Sybex MCSE Study Guides (NT 4.0) (Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE))

Member Name: jasontaylor

Product:	Microsoft Certified System Engineer (MCSE)
Date:	07/08/00 (108 review reads)
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Advantages: good quality reading and well structured

Disadvantages: exams finish at the end of this year

I recently bought some Sybex MCSE books in Networking Essentials and Windows NT Server in the Enterprise. They are well structured and have review questions at the end of every chapter which point out which topics you may need to read over again. They also come with training CD’s which are very useful and contain preparatory exam questions.
Just after my purchase, I realised Microsoft was finishing the Windows NT 4.0 exams on 31 December 2000. Although the books are very useful and detailed, I will not have time to study and take all four core exams before the end of the year and will have to buy some Windows 2000 MCSE books instead. It seems Microsoft are taking us for a ride, they should give more time in which to take the exams. I suspect that Windows NT 4.0 will stay with us in most organisations for at least another 4 to 5 years and companies will still need people with NT 4.0 skills. It appears as if Microsoft are putting on the pressure for us to upgrade our operating systems even if we don’t need to.

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