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Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003 Inside Out
Dig in—and discover how to put the reliability, scalability, and security enhancements in Windows Server 2003 to work! This supremely organized reference packs all the details you need to plan and manage a Windows Server 2003 implementation and handle everyday administration. You’ll gain hundreds of timesaving solutions, troubleshooting tips, and workarounds, along with more than 100 tools and scripts on CD. Find the best and fastest ways to perform everyday system administration tasks, and challenge yourself to new levels of Windows Server mastery! CD A Note Regarding the CD or DVD The print version of this book ships with a CD or DVD. For those customers purchasing one of the digital formats in which this book is available, we are pleased to offer the CD/DVD content as a free download via O'Reilly Media's Digital Distribution services. To download this content, please visit O'Reilly's web site, search for the title of this book to find its catalog page, and click on the link below the cover image (Examples, Companion Content, or Practice Files). Note that while we provide as much of the media content as we are able via free download, we are sometimes limited by licensing restrictions. Please direct any questions or concerns to booktech@oreilly.com.
1488 pages, Paperback
First published June 16, 2004
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Not What I Expected, But Still Good
April 27, 2005
This book wasn't what I expected it to be. I was expecting something from the point of view of being an Administrator and being shown what I needed to do, why I needed to do it, and how I would use Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to do it. Instead, this book is written from the point of view of being an Administrator and being shown what Microsoft Windows Server 2003 can do and exactly how to do it. For the most part, the book is descriptive instead of prescriptive. Given that, the book does a very good job. It's extremely detailed and covers a huge spectrum of what Microsoft Windows Server 2003 can do. One odd thing is that even though the author assumes in-depth knowledge of the terminology and concepts of server administration, he also seems to assume that the reader has never seen a Microsoft Windows XP desktop. He spends a good chunk of the book describing (in detail) things that anyone who has ever worked with XP already knows.
So, ignoring the fact that this book wasn't what I expected, overall, if you know what you're doing as an Administrator and just need to know how Microsoft Windows Server 2003 does the things you need to do, then I highly recommend this book. I give it a rating of four stars out of five.
As a side note, this book is used in Florida State University's (FSU's) CIS 4407: "Computer and Network System Administration" course.
Not What I Expected, But Still Good
April 27, 2005
This book wasn't what I expected it to be. I was expecting something from the point of view of being an Administrator and being shown what I needed to do, why I needed to do it, and how I would use Microsoft Windows Server 2003 to do it. Instead, this book is written from the point of view of being an Administrator and being shown what Microsoft Windows Server 2003 can do and exactly how to do it. For the most part, the book is descriptive instead of prescriptive. Given that, the book does a very good job. It's extremely detailed and covers a huge spectrum of what Microsoft Windows Server 2003 can do. One odd thing is that even though the author assumes in-depth knowledge of the terminology and concepts of server administration, he also seems to assume that the reader has never seen a Microsoft Windows XP desktop. He spends a good chunk of the book describing (in detail) things that anyone who has ever worked with XP already knows.
So, ignoring the fact that this book wasn't what I expected, overall, if you know what you're doing as an Administrator and just need to know how Microsoft Windows Server 2003 does the things you need to do, then I highly recommend this book. I give it a rating of four stars out of five.
As a side note, this book is used in Florida State University's (FSU's) CIS 4407: "Computer and Network System Administration" course.
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