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Title: Active Directory, Second Edition by Alistair G. Lowe-Norris, Robbie Allen ISBN: 0-596-00466-4 Publisher: O'Reilly & Associates Pub. Date: 01 April, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $44.95

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Average Customer Rating: 4.26 (19 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: A must have for Active Directory and ADSI
Comment: This book, written by the person who headed the largest and broadest Windows 2000 deployment in Europe to date, not only covers the 'What' of Active Directory, but the 'How' and 'Why'. This includes not only the technical aspects of Active Directory but also the operational and business aspects that are all too rarely addressed in this kind of book.It also covers key concepts (and code) of ADSI and Vbscript. I am a real fun of O'Reilly books, and this is another gem in my library.

Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent Coverage of Key Technology
Comment: This is a truly excellent book. Written by the person who headed up the largest Windows 2000 deployment (in Europe) to date, it not only covers the 'What' of Active Directory, but the 'How' and 'Why'. This includes not only the technical aspects of Active Directory but also the operational and business aspects that are all too rarely addressed in this kind of book,but that absolutely have to be dealt with if any kind of ROI is to be realised from this technology.

If that isn't enough, the last part of the book shows how to roll your own scripts for adding users, querying the Active Directory etc.. Or as I prefer to think of it, repetitive tasks that you don't really want to go near the gui for. I have this book down as having 585 pages of solid fact, no filler, all examples kept short and focussing on the point in question.

This is an example of how technical books should be written - lots of hard fact with unambigous examples in a well-written style. If you have to go near Windows 2000 & the Active Directory (and I suspect one or two people may be in this position) then buy this book.

Rating: 1
Summary: Worst book I ever bought
Comment: What can I say, I learned more about Active Directory from a scripting book than I did this one. The author beat around the bush and never seemed to get to the point. Too much fluff and not enough "need-to-know" information. Currently reading the Thomson Learning MCSE Active Directory book, and its much better, although still not perfect.
Even if you are looking for a reference, this isn't it. Maybe the Active Directory Cookbook?

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