Customer Reviews

Windows® Group Policy Administrator's Pocket Consultant

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William Stanek never ceases to amaze me with how much great info he can pack into his pocket consultants. There's not one that's not worth it's weight in gold and I mean that. His are the only books I've ever read front to back and then gone back in for a second or third read with highlighter in hand. Everyone in IT I work with has at least one of his books if not several and sometimes several copies of the ones they have.

I bought three copies of this and three copies of Active Directory® Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Administrators Pocket Consultant). I kept one of each and gave out the rest in my last staff meeting. There are no other books I will buy for my team, because no other books are as good. I am also grown up enough to admit knowledge I got from his books over the years are what earned me multiple promotions.

What makes this book so good is its relentless focus on what matters and the deep level of technical information William shares. William knows Windows and Microsoft products better than any 10 other tech experts on the planet put together.

No other Group Policy book I've ever read has been as good and what's even better is William does this in less than 320 pages. The 600+ page book I had before this didn't explain half of this even half as well. I'll finish by also saying this book should be used with William's Windows Server 2008 Inside Out.

Out of all the Windows 2008 books I have, this one stands out as the best. William Stanek is a great writer, and has put together a stellar book that should be required reading for every System Administrator!

I've been using this at my company to help me with our group policy. Very handy and useful and recommended.

This is a Must-have book for server and domain administrators. easy reading and comprehensive. Recommend for administrating and customizing your domain preferences.

This book is like a lot of, maybe most, IT books. It is filled with information that won't help you in your job. If you're studying for something, maybe this will be of value. If you need to manage group policy in a work environment, forget it. On the other hand, it's a great, if expensive, brick.

I am one with little experience in Group Policy and found this book to be a helpful supplement to what I already know. It goes into detail in the right areas. Would recommend to others, especailly those that have some knowledge about Group Policy.

Just reading the first few pages and I was more comfortable with Group Policies(GP), would recommend for people wanting to learn about GP.

I would have liked to have seen more information on (older) Windows 2003 Server and Windows xp. Talks more about Windows 2008 Server and Vista and the new tools. So Great if you have the latest, not so great if you don't. This was my first delve into group policy and it's not clear what works with XP and Windows Server 2003 and what doesn't. Would have been nice to have a section differentiating what still applies to XP and older and what doesn't as opposed to Server 2008/Vista and Newer.