Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2003 Administrator′s Companion

As a Novell and Linux Server specialist I have been searching for a bookthat will take me from start to finish with Microsofts latest serversoftware and this book is it. The book brings details and pieces of infoto the front that are useful. So far I am half way through the book andalready I have a testing server doing most of the things I want, runningGroup Policy, Active Directory, Roaming Profiles etc. Not a greatread, but when has a computer book been a great read, but content andpurpose is second to none. I fully recommend and not to expensiveeither.

This book covers a LOT of ground, and includes a lot screenshots and diagrams, as well as providing a brief primer on each concept it discusses. This is not a "got all scenarios covered" book. But what it does cover, it does excellently. If you're relatively new to the Windows server environment, you've found your book (well, your first book at least). Every time I've had a question about my installation, I've been able to find it quickly via the table of contents (haven't even had to crack the index yet - this book is very well organized). If you're a Windows Server 2003 guru, much (but certainly not all) of the book will be irrelavent to you.

As said, but gave up and outsourced maintenance in end, as Microsoft still needs many tweaks in day to day extreme use

I was setting up a small network at my home to do software development in a networked environment. This book was very useful in helping me set up one server to handle all aspects of a managed network. I recommend it to anyone who needs to learn (or brush up on) setting up a Windows 2003 SBS machine.

Provides basic understanding of SBS at best. I found more useful information from Knowledge Base. I was really disappointed. Skip this one and try something else.