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Configuring Citrix Metaframe XP for Windows

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Generally, I am very happy with Syngress books, but not this one. First of all, the writing style is very difficult to follow at times.. It's kind of hard to explain but it's almost like the authors are trying to find the most confusing way to explain things.

I was also dissapointed to read so much of the same stuff that is available directly in the Citrix manuals (albeit the Citrix literature is much more clear). The funny thing is there is a ... editorial review that says that this book actually explains what all the heading do in the CMC. Well guess what? SO DOES THE MANUAL!! (Except the manual is free, not... like this book.) Of course I noticed this review after I bought the book.

I'm kind of new to Citrix, but even I found an error (this book says that MS License Servers must run on a domain controller--but that's not true because ours aren't). I know that mistakes are common in tech books, but now I kind of wonder what else is wrong with it.

Overall, the book does seem to cover a lot of areas, but there's a lot to read through to get to anything useful.

I have been working with Citrix products for a few years now and my company has recently decided to migrate to MF XP. Having little experience with the product i turned to books. Syngress always delivered for me and i found this book published by them.

I am extremely happy with the content in the book, covered everything i needed to know and more. This book has been invaluable in my migration form MF 1.8 to XP.

I most definately recommednt his book....

I purchased this book and Ted Harwood's "Inside Citrix Metaframe XP" when I needed to design and roll out a 3-server farm of Metaframe XP FR3. This book rarely ever got used. I found it to be poorly organized, and frustrating to use. Answers and information were much easier to find in the Harwood book and on the Citrix support website.

The book description says that it comes with a CD-ROM, but mine sure didn't. No mention of it anywhere.

Other than that, the book is not stellar, but OK. It tends to repeat itself at times as is common in books written by multiple authors.