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Title: Mastering Windows 2000 Server (4th Edition) by Mark Minasi, Christa Anderson, Brian M. Smith, Doug Toombs ISBN: 0-7821-4043-2 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: March, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.57 (134 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Easy-to-read, broad overview of Win 2K Server
Comment: Before I say how much I like this book, I'll confess I have not read it cover-to-cover, as I have the 3rd Edition and it is over 1800 pages. But it is a refreshing change from other texts on the same subject written by folks who think MS products are infallible.
Why did I get this book? I'm not an IT person, but I write a lot of code... mainly for PHP/MySQL-based web sites that usually run Unix-based systems using Apache servers. When offered the challenge of designing a huge web-based application for my employer's intranet, I accepted, but only later found out I had to run my scripts on a Windows 2000 Server. And to make it worse, I would not be allowed to administer the server... only our IT department staff was allowed admin rights to it. And if that wasn't bad enough, no one on our IT staff knew how to run Win 2K Server. Yet they expected me to have all the answers for them. This book has given me the answers.
Now, don't get this book if you are looking for guidance on running PHP/MySQL on Win 2K... no no no. There's plenty of information on the net for that. What I'm talking about is the stuff like Active Directory, or DSN, or SMTP... things that I needed to know to get all our users up and running with the correct permissions to specific directories, databases, email, etc. Its a good introduction to the topics to familiarize yourself with the terminology. If you need advanced coverage on a topic, you may need to get other resources. But this has been a great starting point for me.
One point I want to re-emphasise... before I bought this book, I bought another book on MS IIS 5.0 which just about made me sick to my stomach. The other author was some kind of pro-MS zealot and laced the book with lots of sugary-sweet praise for MS. But not Minasi. I was impressed with his balanced perspective and his mix of both compliments and criticisms.
Anyway, I recommend this to people who know little to nothing about Windows 2000 Server.
Rating: 5
Summary: Hard to believe all the great reviews - but they are true.
Comment: I don't know about you, but when I read a whole ton of great reviews about a book I tend to switch off...thinking "oh yeh, they probably work for the publisher".
However, this book is quite simply excellent.
If you need to learn about Windows 2000 Server and related technologies this is the book for you. It is very easy to read (not dry like Microsoft and Cisco books) and the author has a great sense of humour which has obviously come from working in the real IT world. It is actually enjoyable to read (for a text book!).
Concepts are written in a way that beginners can understand and veterans not feel patronised. Questions that you don't want to ask your workmates for fear of ridicule are answered (we all forget things sometimes!). All related networking and technical concepts of IT infrastructure are explained which means no switching between books constantly.
This is for people that want to learn how to do things well in W2k and have an excellent day-to-day reference, not for those who want to beat the Microsoft exams by learning rote.
The book was so good, I bought the comp...I mean, I bought Windows 2000 Professional as well. Enjoy!
Rating: 3
Summary: Great writing but beware; the e-book has problems
Comment: I installed Win2K Server some time ago but decided it was time to go back to the basics and really improve my overall understanding of the product (particularly AD). I bought this book on the basis of its great reviews and it has not disappointed so far. (I'm reading this one cover to cover!) Mark Minasi's style is eminently readable and his depth of knowledge of the product is not contaminated by the dreaded Microsoft sycophancy that seems to plague other authors. My only complaint is that the book is large and heavy and is not very manageable in bed or bath (both favoured reading places of mine). In an effort to ease my aching arm muscles I decided to install the e-book version on my laptop and immediately ran into problems with Sybex's security protection. The e-book will NOT run with Adobe Acrobat Reader 6 and Sybex glibly suggest installing Version 5 (off the CD). I suggest Sybex extract their collective digit and fix the problem as my laptop is getting rather full and I really don't want to create further clutter. Besides, this kind of little annoyance take the gilding of Mister Minasi's Masterful Masterpiece!
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Title: Mastering Windows 2000 Professional by Mark Minasi ISBN: 078212853X Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 23 October, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.99 |
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Title: Mastering Windows Server 2003 by Mark Minasi, Christa Anderson, Michele Beveridge, C. A. Callahan, Lisa Justice ISBN: 0782141307 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 07 April, 2003 List Price(USD): $59.99 |
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Title: Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Administrator's Companion, Second Edition by Charlie Russel, Sharon Crawford, Jason Gerend ISBN: 0735617856 Publisher: Microsoft Press Pub. Date: 14 August, 2002 List Price(USD): $69.99 |
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Title: Mastering Microsoft Exchange Server 2000 by Barry Gerber ISBN: 0782127967 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 02 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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Title: Exchange Server 2000 24seven by Jim McBee ISBN: 0782127975 Publisher: Sybex Pub. Date: 15 November, 2001 List Price(USD): $49.99 |
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