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Y2K Technical Reference for NT Server

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This book was a great help for me in 1999. It had a great SNA section. I also noticed that Omar Santos (a well known Security expert) contributed to this book.

I have been searching for a book like this for months. This is the only title that focuses on Y2K issues (and solutions!) for NT administrators. My company just ordered it and we have already gotten our money out of it.

Great generic Y2K info and also product specific info on other Msoft products. Also a good reference section. Pretty much everything I have looked for has been in the book. Well done!

This book has a compilation of great resources... It helped me to understand the Y2K problem solving concepts in a great manner.

This book gave me some real world information to use in my job. With Y2k around the corner, this book is a must! It validated all the work we've done to this point and gave us some extra pointers for other areas in applications that we had not explored.

provides a solid overview of how Y2K will afect systems. The authors have a good presentation, in that they go from general to specific. This is helpful for those who need to look at the big picture. there is also a wealth of specific information about problem solking methods.

A big help in assessing our y2k readiness. good section on y2k rollover scenarios + y2k roll-over test. I'm still in the process of reading the book, and will be keeping it on hand...

I bought this book hoping for an explanation and in-depth analysis of the nuances of testing NT systems. What I got was a boilerplate Y2K book with the standard information you would find on every website or other book (Assess, Analyze, Remediate, Retire, etc.) The "NT" portion of the book simply repeats the Y2K status of NT Server, SQL Server, etc. But the information is months old! NT4SP4 is listed as a new release. No mention of NT4SP5. Some of the testing guidelines are incredibly simplistic (1-send messages 2- roll over the clock on your Exchange server 3- send more messages). The book also has standard Y2K compliance information (check the website instead) for many products such as Groupwise and Lotus Notes. If you are looking for a general, simplistic approach to Y2K compliance information of major products that is 6 months old, this is the book for you. I'm returning mine. If you want a technical reference for NT Systems, check out the Microsoft Y2K CD from Technet. It's not great, but it's better than this (and it's up to date).