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Summary: Best book on this subject
Review: The title says it all for this book. This is the best book that I have read on the subject of Windows 2000 Active Directory Design and Deployment. So many other books read like Microsoft white papers and nothing more. This one includes a lot of real world advice and examples for designing and implementing Active Directory. In addition it does one thing that other technical books don't generally do... it offers a business reasons in addition to the technical reasons why you would want to implement Active Directory in a particular way. In a world where technical people generally do not understand what a business is trying to accomplish and business people don't understand what the technical people are doing or can do, this is a refreshing breath of fresh air.
The subject is covered thoroughly and the advice is solid and based on real world experiences. No stone is left unturned in providing a concise and detailed path for analyzing the system, looking at business needs and problems, networking traffic issues and every tip and pitfall that you might encounter. An excellent reference book to solve problems as well as a fine cookbook that walks you through the design and deployment process one step at a time.
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Summary: This book is a great read!
Review: This book covers Active Directory with in a concise manner but adds "real world" experience from the author. I enjoyed reading this book.
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Summary: Active Directory Design for Real Users
Review: This book is a great read before implementation but I find it most beneficial as a great resource for Active Directory "what if" scenarios. Gary's well-organized style and simple reading makes for a good, advanced reviews of Active Directory Design. This is a book I turn to first when evaluating proposed AD design changes. Other Active Directory Design books simply rewrite white papers or design AD in a single domain with few sites. Gary Olsen's real life scenarios provide useful information for real world experiences.
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Summary: Active Directory Design for Real Users
Review: This book is a great read before implementation but I find it most beneficial as a great resource for Active Directory "what if" scenarios. Gary's well-organized style and simple reading makes for a good, advanced reviews of Active Directory Design. This is a book I turn to first when evaluating proposed AD design changes. Other Active Directory Design books simply rewrite white papers or design AD in a single domain with few sites. Gary Olsen's real life scenarios provide useful information for real world experiences.
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Summary: Active Directory Design for Real Users
Review: This book is a great read before implementation but I find it most beneficial as a great resource for Active Directory "what if" scenarios. Gary's well-organized style and simple reading makes for a good, advanced reviews of Active Directory Design. This is a book I turn to first when evaluating proposed AD design changes. Other Active Directory Design books simply rewrite white papers or design AD in a single domain with few sites. Gary Olsen's real life scenarios provide useful information for real world experiences.
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Summary: Must have for Migration Project Leaders
Review: This book is written very well. It is from a business perspective in the beginning and essential for any project leader or executive contemplating the daunting task of migration to Windows 2000. Gary has linked almost every concept to on-line helps and sample spreadsheets to assist in the planning and successful completion of your migration. As a technician, this book is valuable as a planning resource and more especially as a peek into the mind of business planners. We all know our networks need to be migrated. With the tools in this book, you will be armed with the resources to procure funding for such a migration. I'll be putting this resource to good use on my very next project.
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Summary: disappointing
Review: This book seems like it would be a great practical Active Directory design resource. While it does have some nuggets of useful information, they are obscured by the book's negative aspects. The illustrations are poorly designed and confusing. Many of them have mistakes. The author repeats himself and makes so many references to other sources of information (Microsoft white papers, the book's website, other books) that it distracts from the information presented. The chapters end with cheezy summaries that belong in a high school textbook. His writing style makes it difficult to understand the topics and the poorly presented "real world" examples don't add much to the explanation of the material. I wouldn't recommend buying it.
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Summary: Want to buy a used copy?
Review: This is a terrible book. The first 92 pages discusses nothing related to the topic, only marketing hype and "ROI" of going to AD. This is supposed to be a design and implementation book not a book on "selling" AD to management, or justifying the decision to yourself. The author contradicts himself continuously. The author's "notes" that litter the book are a distraction and only cause confusion. If you know nothing but Microsoft and are used to their publications you may like this. This book is a joke for those who have used directories for years, NDS, LDAP, X.500. Maybe if you live in an "Only Microsoft World" then this book may be of some use. I purchased this book based on the other reviews and was very disappointed. Read the sample pages, they represent the very best the book has to offer. I found "Mission-Critical Active Directory. . ." from Digital Press, to be far superior. Much easier to read. From the first pages you get real information, not hype. The author understands that there is more to the world of directories than Microsoft. The integration examples do not end with "If you really want this to work, you will need to move to the equivelent Microsoft product." Read the sample pages!
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Summary: Excellence!!
Review: You can't ask for anything more, when come to the complex world of Windows. Migration plan and method from NT to 2000 make simple... Thank you to make my life eaier. Own one, then you know...
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