Description:
Microsoft BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5 Resource Kit combines a collection of utilities on CD-ROM with a volume of documentation. Collectively, the software and explanatory material are meant for systems integrators involved in putting together customized solutions based on BackOffice Small Business Server 4.5. The software includes programs for automating software deployment across a network, customizing the appearance of Small Business Server programs on client computers, some migration utilities for Exchange Server 5.5 and SQL Server 7, and a selection of monitoring software. (Scores of programs appear on the companion CD-ROM.) The printed portion of the resource kit includes documentation of most of the CD-ROM software, plus advice on the ways the Small Business Server programs can be customized on their own. The authors of the Resource Kit text attack the consultant's job one step at a time, beginning with planning and progressing through deployment, administration, and troubleshooting, and covering the special considerations of security and upgrading along the way. The coverage is goal-oriented: the authors explain how to get a Small Business Server system hooked into a point-to-point tunneling protocol (PPTP) network, how to connect to an Internet Service Provider (ISP) by a variety of means, and how to set up a Proxy Server 2 firewall, among other things. The text runs heavily to steps and screen shots, so you can follow along on a machine easily. --David Wall
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