Dr. Tom Shinder's ISA Server 2006 Migration Guide (Paperback)

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Product Description

Dr. Tom Shinder's ISA Server 2006 Migration Guide provides a clear, concise, and thorough path to migrate from previous versions of ISA Server to ISA Server 2006. ISA Server 2006 is an incremental upgrade from ISA Server 2004, this book provides all of the tips and tricks to perform a successful migration, rather than rehash all of the features which were rolled out in ISA Server 2004. Also, learn to publish Exchange Server 2007 with ISA 2006 and to build a DMZ.

* Highlights key issues for migrating from previous versions of ISA Server to ISA Server 2006.
* Learn to Publish Exchange Server 2007 Using ISA Server 2006.
* Create a DMZ using ISA Server 2006.

* Dr. Tom Shinder's previous two books on configuring ISA Server have sold more than 50,000 units worldwide.
* Dr. Tom Shinder is a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) for ISA Server and a member of the ISA Server beta testing team.
* This book will be the "Featured Product" on the Internet's most popular ISA Server site www.isaserver.org.

About the Author

Thomas W. Shinder, MD is an MCSE and has been awarded the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) award for his work with ISA Server and is recognized in the firewall community as one of the foremost experts on ISA Server. His first two books on ISA Server have sold more than 50,000 units worldwide. Tom has consulted with major companies and organizations such as Microsoft Corp., Xerox, Lucent Technologies, FINA Oil, Hewlett-Packard, and the U.S. Department of Energy. Tom is the primary contributor on ISAserver.org (www.isaserver.org), where he answers hundreds of questions per week on the discussion boards and is the leading content contributor.

Product Details

• Paperback: 637 pages
• Publisher: Syngress (December 17, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1597491993
• ISBN-13: 978-1597491990
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 1.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #310,045 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Find and Replace, January 17, 2008

By	Steve (New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This book seems as if they have just done a find and replace on the text "2004" to "2006", and strangely enough they even managed to miss a few! Most of the book is an exact replica of ISA 2004 by the same author (I now have both). There is also no explanation of how to do a migration from 2004 (or anything) to 2006, the author preferring the user to do a complete re-install, which is strange considering the title of the book. That said, there are a couple of chapters on new features but overall this book is decidedly average.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Balance, October 6, 2008

By	Jacob P. Lavender (Germany) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I found this book to be one of the better books that I have read in regards to IT. Too often I find that books do not offer a good blend of technical theory with practical application. In other words, either just told why to do something without being told where, or told to place check in said box without being told why as if I knew the material inside and out. This book didn't do that in my opinion. I felt as though the author had spent some time ensuring that the practical application was correct and each time I posed the question "why?" he was right there with a hint or note to give me some info.

Prior to reading this book I had used only ISA2K6 when it was pre-RTM (late Beta) in 2006 and early 2007. Since then I hadn't spent much time dealing with it but found this book to be quite useful in reminding me what I had previously learned as well as shedding light on some other issues that I had either not been able to find the answer to or had not had time to research (as many might agree, sometimes finding information on ISA isn't as easy as we would all like).

As far as those of you looking to get the +S on the MCSA or MCSE...yes I used this book for that purpose. I have taken the 70-351 and I did find this book very helpful. On some of the questions posed throughout the test I recalled some of the information provided by the author (and remember that bit about theory and application - helped).

Will I go as far as to say this is the definative book for ISA2K6, no. I haven't read the others. But I will say that if you use it or plan to, this book is worth the time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not a migration guide!, March 10, 2008

By	Dave (United States) - See all my reviews

This book is a fairly in-depth guide for ISA 2006, but it is NOT a migration or upgrade guide. At a minimum, I expected a full chapter dedicated to upgrading from ISA 2004 to 2006, but no such chapter exists. The last 5 pages of the book discuss "ISA 2004 Upgrade Considerations", and that's about it!
Suprising, considering the author's stellar work and track record. I had this on order for 6 months while I was working on other projects, and now that it's here, it's a big letdown.
There is some good material in this book, especially in the realm of security, but that's not why I bought it.