Customer Reviews

Microsoft NT Server Resource Kit (Microsoft Professional Editions)

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Has technical details neccessary for fault tollerance/recovery, thick details about architecture, connectivity and lots of great tools on the cd-rom. Complement this with the NT Workstation RK and you'll have good source for studying for NT Admin-Enterprise-TCP/IP test for MCSE. Stuff in here that is not in courseware.

As a practicing certified systems engineer in a major corporation with a very large network of NT servers and workstations and a variety of other systems, the only tools I've found useful in the Resource Kits are those involving deployment. Ghost and Ghost Walker, however, have completely replaced them. QUE's MCSE TestPrep Core Exams and other volumes on Windows NT are better written, far more extensible, and better targeted for everyone from the beginning through the professional user.

With this book I was able to have a step by step understanding of how Microsoft Windows NT works. There is a lot from this book that would save you a lot of time discovering the power of Windowds NT.

For those of you who dont like the fact that the juicy details that were in the 3.5x resource kit arent in the 4.0 resource kit. There is a reason, the 4.0 kit was meant to be a supplement to the 3.5x kit. I could never get Microsoft to publicly admit it though.

This is the documentation that Microsoft should have included with every copy of NT Server. Every administrator should have this kit. The tools are userful and the documentation essential.

This set of source books is a must have if you are running or planning on running any form of NT Network. "Don't leave home without it". The CD is worth it's weight in Gold ! tools and utilities are excellent.

When I purchased my PC, it was loaded by Gateway 2000 with NT 4.0. The only book they give you is the very small (1/2 thick), manual. This book does not really explain too much except the basics. Well let me tell you moving from Windows 3.11 to NT 4.0, is quite an experience. The resource kit and book (which included a CD with lots of goodies), made the transition much easier. It taught me how to navigate, and to create and use my desktop efficiently. I have now moved into several Que books for further NT training and hopefully certification.

This book gives a good overview of IIS4, but if you actually want to know how it works and how to use it to publish your site, forget it. There are no technical details at all, just loads of 'microsoft are the best' brainwashing. I was not impressed. want to know how it works and how to use it to publish your site, forget it. There are no technical details at all.'microsoft are the best'. I was not impressed

Compared with the 3.5x resource kit this one was rather weak. It seems to be focused to the first time NT user rather than the technical one

Try getting a server application running using this book is very difficult. If you memorize all the books in this offering, you still will not be able to get an application up on the server.