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Mission-Critical Microsoft Exchange 2003: Designing and Building Reliable Exchange Servers (HP Technologies)

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I have not read the 24x7 book, but I have evaluated most of the other Exchange books on the market. This book has "actual" information from someone's experience - instead of just being a regurgitation from the Microsoft help manual. Several books on the market are truly weak regurgitations of the help file, unfortunately. Based on the review for the 24x7 book, I am buying a copy of that now. I checked out Boswell's Exchange book in the store the other day and didn't see the stuff that I was looking for in it. However, Bosewell has a good name and is usually very thorough. So, I would say that you should probably check out that book and the 24x7 book to see what you think about the people reviewing those.

This book has a lot of good information, and is worth the price. Many of the other Exchange books are just a waste of money. I did also buy the "Exchange Server 2003 Administrators Companion" as well as "Implementing Exchange Server 2003 70-284 study guide" from Microsoft Press. I recommend that you avoid the study guide because it REALLY sucks. The other book "Administrators Companion" is okay, but not as good as this one.

I hope this helps you - as you can tell, it is clearly a real review. Honestly, I would have given this 4.5 stars. However, since that is not an option, I gave it 5. I am sure someone will come along and give it a 4-star rating one of these days. I just didn't want to be the one to take this book down a notch because it is still the best Exchange book I own.

The best book I have read on Exchange 2003. I have read about 10 books on exchange 5.5 - 2003 and most are full of dry how-to information with no thought behind the overall technology or processes. The text provides vast amounts information and practical examples of old and new technology. I like the honesty of the information provided, in that it is not full of Microsoft Marketing material but Real thoughtful info.

This is not a step by step how to manual or to be used for certification - although the experience of the text will help in certification.

For Exchange Admins new and old this is a great book in designing and operating an Exchange 2003 Environment. This is a must read.

Being new to the MS Exchange world, I wanted a book that detailed installation, configuration, troubleshooting, etc.

This book is exhaustively detailed on the internals of Exchange, and how to maximize performance, backup, disaster recovery, etc. all from a large installation perspective.

I think this would be a great book for more experienced Exchange administrators and those who manage evironments with 1000s of users.

Please review the table of contents before purchasing to ensure that it covers the desired information.

I've read this book from cover to cover. It was helpful to me. I am tasked with upgrading my 2000 Exchange to Exchange 2003 in a SAN environment, with high availablity as my goal. I've been administering Exchange for over 6 yrs now, so a book on how-to was not my expectation. I also own Exchange 2000 24seven, and have ordered the 2003 edition. The 24seven book is a very good reference guide in my opinion, and more along the lines of what you need if detailed directions are your desire. Do not buy this book if you are trying to pass a test.