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CompTIA Network+ N10-005 Authorized Cert Guide is a best-of-breed exam study guide. Best-selling author and expert instructor Kevin Wallace shares preparation hints and test-taking tips, helping you identify areas of weakness and improve both your conceptual knowledge and hands-on skills. Material is presented in a concise manner, focusing on increasing your understanding and retention of exam topics.

The book presents you with an organized test preparation routine through the use of proven series elements and techniques. Exam topic lists make referencing easy. Chapter-ending Exam Preparation Tasks help you drill on key concepts you must know thoroughly. Review questions help you assess your knowledge, and a final preparation chapter guides you through tools and resources to help you craft your final study plan.

The companion DVD contains the powerful Pearson IT Certification Practice Test engine, complete with hundreds of exam-realistic questions. The assessment engine offers you a wealth of customization options and reporting features, laying out a complete assessment of your knowledge to help you focus your study where it is needed most. The DVD also contains more than two hours of personal video mentoring from the author.

Well-regarded for its level of detail, assessment features, and challenging review questions and exercises, this authorized study guide helps you master the concepts and techniques that will enable you to succeed on the exam the first time. Download Now »

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CompTIA® Network+ N10-005 Authorized Exam Cram, Fourth Edition is the perfect study guide to help you pass CompTIA’s new Network+ N10-005 exam. It provides coverage and practice questions for every exam topic, including substantial new coverage of security, wireless, and voice networking. The book contains an extensive set of preparation tools, such as quizzes, Exam Alerts, and a practice exam, while the CD’s state-of-the-art test engine provides real-time practice and feedback.

Covers the critical information you’ll need to know to score higher on your Network+ (N10-005) exam!

• Understand modern network topologies, protocols, and models
• Work effectively with DNS and DHCP
• Monitor and analyze network traffic
• Understand IP addressing, routing, and switching
• Perform basic router/switch installation and configuration
• Manage networks and utilize basic optimization techniques
• Plan and implement a small office/home office network
• Master essential LAN, WAN, and wireless technologies
• Install, configure, secure, and troubleshoot wireless networks
• Safeguard networks with VPNs, authentication, firewalls, and security appliances Download Now »

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Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-561—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.

Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:

• Connect to data sources; query and retrieve data
• Manage data integrity and transactions
• Use LINQ to query data across types, including XML
• Work with DataSets and in-memory stores
• Synchronize data—including smart-caching strategies
• Generate an EDM using the Entity Framework
• Use ADO.NET Data Services for Internet applications

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Creating Database Connections
Chapter 2. Selecting and Querying Data
Chapter 3. DataSets
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Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-503—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.

Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:

• Define and implement service contracts
• Configure client and service endpoints across transport protocols
• Customize service behavior; host and expose services
• Add instrumentation to services, including end-to-end tracing
• Implement transport, message, and user level security
• Consume services through proxies and agents
• Manage the service life cycle—instances, sessions, transactions, concurrency

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Contracts
Chapter 2. Exposing the Services
Chapter 3. Deploying Services
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Announcing an all-new Self-Paced Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on 70-502, the required exam for the new Microsoft Certified Technology Specialist (MCTS) certification for Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5—Windows Presentation Foundation.

This 2-in-1 kit includes the official Microsoft study guide, plus practice tests on CD to help assess your skills. It comes packed with the tools and features exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and customizable testing options. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for the skills and expertise you can apply to the job.

Focusing on the Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), this official study guide covers creating, configuring, and deploying WPF applications; integrating Windows Forms controls; adding multimedia content; using triggers and animation; binding to data sources; and configuring security settings.

Work at your own pace through the lessons and lab exercises. Then assess yourself using 300+ practice questions on the CD, featuring multiple, customizable testing options. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives. You get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get an evaluation version of Microsoft Visual Studio® 2008 software and an exam discount voucher Download Now »

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Ace your preparation for the skills measured by MCTS Exam 70-448—and on the job. Work at your own pace through a series of lessons and reviews that fully cover each exam objective. Then, reinforce and apply what you’ve learned through real-world case scenarios and practice exercises. This official Microsoft study guide is designed to help you make the most of your study time.

Maximize your performance on the exam by learning to:

• Create SSIS packages; troubleshoot data flow and control flow
• Configure, debug, and deploy SSIS solutions
• Develop SSAS cubes for OLAP and data mining services
• Implement custom logic with MDX
• Optimize storage design and query performance
• Create SSRS reports; enable interactivity; write custom code
• Manage the report environment
• Configure security features for SSIS, SSAS, and SSRS

Table of Contents
Chapter 1. Developing SSIS Packages
Chapter 2. Debugging and Error Handling in SSIS
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