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Summary: Good overview of the web functionality of Exchange 2000
Review: I agree with Ms. Peters. The book gives little code for the web, does not address issues that come up with IIS. 95% of the code is in VB, and when transported to ASP does not work. In many cases the code itself does not work. If anyone knows of an up-to-date book that is actually useful please let me know.On a good note... the book is rounded. If you can debug it, it is useful.
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Summary: I would not suggest buying this book
Review: I agree with Ms. Peters. The book gives little code for the web, does not address issues that come up with IIS. 95% of the code is in VB, and when transported to ASP does not work. In many cases the code itself does not work. If anyone knows of an up-to-date book that is actually useful please let me know. On a good note... the book is rounded. If you can debug it, it is useful.
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Summary: Not very Web or Collaborative
Review: I bought this book expecting that there would be a lot of web application samples as well as collaborative samples. However, most of the book is written in VB! I couldn't even find a complete sample application. If you want to learn how to build collaborative web applications, I'd recommend another book that either has web or collaborative technologies in it with SAMPLES!
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Summary: Good overview of the web functionality of Exchange 2000
Review: I was looking for a book that described the functionality of Exchange 2000 so that we could use it in a web project. It does not teach you web programming, it rather shows you how to use the different technologies and how to write VB components that you can use from ASP pages. Unfortunately there are errors in the source code and there is no discussion of one of the serious limitations of the exchange 2000 server: to call the exchange server from a remote component.
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Summary: Web applications??? Not in this book
Review: If you think this will help you with using Exchange for web applications, think again. The first chapter that mentions the web is Chapter 12 on page 533. All the examples up til then are in VB. On the positive side the book gives a fairly detailed theoretical background to the Exchange 2000 development environment, but it still leaves me looking for a book on Exchange 2k web development.
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Summary: Good basic examples, But don't expect applications
Review: If you want a foundation, this book is great. But let me warn you after this book you will probably not be making WSS applications like you would want.
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Summary: An excellent resource to better understand a huge product.
Review: Mindy's extensive use of code samples and detailed review of all programatic aspects of Exchange 2000 offered me a much richer understanding of this dauntingly huge knowledge management platform.
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Summary: Too basic to get anything accomplished
Review: This book does an OK job of going over the different methods with which one may intereact programmatically with Exchange 2000. However, the quick overview gives the basis for technologies such as ADO, CDO, and XML (which is what Microsoft touts as the real "killer" use of Exchange 2000), but it doesn't go far enough to get any worthwhile programming for more advanced users. Nor does it give enough of a background to really bring beginner programmers up to speed. What's more, the applications used for demonstration in this book seem too close to standard SQL Server based apps. It almost seems as the writer forgot that Microsoft already put out a great techonolgy for dealing with large pools of data. It's called a database. The whole thing reminded me of the beginner developer who just learned the basics of client-server (or ASP) programming with a small Access database and then tries to roll out a production level application to his company. You all know the guy who's done this, and you pull your teeth out trying to get the darn thing to work since it's so slow and sloppy. Bottom line-Go to MSDN for real examples on programming with and for Exchange. You'll save the money and be less frustrated.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: This book does not provide enough technical detail to teach you how to program for Exchange 2000. Furthermore, the title claims "Web Applications", which is really thin in this volume. I'd advise against wasting your money.
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Summary: Very disappointing
Review: This book does not provide enough technical detail to teach you how to program for Exchange 2000. Furthermore, the title claims "Web Applications", which is really thin in this volume. I'd advise against wasting your money.
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