Exchange Server 5.5: 24Seven [Paperback]

Jim McBee (Author)

Book Description

Series: 24seven | Publication Date: May 7, 1999

This reference text provides practical information for everyday Exchange administration. The author offers advanced coverage and targeted information to get the most from an Exchange system. Coverage includes: how to avoid common mistakes when deploying Exchange Server; maintenance and operations procedures to keep your server up and running; how to re-install and upgrade an Exchange server; tackling key issues that arise during migration; techniques for successfully troubleshooting messaging communications problems; exchange Server and messaging security; successfully recovering from database and component failures; backing up and restoring Exchange Server databases; troubleshooting procedures for Exchange Server and Outlook clients; keeping systems and networks up and running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, with the 24seven series.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

It appears Exchange Server administrators have an insatiable demand for thick books, a demand Jim McBee's Exchange Server 5.5--part of the 24Seven series--should help satisfy. Exchange Server doesn't naturally lend itself to a linear narrative style, which makes for episodic reading. With 18 chapters and four appendices, this text covers most Exchange Server issues, but McBee takes pains to point out the large areas--such as client issues--that are not covered.

Interestingly, the book does address migration issues, but not at a technical level. In fact the technical content is pretty light throughout--as if the target reader isn't intended to be hands-on. Sensibly, McBee places a lot of emphasis on preparation and routine maintenance in the central chapters. He focuses on disaster recovery issues, which has an amusing, I-told-you-so feel and uses a lot of ink referring you back to the chapters on preparation and maintenance. The point, of course, is that any disaster you're prepared for isn't a disaster at all.

Although Exchange Server 5.5 isn't as well-structured as it could be, it is clearly written by someone with a lot of experience. This alone makes it essential reading for anyone starting out with Exchange Server. --Steve Patient, Amazon.co.uk

Product Details

• Paperback: 688 pages
• Publisher: Sybex Inc; 1 edition (May 7, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0782125050
• ISBN-13: 978-0782125054
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 1.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,692,769 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm originally from Knoxville, Tennessee, but lived in San Francisco for a couple of years. I have been in Honolulu now for 14 years. Hawaii is a great place to live; you can't beat the weather! But I have to travel quite a bit for work and that first flight is ALWAYS a long one!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars If you don't know Exchange Server, this one's not for you, April 26, 2000

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Jim Wegman - See all my reviews

This review is from: Exchange Server 5.5: 24Seven (Paperback)

I purchased this book as a sys admin working with Exchange Server for the first time, and this book took an already complex product and made it more frustrating. I was looking for a book that would explain the capabilities of Exchange Server and how to configure it to exploit these capabilities. This book seems much more concerned with migration of existing enterprise messaging systems to Exchange and upgrading existing Exchange installations than actually setting up Exchange from scratch.

While I am sure that there is good info in this book that I will eventually use, I would definitely not recommend this book to someone who didn't know quite a bit about Exchange Server to begin with.

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic! And I thought I knew Exchange 5.5, February 23, 2000

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Jason S. Culiner "ThorsDaddy" (Redmond, WA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Exchange Server 5.5: 24Seven (Paperback)

PURCHASE THIS BOOK I read this book in 4 days. As an ex-military sys admin of over 20 Exchange 5.5 servers, running 5 for the #3 ranked web host, and now 15 for another company, I have been working with Exchange since the beta of 4.0, and loving 5.5. I have experienced all sorts of disasters, site migrations, and many other situations (sure boss, we can do that), I thought I knew just about everything there was to Exchange 5.5. But I wanted to learn more about this powerful software application, and this book was the trick. Jim begins with the preparation phases, organizing your thoughts so that you have a successful roll-out/upgrade. It covers in great details day to day operation. Jim also gives some great advice for disaster recovery, but he first spends time explaining what you need to do to avoid disasters to begin with. He then covers routine maintenance (and automating those tasks) some additional bells and whistles that I've been trying to learn for months now. I STRONGLY RECOMMEND THIS BOOK if you are an experienced beginner or an expert administrator with Exchange 5.5. If you love Exchange like I do, you will not be able to put it down til you are done. Make sure you read the scenarios, the book is full of them, from situations he's lived through. Many of these will help you to learn the real-world scenarios that you might encounter and how to help you survive. With this book in hand, you'll impress everyone around you with your new knowledge. The only regret I have is that it is paperback and not hardcover.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Book for Exchange 5.5 I have read., July 5, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Exchange Server 5.5: 24Seven (Paperback)

If you are lucky enough to pick up this book before you implement Exchange 5.5, you be able to kick sand in the face of other Exchange Admins. This book brought up so many good points I had never thought of. The book is tailored for someone who already knows a little about Exchange and is not intended as an exam prep book. The chapters cover so many "what to do if..." and "what to do when..." type senarios with "Real World" examples that make them make sense. This book covers backup procedures, disaster recovery, how to keep your server running in tip-top shape, security measures, advanced Exchange Admin procedures, and performance monitoring. You can buy the book now and be prepared when Exchange breaks, or later you will wish you had it before it happened.