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MCTS Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-432): Microsoft® SQL Server® 2008 Implementation and Maintenance (PRO-Certification)

Mike Hotek

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Programming the Microsoft Windows Driver Model, Second Edition

Walter Oney

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Total reviews: 13 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Hard going 2 out of 5 stars.
20 of 20 people found this review helpful.

This book is written in an extremely hard to read style, with long and convoluted sentences.

The writing style is almost unbearably boring. It you thought Hardy's "Return of the Native" was too fast paced, this is the book for you!

It also tends to explain the micro details without clearly explaining how it all fits together. In this respect, it almost assumes you have read and understood the Device Driver Kits, although the reader will be generally looking for help getting started with the DDKs.

There also seem to be a lot of omissions, in that it does not do a very good job of getting you started. Want to write a winmodem driver? This book gives you no idea where to start.

Having said all that, you probably need this book if you are writing a WDM driver. It does have a lot of useful information and tips. However it assumes you are a guru already.

Editorial Review:

Clarifies real-world driver programming issues for Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows 98 through extensive practical examples, illustrations, advice, and code samples.

Mastering Windows Server 2003, Upgrade Edition for SP1 and R2

Mark Minasi, Rhonda Layfield, Lisa Justice

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

Get the In-depth coverage of SP1 and R2 you've been waiting for from one of the world's leading Windows authorities. Picking up where Mastering Windows Server 2003 left off, expert Mark Minasi (winner of CertCities.com Reader's Choice Award for Favorite Technical Author for the 4th year in a row!) and his co-authors return with a much-anticipated Upgrade Edition that delivers exactly the information you need. Their clear, hands-on instruction thoroughly covers features and changes that have been largely undocumented in the marketplace -- from SP1's critical security enhancements to R2's new management/administration tools, enhanced print controls, and more. If you manage, maintain, or depend on Windows Server 2003, this is the book you've been waiting for!

Coverage includes:

• Getting and installing SP1
• Hiding folders from prying eyes with ABE
• De-worming Windows® with Data Execution Prevention (DEP)
• Solving SP1/R2 incompatibilities
• Stopping spyware and locking up ports
• Stopping mobile thieves by blocking USB memory sticks
• Upgrading to R2 and getting to know its GUI
• Understanding R2's new Print Management Console
• Controlling folder usage with quotas and more
• Integrating Unix and Windows
• Working with Active Directory
• Coverage Focused Specifically on Critical SP1 and R2 Updates

Learning Windows Server 2003

Jonathan Hassell

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Total reviews: 6 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

With Windows Server 2003, Microsoft has the right server for a world now dominated by enterprise networks and web-based server applications. A number of significant improvements make this a more reliable server than Windows 2000, and those who switched have seen notable performance gains. Server 2003 is, in fact, a very competitive solution to Unix in terms of cost, performance, and application development productivity. But getting this server up and running, either as a stand-alone or as part of a multi-site, multi-server network, is a formidable task even for the most experienced system administrators. Our no-fluff guide gives you exactly what you need: all the nuts and bolts for installing, configuring, securing, and managing Server 2003. This focused and practical book clearly documents the complexities of this server, and offers hands-on advice for planning, implementing and growing Windows networks without trying to teach you how to be a system administrator. Learning Windows Server 2003 shows you how to create and manage user accounts (with particular attention to Active Directory), how to manage access to system resources such as printers and files, and how to configure and manage the server s plethora of major subsystems. The book goes into considerable detail about:

• Windows file and print services
• Active Directory
• IIS6 web server
• Group Policy and other security tools
• Patch management
• .NET Framework application server
• Windows Terminal Services (including their use in conjunction with Microsoft Office and the Small Business Edition)
• Various networking subsystems that ship with Server 2003

This highly instructive book also provides an introduction to clustering services, and thoroughly documents steps that should be taken to ensure the security of the server and its resources. Windows Server 2003 was designed to meet the needs of companies or organizations that rely on one or more internal computer networks, and our comprehensive reference is the ideal companion.

The Complete Guide to Windows Server 2008 (Addison-Wesley Microsoft Technology Series)

John Savill

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“This book is an invaluable one-stop reference for deploying, configuring, and managing Windows Server 2008. It’s filled with John’s unique and hard-earned nuggets of advice, helpful scripts, and shortcuts that will save you time and money.”

