Customer Reviews

Microsoft® Exchange Server 2010 Administrator s Pocket Consultant

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I had assumed that this book was a cookbook in nature, I need to do this procedure - look it up and execute the steps in order. But it really was a lot more. It does an excellent job of explaining the concepts in a concise accurate manner. There is an impressive amount of content in this book as well. I was happily deceived by its size. But if you want a book that quickly explains what you need to do with Exchange 2010, this is a great option. I have the Unleashed book, and I find myself using this book quite a lot more.

William Stanek is the top authority for all things Microsoft for a reason. He is well known for his detailed and clear explanations. He knows more than any dozen other so-called experts and he's not afraid to share every last bit of knowledge he has about any topic he writes about. Exchange Server 2010 Adminstrators Pocket Consultant isn't meant to be an allinone book but in this book's 700 pages I learned everything I wanted to know about Exchange Server 2010 and then some.

Good for anyone working in tech from dev to IT admin. Definitely worth the money and then some too.

In this book, you are presented with some (but not all) configuration options of Exchange 2010. However you are not giving the explanation why would you like to configure it this way. Mostly it's just copy-paste from the manual.

Also there are so many repeated parts that are very disruptive in reading, for example you can find this:
"Unlike POP3, IMAP4 has no option to leave mail on the server. IMAP4 also lets users access public and private folders on an Exchange server." This is copy-pasted 3 times on just four pages! It's just ridiculous.
On the other hand, the powershell part is nice and worth reading, that's why I am giving 3 stars instead of none. Even though I like William's book, this one is not good.

I am not a full time Exchange Admin and am planning upgrading an Exchange 2003 Server to Exchange 2010. I found this book when I was doing some research on Exchange upgrade.It is very practical and detailed. The instructions are very clear.

It helps Exchange Admins in their day-to-day work as well as the upgrading. I've already done the upgrade in my virtual lab following the procedure described in the book. I am looking forward to the real upgrade in the coming weeks. With this book handy, I have more confidence in the success of the upgrade.

You would not want this book to leave your desk or backpack!!! great resource for Consultants and full of cmdlets!!!!

Excellent Book and I received the book within the 4/5 days from date of purchase

This book is a must have for anyone running Exchange 2010. It has information in it I have found no where else. Anytime I have any sort of issue I start with this book and it usually has exactly what I need to correct many of the problems I have come across. From one roll-up update shutting off all the services, to the correct privileges in IIS, and setting up Outlook Anywhere.

I did find it easy to read, very good info, it was recommented to me by a MS employee.