MCSE Training Guide: Networking Essentials [With New Riders' Testprep Software, Complete Book on CD]

Those individuals who can not/or could not pass the test on the first try must not read very well. This is the only resource I used to prepare for the Networking Essentials Exam and passed with a 751.

YOU CANNOT PASS THE TEST ON THE BOOK ALONE. It doesn't matter what book you read, if you don't have the practical experience or at least some classroom hands-on work, you will not pass the test easily. The book was a great fill in the gaps for me.

I think this book is a good condensed reference guide for studying the major topics for MCSE Certification, but I would rather have another book on Networking Essentials for studying the topics of Networking Essentials with drill exercises on terminology and review like Sybex's MCSE STUDY GUIDE: NETWORK ESSENTIALS, 2ED. I own 3 books in the New Riders' series of Certification books, and I admit that New Riders is a good publisher of CNA/CNE & MCSE Certification handbooks, but I feel their books are more for intermediate/advanced users rather than novice/intermediate users like myself. I find the testprep software is a good tool for studying for the Net. Essentials exam.

Covers a superset of the material on the Prep Guide and the test itself. The Chapter Reviews and TestPrep software prepared me for this test. The only down side is that there are no "scenario " questions in TestPrep. Highly recommended!

Breaks down topics into sections exactly like the test...covered areas NOT covered well by the Network Press study guides. Well-written, not dry like other guides...highly recommended.