--Mark Russinovich

 

The Start-to-Finish, Comprehensive Windows Server 2008 Book for Every Working Administrator and Architect

 

To make the most of Windows Server 2008 in production environments, you need a deep understanding of its technical details. However, accurate and reliable information is scarce, and even most skilled Windows professionals don’t know Windows Server 2008 as well as they should. The Complete Guide to Windows Server 2008brings together more than 1,500 pages of practical Windows Server 2008 insight and in-depth knowledge that you can't find anywhere else, all based on final code. John Savill—one of the world’s most visible and trusted experts on Windows Server technology—specializes in helping real companies use Windows Server 2008 to run their businesses. His access to Microsoft’s product team as a Microsoft MVP and one of 50 elite “Windows Server 2008 Delta Force Rangers” benefited this book’s accuracy and value.

 

Coverage includes

• Deployment planning, implementing, and managing new features, including Windows Server Core and Hyper-V virtualization
• Choosing the right installation and upgrade options for your environment
• Securing Windows Server 2008: authentication, authorization, BitLocker, certification services, and more
• Implementing TCP/IP, advanced network services, remote access, and thin-client Terminal Services
• Active Directory in depth, including Federated Services, Lightweight Directory Services, and Rights Management
• Providing high availability through Network Load Balancing and failover clustering
• Using Windows Deployment Services to quickly deploy multiple servers
• Supporting complex distributed environments with the Distributed File System
• Automating server management with PowerShell and the command prompt
• Integrating Windows Server 2008 with UNIX, Linux, and legacy NetWare servers
• Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 and Vista environments, including an intuitive “how to” index to quickly locate answers to commonly asked questions

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MCSE Self-Paced Training Kit (Exam 70-293): Planning and Maintaining a Microsoft® Windows Server(TM) 2003 Network Infrastructure, Second Edition

Craig Zacker, Anthony Steven, Content Master

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 3.0 of 5

Editorial Review:

Announcing an all-new MCSA/MCSE Training Kit designed to help maximize your performance on Exam 70-293, a core exam for the new Windows Server 2003 certification. This kit packs the tools and features that exam candidates want most—including in-depth, self-paced training based on final exam content; rigorous, objective-by-objective review; exam tips from expert, exam-certified authors; and a robust testing suite. It also provides real-world scenarios, case study examples, and troubleshooting labs for skills and expertise that you can apply to the job.

Focusing on network infrastructure management for Windows Server 2003, this official study guide covers topics such as implementing, managing, and maintaining IP addressing, name resolution, network security measures, routing and remote access, and monitoring and troubleshooting network infrastructure.

Ace your exam preparation and ramp up quickly on Windows Server 2003 by working at your own pace through the lessons, hands-on exercises, and practice tests. The flexible, best-of-class test engine on CD features 300 practice questions and pre-assessment and post-assessment capabilities. Choose timed or untimed testing mode, generate random tests, or focus on discrete objectives or chapters, and get detailed explanations for right and wrong answers—including pointers back to the book for further study. You also get a 120-day evaluation version of Windows Server 2003 and a 15 percent exam discount voucher—making this kit an exceptional value and a great career investment.

Mastering Windows Server 2008: Enterprise Technologies

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Editorial Review:

Mastering Windows Server 2008: Enterprise Technologies is one of three new books by best-selling author Mark Minasi on the latest version of Windows Server. It goes beyond the essential services and features of the operating system to address the "extras" of interest to the largest organizations and the advanced training seasoned IT professionals need. The book covers such features as Network Access Protection quarantine, Windows Sharepoint Services, Windows Server Update Services, and the parts of Active Directory and setup that apply to large companies. Topics also include, creating a certificate infrastructure; IPv6, including new DNS and DHCP issues; advanced IP; virtual private networks; DFS and DFS-N; migrating, merging, and modifying your Active Directory; connecting Mac and Linux Clients; building and managing FTP servers; building and managing SMTP/POP servers; and advanced user account management and support. As always, Mark Minasi tells it like it is—providing workarounds for things that don't quite work as they should and describes in detail many undocumented features.

The other two new books by Mark Minasi are Mastering Windows Server 2008: Networking Foundations, which provides beginners what they need to know to get started with the new software, and Mastering Windows Server 2008: Essential Technologies, which thoroughly explores all of the features and tasks IT professionals need to know to set up and manage a typical Windows Server 2008 network day-to-day. Although each of the three books stands alone, taken together they constitute the update of the market-leading Mastering Windows Server 2003.

