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Summary: More Like A Marketing Document
Review: I bought this book because I am responsible for helping my company design a management product for Exchange 2000. The book offers nothing technical for the reader at all. It is more like a commercial for Exchange 2000. I was able to get the same thing out of the documentation shipping on the Exchange 2000 RC2 CD. The book is only good if you are trying to decide whether to roll out Exchange 2000 or not. However, it offers ZERO assistance in installing, configuring, or maintaining Exchange 2000 at all.
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Summary: Active Directory / Exchange 2000 Sales Pitch
Review: The first half is on Active Directory (131 pages) and the second part on Exchange 2000 (117 pages). Be careful in understanding the title of this book, "Introducing Microsoft Exchange 2000 Exchange Server". The book says its for "Deployment Evaluation" not "Support and Maitenance or Skill Development", and is for the "IT Decision Maker", not the "Beginning IT Professional, IT Web Developer, Corporate IT Developer, or Senior IT Decision Maker." This book is for someone in a sales / marketing / managerial position. It takes for granted that you know nothing taking time to explain facts such as HTML is a protocol. The first part is VERY repetitive being careful to force Active Directory facts into you 5 or 6 times. This was extremely unuseful to me as I am quite experienced with it. If you dont need to know Windows 2000 on a technical level, but for decision making or sales, this book is for you. Since over half the book is on Active Directory dont bother if you are already farmiliar with Active Directory. If you wish to find out something technical, refer to Microsoft's technical book on Exchange 2000, called "Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Administrators Companion" (ISBN: 0735609381). I have ordered it and yet to read it but I expect it will be the best on the market for at least a while. Just wish I had read a review like this before ordering the book online!
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Summary: Active Directory / Exchange 2000 Sales Pitch
Review: The first half is on Active Directory (131 pages) and the second part on Exchange 2000 (117 pages). Be careful in understanding the title of this book, "Introducing Microsoft Exchange 2000 Exchange Server". The book says its for "Deployment Evaluation" not "Support and Maitenance or Skill Development", and is for the "IT Decision Maker", not the "Beginning IT Professional, IT Web Developer, Corporate IT Developer, or Senior IT Decision Maker." This book is for someone in a sales / marketing / managerial position. It takes for granted that you know nothing taking time to explain facts such as HTML is a protocol. The first part is VERY repetitive being careful to force Active Directory facts into you 5 or 6 times. This was extremely unuseful to me as I am quite experienced with it. If you dont need to know Windows 2000 on a technical level, but for decision making or sales, this book is for you. Since over half the book is on Active Directory dont bother if you are already farmiliar with Active Directory. If you wish to find out something technical, refer to Microsoft's technical book on Exchange 2000, called "Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server Administrators Companion" (ISBN: 0735609381). I have ordered it and yet to read it but I expect it will be the best on the market for at least a while. Just wish I had read a review like this before ordering the book online!
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Summary: Not very useful...
Review: This book attempts to describes Exchange 2000 features at a high level but doesn't really succeed. What it really describes is the technology that makes up Exchange 2000 but not in a way that would satisfy a technical audience. In the end the reader is left with jumbled descriptions of Active Directory, the Web Store, and various Internet protocols without a clear vision of what Exchange 2000 is all about. What's really missing here are discussions and examples of how all of this technology can actually benifit organizations and the users that they employ. Otherwise, this book only helps the reader become a little more 'buzzword' compliant.
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Summary: Not very useful...
Review: This book attempts to describes Exchange 2000 features at a high level but doesn't really succeed. What it really describes is the technology that makes up Exchange 2000 but not in a way that would satisfy a technical audience. In the end the reader is left with jumbled descriptions of Active Directory, the Web Store, and various Internet protocols without a clear vision of what Exchange 2000 is all about. What's really missing here are discussions and examples of how all of this technology can actually benifit organizations and the users that they employ. Otherwise, this book only helps the reader become a little more 'buzzword' compliant.
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