Help me get the right books

hopeyangmei

Hello: First post here for me

I have been in the IT field for 6 years. Right now I will have plenty of time to study as I am unemployed right now. I want to start studying for the exams for MCSE but need to know the best book sets to purchase and where to start studying. What tests are the best to take first?

I live in the Portland Oregon area. Are there any study groups or good classes I should take around here? I have been working for a smallish shop in eastern washington doing support for med to small bussinesses. Also built and sold custom computers to them. Supporting their networks. Mostly NT4 but some 2003 server but just the basics. I need to learn so much. Can someone point me in the right direction please?

Thanks very much
Jay

I will be looking through the threads here as I am sure this has been asked many times but at first glance I did not see the info I needed.