Description:
While books about unreleased products are sometimes a risky investment at best, NT 5: The Next Revolution by Ari Kaplan and Morten Strunge Nielsen offers some important high- and low-level discussions of important emerging technologies in the NT operating system. The book is based on the authors' experience with a prerelease version of NT 5, but it provides important insights into the technologies that are sure to appear in upcoming releases. The title begins with an unusually frank and lengthy discussion of Microsoft's Windows strategy and its various components. In the first couple of chapters, the authors discuss not only NT but also Win95, Windows CE, Net PCs, Windows terminals, and more. The text then moves into a general introduction of the new features in NT 5, followed by dedicated chapters on Directory Services, DCOM, Microsoft Management Console (MMC), and other important technologies. The book closes with yet another chapter on Microsoft's operating-system future. This book's real value is its timely arrival. The authors have obviously written the book around the question many Information Systems professionals will soon ask: "What do I need to know to migrate my existing installations to NT 5?" While the details of the final product will probably change, this book is a good first step to get up to speed with Microsoft's next big OS release. --Steven Plain
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