park had a large decommissioned steam locomotive that I could see from my desk at a second-story window. When I was a kid, they let you climb all over that train, poking around and exploring the mechanical crannies. Now there was a big fence around the train, so you couldn't just go poking around on it, but that was OK with me, I often thought, because now I get to poke around on Linux.

We expanded our scope considerably during the train park years, with newsletters, websites, custom content, and lots more stories to tell. Like the time a distributor went bankrupt and left three months of magazines stranded in a warehouse, or the time we were threatened by a patent troll who claimed he had a patent on attaching a DVD to a magazine. And then there was the episode when the DVD company accidentally put a porno film on some of the UK copies of the DVD. We have weathered every crisis together with a rare combination of aptitude and attitude that would be the envy of any small company.
Amy and Megan are our stalwart final defense against the solecistic and labyrinthine.

Eventually, the global organization split up, and the English-language operation spun off to become a separate company. It's just us now, although we still collaborate with some of our former international counterparts. We've moved from the train park office to another location in a fancier part of town that isn't quite as bohemian, but it sure is easier to find a parking place.

I'm struck by how much Linux has changed since I started this job - and how the publishing industry has itself remained in a perpetual state of reinvention. It is one thing when the subject of the magazine is continually transforming - and quite another when the very context in which you operate is a moving target. There's no doubt in my mind that the secret to our success is our hard-working team of professionals, who stay calm under pressure and show up every day with ideas and good energy: They never say "no"; they just start thinking about how.

When I look back over my years at Linux New Media, I remember lots of great magazines and lots of grace under fire. I remember fabulous Christmas parties and afternoon escapes to Dempsey's tavern. I recall the kids who have been around the office through the years and adorned our walls with their art - including my own kids, who are now well into their 20s, as well as our pets, and even our parents. Birthday snacks, Valentine cards, meeting-day pizzas, and warm nights watching the 4th of July fireworks from the alley ...

Through the years, I've had the privilege of watching the rise of the Linux community with a special little community of battle-worn pirates at Linux New Media. Happy 20 years everybody. Here's to 20 more.

Joe Casad [source: https--www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2020/240/20-Years-of-Linux-Magazine]

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An MCSE (Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer) is someone who has passed exams about the Microsoft Windows NT operating system, related desktop systems, networking, and Microsoft's BackOffice server products. To prepare for the exams, you can take courses at a certified training company location, in certified courses in a high school or college, or through self-study at Microsoft's self-study Web site or through certified training materials.

The MCSE program is the most popular of a set of training programs that Microsoft calls the Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP). In other MCP programs, you can gain certification as a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MCSD), a Microsoft Certified Product Specialist (MCPS), or a Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT).

[source: https--www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/definition/Microsoft-Certified-Systems-Engineer-MCSE]