Windows 2000 Reducing TCO Little Black Book: A Guide to Maximizing Benefits of the TCO Feature [Paperback]

Robert E. Simanski (Author)

Book Description

Series: Little Black Books (Coriolis) | Publication Date: February 15, 2000

Teaches the reader how to use each feature of Zero Administration through extensive examples and in-depth practice exercises. Covers remote software distribution and installation. Teaches how to detect, gather, and analyse hardware and software inventory remotely.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

"Automation for its own sake" ranks high on the list of Bad Things, and one goal for information technology experts should be to avoid needless resource deployment. Windows 2000 Reducing TCO Little Black Book explains how up- front expenses are just one part of information system costs. Continuing maintenance and administration work can contribute more to Windows networks' Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and this book has some ideas about how to use good design and some administrative tools to keep TCO down. Specifically, the text discusses Microsoft's Zero Administration initiative for Windows--the company's plan for minimizing ongoing expenses associated with the upkeep of Windows networks.

Most administrators agree that minimizing TCO is important in designing networks, and Little Black Book does a fine job of explaining TCO-minded design of enterprise-spanning networks. It also aptly discusses some of Microsoft's tools for reducing administrative overhead. Still, this book is largely just another Windows 2000 administration book, albeit a good one. It presents procedures to follow and backs them up with reference material and text explaining concepts. TCO-minded administrators will like the chapters on WinINSTALL LE (a tool for deploying packages across a network) but probably will wish for more on Systems Management Server (SMS). For coverage of that product, look at Rod Trent's Microsoft SMS Installer. --David Wall

Topics covered: Windows 2000 network administration, with some emphasis on minimizing Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), designing Active Directory systems for maximum efficiency, setting up organizational units for easy management in the future, and using WinINSTALL LE.

About the Author

Robert Simanski (Herndon, Virginia) is the president and owner of Your Publications Pro!, a publications and computer consulting business, and he conducts seminars and provides member help line services for the Capital User Group. Robert used to be the network administrator of a newsletter publisher with 100 users on three networks. He is the author of Inside Microsoft and Inside Intel and the co-author of Special Edition Using Excel 97 and Special Edition Using the Internet.

Product Details

• Paperback: 512 pages
• Publisher: Coriolis Group Books (February 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1576103153
• ISBN-13: 978-1576103159
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,998,233 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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