Customer Reviews

Group Policy, Profiles, and IntelliMirror for Windows2003, WindowsXP, and Windows 2000 (Mark Minasi Windows Administrator Library)

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I agree with the other reviewers this book is an absolute must for any Windows 2000/2003 administrator. Other books touch on group policy but Jeremy breaks it down and really explains what is going on. You want to create your own custom policies... it's in there. Group policy is not applying; how do you troubleshoot... it's in there. You want in-depth coverage of roaming profiles... it's in there. You want to know how the GPMC works... it's in there.

You get my point. Group policy is one of the most important aspects of AD and this book hits the ball out of the park. I also recommend his previous book Windows 2000 Group Policy. This book is also endorsed by Mark Minasi and Michael Dennis (Microsoft Group Policy Manger)so you know it has to be good. Trust the reviews and buy this one.

If Dan Holme recommends it then it's gotta be good. He's a damned good techie and writer too.

I'm an experienced MCSE with an International W2003 forest. I've read the best books (Boswell & Minasi & MS Press) but I always found there was a need for a dedicated book on GPO, etc.

Jeremy was kind enough to let me have a look through his book around 6 weeks ago when I was at one of his talks. It looked good so I got it here on Amazon.

It's a great balance of intro and advanced material. Import notes and "gotch-ya's" are highlighted. Hard-to-find tips and tricks are littered all over the place.

Speaking fo which.... I was reading the a section on how to recover the default policies of a domain and the DC OU on the bus one morning. That day, during some random checks I was stunned to find one of the default GPO's was corrupt. The few $'s I spent on this book save me a call to MS Support.

It's an informative and humorous read. Jeremy seems to understand the daily toil of an overworked admin. I recommend this book to novicxes and especially to experts who will make the most of the advanced tips.

This book is an unbelievable resource for anyone needing "The Word" on Group Policy. Incredibly clear, highly detailed, and well organized! This goes way beyond any documentation that has been produced--Jeremy clearly spent a LOT of time digging through the guts of Group Policy and testing EVERYTHING. There is information here I haven't seen anywhere else--I would not be surprised if Microsoft's own Group Policy team learned a few things from reading this book. If you are planning, deploying, or troubleshooting Group Policy, do yourself a favor and GET THIS BOOK!

Mark Minasi showed his enormous intellect when he gave his endorsement to Jeremy Moskowitz for a new book dedicated to Group Policies. I have both editions of this book and it stays open on my desk at all times. The sections on Deployment, GPMC, and ADM Template Management are golden. You may think you know AD but you don't until you know Group Policies and how much time they can save you managing your enterprise, and how under utlized group policies probably are in your enterprise. Oh...and if you can't find it in the book, check out Jeremy's website www.gpanswers.com with forums that Jeremy responds to personally.

If you have any involvement in a 2000 or 2003 Active Directory environment put this book in your shopping cart and proceed immediately to check out. You'll be darn glad you did.

I also agree with the other reviewers that this book is an absolute MUST for any Windows administrator. It's easy to read & reference no matter what your level of expertise with GPOs. It's helped me out on more than a few occasions. What more can be said that hasn't yet? If you work with GPOs you MUST have this book! Thanks for a great book Jeremy!

As is obvious to us 'real-world' AD Forest Rangers, Group Policy is very powerful and can be very dangerous. Used properly, you can reach new heights along the road to a 'well managed environment' but if you aren't very careful, you can hose EVERY W2k and newer system in your domain (and possibly forest) with just a few clicks. This author has focused on a very complex topic and due to his diligence and thoroughness, readers of this book come out the other side in glorious enlightenment. This book is a TREMENDOUS resource that covers almost every detail of GP that I've ever needed. Plus, the extra 'Web chapters' at www.gpoanswers.com are a great resource, too.

This book uses any Group Policy knowledge you may think you already have and expands it by 1000% (technically impossible I know but you get my drift!). It's a pleasure to read and the author's knowledge and devotion to the subject come shining through. If you need to design or support Group Policies then you must buy this book.

This is an absolutly awesome book. Right away I was able to easily understand why some of my group policies weren't working and explained why it takes so long for some PC's to get assigned software. I highly reccommend getting this book if you are going to be creating Group Policyies. It's a must have!!!

I know that Mark Minasi didn't write this book, but I've found that pretty much anything that has his name on it is very good. However, THIS book has exceeded my expectations. It has already solved/answered many problems/questions I've had about GP and AD. It is a one-stop problem solver. Given all the 5 stars I saw in the reviews before I bought the book, I thought maybe the publisher had padded the reviews. Not so. This is a must have. It covers the basics and more advanced topics of GP, which is something I needed. An example problem I had: We use Roaming Profiles. We have three remote offices and sometimes printers wouldn't install when a user went from a remote office to our home office. We also needed a way to automatically reset the default printer when a user Roamed to a machine in another office. Page 132-133 of this book tells how to do that with a 5-line script.

This is the book to have if you need to implement group policy in your organization or even if you just want to find out how group policy really works. There is nothing out there like it.

I can't tell you how many hours I have spent pouring over Microsoft Technet documents and other technical publications - reading a paragraph here and a paragraph there, in order to produce just a piece of a solution using group policy. This book has everything you need written in a fresh and interesting style. It is the first technical book I have read cover to cover -and I have been in the business for over 15 years!