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The ultimate guide to building your dream system--without spending a lot of money! This step-by-step guide features more than 200 photographs illustrating how to install and configure hardware components and set up a Workgroup, Domain (Active Directory) and VPN network, using Windows 2000/ .NET Server.

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Share resources within any office environment--or between two or more computers--by building and maintaining your own server. Maximize the same server functionality large corporations use for better security, improved workflow, enhanced cohesiveness, and data and resource sharing. Give customers or employees secured access to data from their own Web browsers, administer your server remotely, turn your server into a wireless access point for secure, shared wireless networking, and much more. Build Your Own Server is a complete, illustrated step-by-step guide to the skills, tools, and accessories you'll need to build a server with 99.9 percent uptime for a fraction of the cost.
  • Construct the nucleus of an internetworking computer system
  • Choose cost-effective hardware for building and/or upgrading
  • Increase security for all corporate resources
  • Set up, configure, and troubleshoot a server for sharing your printer, files, Internet connection, and more
  • Create remote connectivity to access your workstation from home or on the road
  • Restrict access to unwanted online content
  • Automate nightly backups, updates, and maintenance
  • Provide your customers with 24x7 access to dynamic information
  • Configure a Web server for a Web site, Intranet, or Extranet
  • Set up a Workgroup, Domain (Active Directory), and VPN network using Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003

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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill/OsborneMedia (February 10, 2003)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0072227281
  • ISBN-13: 978-0072227284
  • Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 8 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #173,979 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars It's up and running!, June 15, 2003
This book really worked for me. To give you some background, I'm a former web developer (now in business school) who needed a server for both a start-up business of mine and some home stuff that a laptop wouldn't be suitable for. I had never built a box before, but Tony laid out the steps and crucial tips very well. This isn't a "Building a Server for Dummies" exactly, as Tony assumes that you have at least an average to above-average level of computer proficiency (which is a good assumption, otherwise you probably would have no reason to want to build a server).

I will agree with another reviewer who claims the book is very Microsoft-centric, and doesn't address the huge costs of Win 2003 server licenses. However, in my opinion, the first few chapters about hardware alone are worth the price of the book, and the topics addressed in the software chapters can easily apply to a Linux installation as well.

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6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars I read someone elses copy then bought my own., June 13, 2003
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Yes, it has a heavy bias towards Microsoft, but so what. I just followed all the hardware suggestions and then installed two real operating systems ( OpenBSD x 2 ). This book brought up issues that I had never thought of ( Why would you want to dual boot a server?) Its easy to follow. If you build computers, buy this book. Like I said in my title, I read someone elses copy and then bought my own.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars COMPLETE guide to building a computer, April 4, 2003
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The author is very detailed in explaining hardware, software and configuration issues. An absolute MUST-HAVE even if you have built computers before, because of the thousand new issues that are explained in the book and you never thought of! Very detailed, and a truly simple and basic explanation of all one needs to know. Highly recommend this book to anyone building, or even thinking of putting a computer together. The hardware buying options in the book are sure to save money.
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2.0 out of 5 stars A mediocre book which panders to Microsoft
As a PC Assembly book, this is modestly useful, but there are a lot of PC assembly books out there. (Incidentally, I have not found a current title as concise and well written as... Read more
Published on September 6, 2004 by Keith Carlsen

5.0 out of 5 stars I read someone elses copy then bought my own.
Yes, it has a heavy bias towards Microsoft, but so what. I just followed all the hardware suggestions and then installed two real operating systems ( OpenBSD x 2 ). Read more
Published on June 13, 2003

2.0 out of 5 stars Decent "how to" with a heavy Microsoft bias
The book has some good practical hardware information.

But software? I wonder how much Microsoft is paying him for the "Pro Microsoft" BIAS? Read more

Published on May 8, 2003 by Scott Miles Shumway

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Build-Your-Own Computer book
This book is great. James Coates in Chicago Tribune refers to the book in his answer to a reader's question about building own servers -

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5.0 out of 5 stars A big warm blanket!
This book covers the process of building a configuring a server like a nice big blanket. It's amazing what he's jammed into 350 pages! Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful Tech Tool
All I can say as this is a must have for all tech libraries.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Best Technical Guide Ever!
I think if you are in the tech industry than this is a must read. This is a great technical guide. This is a wonderful how to and this is an excellant tool.
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