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Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Unleashed

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Windows 2000 Server Unleashed is a very productive book. This book covers a lot of aspects of Windows Server Advanced Server ranging from installing it into your server up to securing your server from hackers, crackers and script kiddies. The book also explains just about all you need to know so that you can successfully manage a Windows 2000 server. I like how the book explains all the different aspects of each part of the operating system. The information ranges from how the operating system actually works up to the different techniques that you can use to tweak the server. Another thing I liked about Windows 2000 Server Unleashed is that it tells you both the GUI way to do things and also the command line way. Tips to different parts of the operating system are scattered throughout the book and these tips are usually pretty useful. Overall the Windows 2000 Server Unleashed book is a very useful reference manual that should become a bible for any administrator who is thinking about a Windows 2000 network

This book covers every topic of Windows 2000 Server you could possibly want to know, completely in depth. I reccomend this book to anyone that uses Windows 2k, from novice to pro.

I turned to this book based on my experience with
"Windows NT 4 Server Unleashed", which let me bring
an NT server up rather painlessly some years ago.
However, this book does not measure up. Not only are
there many places where it's obvious that a proofreader
was not used, but I found quite a few places where
text was simply cut-and-pasted from chapter to
chapter, resulting in duplication of whole paragraphs.
Look elsewhere if you're looking to understand the
differences between NT4 and W2K from the ground up.
If you're already experienced with Win2K, perhaps
you'll find this a good reference, but it's not for
beginners.

This book is intended to all expert Windows NT administrators only! If you're new to Windows Administration and you want to start from the ground up with Windows 2000, then this book is NOT for you. Although I praise the book for it's in-depth technical explanation of the great new features of Windows 2000, it doesn't have much of the details on how to actually use them from within the server or your application. This book discusses in detail the internal workings of Windows services and components, but not on practical applications of the new technologies available or will be made available (eg. ASP.NET on IIS 5.0). I'd say the author focused on the "why's" but less on the "how's".

I am a web developer and I wanted to learn all the technical processes and hardware requirements in setting up and administering Windows 2000 such as setting up a LAN, a name server to point my domain at and make it available on the web, or even just to connect my network to my ISP (like setting up a router, a hub, proxy server, etc.), but I was disappointed not to get even a single hint. I guess I failed to review the table of content beforehand.

Anyway, I still believe this book deserves a space on my shelf for future reference - when I am already an expert in Windows administration. And I will still remain a fan of SAMS Unleashed book series!