Microsoft® Project Server 2002 :

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Summary: Dont't buy this book or you'll loose your money!
Review: A few words: I bought more than ten books about the new "Project Server 2002" system. Without any doubt, this is the awful book I bought, completely useless. More than an half of this book corresponds with the published Microsoft documentation you can find on the Project server 2002 CD!

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Summary: Buy a book from a reputable publisher
Review: Books published by reputable pubishing houses are copy edited and technically reviewed. Where this book offers content that isn't plagiarized directly from Microsoft documentation, the information is often flawed by omission or comission.

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Summary: Plagiarism
Review: Copy & Paste job at its grandest. If you have Project Server 2002 already, just look at your README files, Help files, etc and you will see the book written by Qimao Zhang to be based entirely off it.

The funny thing is - he didn't even try to reword the helpfile contents.

I doubt he is from Microsoft as its not a Microsoft Press book. I wouldn't be surprised if he is being legally pursued by Microsoft.

TIP: Don't buy the book. You are wasting your money.

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Summary: Needs an editor and spellcheck
Review: Fully half of this book is Appendix 1 which is the table stucture. If that's what you need, go for it, it's a great resource. If you are hoping for anything else, wait until someone with an editor and spellcheck releases a book. This is essentially one person's notebook wrapped in a nice cover.

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Summary: A beginner's reference
Review: I recommend this book to beginning users of Project Server because this book offers basic knowledge of

--Installation and system requirements
--Planning and set up a pilot project
--Database structure and some customization

For experienced user this is not a book for you because it lack of details in

--Troubleshooting
--Advanced usage
--Integration with other systems

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Summary: Project Server Installation
Review: I waited what seemed forever before this book finally arrived, so perhaps my expectations had been building too long. I had already installed MSPS myself (with assistance from the online help), and wanted a book to guide me through final configuration and usage. Since I had installed MSPS and was already using the product, I had already done a good deal of trying things to see how they worked, and really wanted a book to tell me what to do with all of these spiffy features.
This book is not exactly what I had expected, although it did give instructions for setting up the OLAP cube and some user rights settings that needed to be modified.
The editor could have done a better job in reviewing the text, as it contains numerous grammar errors.
I will probably look for another book to help me in using Project 2002 professional WITH MSPS so that I can use them both with confidence.

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Summary: If I had only read the reviews...
Review: I've seen enough negative reviews on this book that it should have been enough for me, but I bought the book anyway. Most of what's covered in the book is available on the install CD, or at MS's Knowledge Base. I had trouble with all of the configuration and communication between PWA, Sharepoint, and IIS - how to set these up, what to do to make them communicate, what some of the basic error messages mean and how to resolve them. None of that was in the book. Everything else the book covers is either self-explanatory (in the software), or on the CD. This book is a complete waste of money.

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Summary: Don't waste your money
Review: I've seen enough negative reviews on this book that it should have been enough for me, but I bought the book anyway. Most of what's covered in the book is available on the install CD, or at MS's Knowledge Base. I had trouble with all of the configuration and communication between PWA, Sharepoint, and IIS - how to set these up, what to do to make them communicate, what some of the basic error messages mean and how to resolve them. None of that was in the book. Everything else the book covers is either self-explanatory (in the software), or on the CD. This book is a complete waste of money.

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Summary: This book is a collection of bad Help file, with snapshots
Review: If all you want to know is the basic on what choice to make during the initial installation of Project Server 2002 then this book will do (and I mean the very basic). Beyond that, look somewhere else, anywhere else. This book take minimalism to a new low, one that ceases to be meaningful.

Why is this book bad? Let me see...for one...it's not a book, just a collection of descriptions and snapshots... using bigger than usual font, inconsistent color, layout, and it's speadout to give the impression that there's more to it than meet the eyes. It's just aweful. The Help file in project server is infinitely better. What a joke. This is not a book, it's long pamphlet. Actually, it's not even a pamphlet, I am not sure what the hell it is?

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Summary: I'm sending it back
Review: If you're looking for a book on how to use Project Server, this is NOT the book for you. This book is how to install Project Server, and even then it is not a very good book. There are a lot of unnecessary, fuzzy screen shots, diagrams and technical stuff.

I wouldn't recommend this book, but it's the only book dedicated to Project Server I can find.