Donald M. Benage, Gregory A. Sullivan
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Customer Reviews:
Total reviews: 4
Average rating: 3.0 of 5
A Great door stop that covers all the essentials. 4 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
I've referenced the book many times, including the 6 other books included on the CD-Rom in HTML format, which is very easy to carry around. It helped our I.T department setup all of the Microsoft BackOffice products from the ground up. We've used it as a reference point for most "How Do I..." questions. A very usefull reference and guide.
Useful, but 4 competing books make a better buy 2 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
I consider myself lucky that this was clearance priced. . . at my local [computer super-groovy store]. These books are reasonable in content, but they cost far too much to justify their content. I've read other books which cut through the hammy and fluffy text and give me what I need to know. In fact, buying four books on Backoffice ranging from $30 to $50 offers exponentially more information from more diverse sources - and typically come with their own CDs as well. I could care less if they are "Microsoft biased or not" Que has a habit of hyping up products they cover and oddly they cover non-Microsoft products, too.
Lots of padding, and here's one reason why. The TCP/IP section is nice I suppose, but it's not teaching me anything as to how it relates to Backoffice so far. It's going into the history and how the numerology is structured (DNS, subnet mask, et cetera), but if I want to know about TCP/IP protocol theory, lots of books devoted to that [and in greater depth] exist. This book acts as if it wants to be a be-all solution, but has to cut content in some areas to make up for it.
It's no wonder that both books are included on CD in HTML format. I'm hoping that the other reviewer was wrong about his CD not including the goodies for both books. Unfortunately it makes sense as many a company will change a product's content and legally find ways to justify it.
If you're not Richie Rich or Bill Gates, go find and buy up to four books which would effective equal the ridiculous cost of this two-volume set. The Que set is nothing more than a [not quite] cheap attempt to acquire revenue by providing heaps of padding.
Editorial Review:
The central reference for the most important features of the BackOffice suite, this text provides detailed information on how to use each of the BackOffice components together in a tightly integrated server environment. It also features coverage of network workstation issues including desktop operating system deployment (via SMS), application monitoring, and more.