Terminal Services for Microsoft Windows Server 2003: Advanced Technical Design Guide (Advanced Technical Design Guide series)

Brian S. Madden, Ron Oglesby

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Total reviews: 9 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Editorial Review:

This book is not authorized or approved by Microsoft, Citrix, or anyone else! Instead of vendor marketing speak, this book tells you how Terminal Server actually works. This book is not an administrator’s guide. Rather, it’s written for IT consultants, system engineers, and architects who must plan, design, implement, and optimize Windows 2003-based Terminal Server systems. It's filled with real-world, proven strategies created specifically for Windows Server 2003. See how some of the world's largest companies are using pure Terminal Server 2003 environments.

• Are you thinking about using Windows Server 2003's Terminal Services capabilities?
• Do you want to use it for a few users, or do you want to use it on a larger scale?
• Are you wondering whether you need to use Citrix MetaFrame or Tarantella New Moon, or if you can use Terminal Server by itself?
• If you’re wondering whether Terminal Services will work for you, spend 50 bucks on this book before spending thousands of dollars on licenses.

What’s Covered in This Book...

Server and network design

Application strategies and installation

Licensing server design and deployment

User profiles, policies, home folders, and logon scripts

Client device strategies and management

Accessing native Terminal Servers from non-Microsoft platforms

Real-world printing strategies and techniques

Accessing Terminal Servers via web portals

Ensuring end-to-end security

High availability and load-balancing solutions

Server sizing

Performance optimization and tuning

Enterprise deployment options

Microsoft Log Parser Toolkit

Gabriele Giuseppini, Mark Burnett, Jeremy Faircloth, Dave Kleiman

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A must have for the Network Administrator / Security Pro 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

This is a complete reference for utilizing the MicrosoftLog Parser Tool in real world scenarios.
The authors do an outstanding job of bringing you from the basics of Log Parser through advanced techniques and tricks. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it end to end, and have begun utilizing Log Parser in my daily log assessment routines. The Tips, Swiss Army Knifes, and Master Craftsman sidebars prove extremely creative and helpful.

Editorial Review:

Do you want to find Brute Force Attacks against your Exchange Server? Would you like to know who is spamming you? Do you need to monitor the performance of your IIS Server? Are there intruders out there you would like to find? Would you like to build user logon reports from your Windows Server? Would you like to export your logs to XML? Would you like working scripts to automate all of these tasks and many more for you? If so, this book is for you... "Microsoft Log Parser Toolkit" is co-authored by Microsoft's Log Parser developer providing a complete reference to this SQL-Query driven log analysis tool. The book and accompanying Web site also provide dozens of customized, working scripts, queries, and templates for Windows Server, Snort IDS, Exchange Server, IIS, ISA Server, Snort and more.

Windows XP Simplified Service Pack 2 Edition

Paul McFedries

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Simple, Fast Instructions on Doing Most Things 5 out of 5 stars.
43 of 43 people found this review helpful.

I have two Windows XP books sitting on my desk. One of them is a monumental tome, 1450 or so pages that tells you how to do everything and inexhausing detail. Sometimes I need that kind of detail. Other times it is so much detail that I can't find the small tidbit of information I need to know to do something.

I'm not really a power user. I use the computer to do the tasks I need and don't make it a hobby to go explore all the things that could be done.

For instance, I just got a digital camera. I suppose that there is stuff on how to use it in the big book, but on page 70 of this book is a simple do this, now do that set of instructions to get the digital camera images into the computer from the camera. That's all I wanted to do and I was able to do it quickly and easily.

That's the format of this book. It is organized by that task you want to perform. Then under each task there are a set of simplified instructions, complete with what the screen should look like. For most things, this is where I look first, it saves a lot of time.

Editorial Review:

* The perfect guide for visual learners who are brand-new to Windows XP and want to be shown-rather than told-how to solve problems and work through tasks
* Features highly visual two-page tutorials and full-color step-by-step screen shots that walk Windows newcomers through tasks such as working with files, sharing a computer, browsing the Web, using e-mail, and even creating movies
* Covers new SP2 enhancements, including the new Windows Firewall and wireless interface as well as updates to Windows Update, Media Player, and Internet Explorer