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Summary: The Best Practical Exchange 2003 Primer!!! Must Read!!!
Review: For those familiar with my reviews, you know that I don't give 5 stars lightly. Especially when it comes to technical books, it's almost impossible to perfectly meld the technical, the relevant, and the well written into the same text. Well I'm here to tell you that David McAmis and Don Jones have done it!This was the first Delta Guide Series book that I have reviewed. I hope they are all this good because I'm looking forward to finding out. The book basically covers Exchange Server 2003 soup to nuts. It does a very effective job of emphasizing the differences between this release, Exhchange 2000, and Exchange 5.5. It also covers all the other basics you would need to know, such as licensing, versions, hardware requirements, limitations, and configurations. One slippery topic that was especially well covered was Active Directory. This book isn't a complete Active Directory reference for Exchange. Those sections covered the most useful information thoroughly without excess abstraction. Excellent! What made this book so refreshing was the absense of useless filler that typifies so many technical books. It was complete but at the same time to the point. Every chapter in this book is time well spent. There are some usefull links sprinkled throughout. Those are bonuses. What really makes this book stand out is the quality and presentation of the information. Kudos to the writers and editors of this awesome text!
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