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Windows Nt Server: Professional Reference

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Being a Windows NT Professional and working in a Fortune 100 corporation where Enterprise networking is King, my needs for a comprehensive guide to a NT Operating system are self evident. Unfortunately, most books on the market help those of beginning to intermediate skill levels. After a long and exhaustive search for a book that would be advanced enough for professional's needs, I came across Windows NT Server by Karanjit. S. Siyan. Mr. Siyan's extreme depth of understanding of not only the NT operating system, but of the general networking concepts is further enhanced by his ability to communicate those ideas to the reader. The information is well thought out and the layout of the book makes finding any given topic easy. The book is invaluable not only as a learning tool, but as the title denotes, a professional reference. The subjects that are covered range from installation of the individual servers, to domain planning, optimization and tuning, as well as TCP/IP packet analisys and most importantly: The NT Registry. It should be noted that this book is not for the beginner and even intermediate level professional might be a bit overwhelmed by the detail of information that Mr. Siyan goes into. However, if you're looking for a comprehensive, detail oriented book that covers the nooks and crannies of Windows NT, you've found your bible.

I searched and reviewed a lot of NT books, before I purchased this book. I have read a good amount of computer books and had built sort of a checklist of items in my head. I needed NT architecture, Domains, Install runthrough / possible problems and features, Security, Registry and Performance (I placed a high value on performance experence). Almost all of the NT books had these main subjects plus more. I felt this book had a covered the most ground and looked interesting. One thing I liked about this book was the depth of information. The author was giving the high level concept and then, I felt providing a good technical response as well. The information content was great, providing lots of information on everything NT from Server to DHCP, WINS, NT protocols information (IPX, NETBeui, TCP/IP and Apple Stuff), and Netware intergration, plus four appendices that are excellent LAN / Networking references. These covered OSI layers, IEEE 802, Wiring and cable plant, Ethernet, Token Ring, Arcnet, fiber and Localtalk, a section on routing & bridging, and a section on wans(ATM, FDDI, X.25, ect). Information ranged from easily understandable to electrical signaling information (not easily understood). Not only was it good, but I used it for study on my MCSE Networking Essentials exam. Overall I rated this book very good, I found it a good learning tool and a great NT and Lan reference. One caveat - This book is written for administrators (says so in the interduction, too)