Let me begin by telling you who should buy this book and why you should buy  it:

• Exchange 2000 is a complex product to learn, and my goal in writing this book has been to make learning how to use it as simple as possible. There are several books on Exchange 2000 already on the market that are targeted towards advanced administrators who have lots of experience with earlier versions of Exchange, so I've targeted this book instead to the beginner to intermediate-level administrator who may have only minimal experience with earlier versions and who need to learn the ins and outs of day-to-day operation of Exchange 2000. 
• Since we generally learn best by doing, my new book is designed as a series of over 150 hands-on walkthroughs (see a list of walkthroughs here) that the reader can perform on their own testbed deployment of Exchange 2000. The walkthroughs cover basic topics in administering Exchange such as installing, configuring, managing, monitoring, maintaining, and upgrading to Exchange 2000. If you liked the walkthroughs in my previous books Administering IIS4, Administering IIS5, and Administering Exchange Server, you'll love the ones in this book too! PS my earlier book Administering Exchange Server which covers Exchange 5.5 is still the number one selling Exchange Server book on Amazon!!
• The book's 25 chapters (see a list of chapters here) follow a logical plan that is ideally suited to learning, for instead of beginning with the complex topic of upgrading existing Exchange 5.5 deployments to Exchange 2000, the reader starts by deploying a pure Exchange 2000 environment, then creates and manages recipients and address lists, becomes familiar with System Manager, then implements administrative groups, storage groups and data stores, content indexing, system policies, and finally proceeds to routing groups, connectors, virtual servers, monitoring and maintenance of Exchange, and concludes with upgrading Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000. In other words, the walkthroughs essentially lead the reader from basic, every day administrative tasks to steadily more complex ones, maintaining interest by keeping things hands-on throughout.
• Although the book is designed as a tutorial or how-to guide to Exchange 2000, it can also be valuable as a reference manual Exchange administrators can use to look up how to perform the common tasks of day-to-day administration of Exchange 2000. 

So who should buy this book?

• Beginning to intermediate-level administrators who have minimal (even none) experience with earlier versions of Exchange.
• IT departments who need a good resource for preparing and training administrators for managing a planned Exchange 2000 rollout. 
• Individuals who plan to take Exchange 2000 exams for their MCSE certification and who therefore need to quickly and easily acquire hands-on familiarity with the various aspects of administering Exchange 2000.
• Anyone who feels they learn a product best by doing things with it instead of simply reading about it. 

Who probably shouldn't buy this book?

• Advanced administrators who are looking for detailed information about troubleshooting Exchange 2000 migration and coexistence issues. There is some troubleshooting information in parts of this book, but on the whole the book focuses much more on basic administrative tasks and core competencies. 
• Administrators who are looking for a detailed guide to migrating their current Exchange 5.5 messaging systems to Exchange 2000. There are already other books out there that focus in depth on planning and deployment issues regarding such migrations, but these books generally spend very little time on the day-to-day administration stuff--which is where my book comes in!

Anyway, if you think my book might be helpful to you, then you can buy it on Amazon as a Christmas present for yourself. Buy one for a co-worker too! :-)

Naturally since I wrote it I give this book out of five! :-)

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Titles of Chapters in Administering Exchange 2000 Server

1. Installation
2. Administration Tools
3. Users
4. Contacts
5. Groups
6. Outlook
7. Address Lists
8. Offline Folders and Address Lists
9. System Manager
10. Recipients Revisited
11. Recipient Policies
12. Administrative Groups
13. Permissions
14. Storage Groups
15. Mailbox Stores
16. Mailboxes
17. Public Folder Stores and Trees
18. Public Folders and Replicas
19. Content Indexing
20. System Policies
21. Routing Groups
22. Connectors
23. Virtual Servers
24. Monitoring and Maintenance
25. Upgrading from Exchange 5.5

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Table of Walkthroughs in Administering Exchange 2000 Server

1. Installing the First Exchange Server
2. Installing Subsequent Exchange Servers
3. Installing the Exchange Administration Tools on a Windows 2000 Professional Client Machine
4. Creating Custom MMC Consoles for Administering Exchange
5. Using Terminal Services to Administer Exchange

6. Creating a mailbox-enabled user

7. Configuring and testing mailbox-enabled users

8. Creating a mail-enabled user

9. Changing a user from mail- to mailbox-enabled

10. Deleting a mailbox-enabled user

11. Copying a mailbox-enabled user

12. Creating a mail-enabled contact

13. Configuring a mail-enabled contact

14. Mail-enabling an existing contact
15. Creating a mail-enabled security group
16. Configuring a mail-enabled security group
17. Disabling a mail-enabled security group
18. Mail-enabling a standard security group
19. Hiding and displaying membership of a mail-enabled security group
20. Creating a mail-enabled distribution group

21. Installing Outlook

22. Configuring Outlook for Exchange

23. Using Outlook

24. Creating a new address list.

25. Updating address lists across an enterprise or domain.

26. Rebuilding an address list.

27. Modifying an address list.

28. Configuring Outlook To Use Address Lists

29. Configuring offline folders

30. Synchronizing offline folders

31. Configuring Outlook to use an offline address list

32. Creating and configuring offline address lists
33. Exploring the Exchange organization hierarchy

34. Displaying the Exchange Advanced Tab

35. Configuring the Exchange Advanced Tab for Mailbox-Enabled Users

36. Configuring the Exchange Advanced Tab for Mail-Enabled Users

37. Configuring the Exchange Advanced Tab for Mail-Enabled Contacts

38. Configuring the Exchange Advanced Tab for Mail-Enabled Groups

39. Creating, Modifying, and Removing Users With LDIFDE

40. Modifying the Default Recipient Policy

41. Creating a New Recipient Policy

42. Modifying a Recipient Policy

43. Setting the Priority of Recipient Policies

44. Forcing Recipient Policy Updates

45. Overriding Recipient Policies

46. Enable Support for Administrative Groups

47. Change the Operations Mode

48. Rename the Default First Administrative Group

49. Create a New Administrative Group

50. Install an Exchange Server Into an Administrative Group

51. Add a Container to an Administrative Group

52. Move an Object between Administrative Groups

53. Copy an Object between Administrative Groups

54. Delete an Administrative Group

55. Delegating Control Over your Entire Exchange Organization

56. Delegating Control Over Administrative Groups

57. Delegating Recipient Creation Privileges

58. Creating a New Storage Group

59. Renaming a Storage Group

60. Deleting a Storage Group

61. Moving Transaction Log Files

62. Enabling or Disabling Circular Logging

63. Zeroing Out Deleted Database Pages

64. Creating a New Mailbox Store

65. Renaming a Mailbox Store

66. Deleting a Mailbox Store

67. Viewing Mailbox Store Logon Information

68. Mounting and Dismounting a Mailbox Store

69. Configuring Storage Limits for a Mailbox Store

70. Configuring Deleted Item Retention Period for a Mailbox Store

71. Viewing Mailbox Information

72. Moving a Mailbox Between Mailbox Stores

73. Moving a Mailbox Between Storage Groups

74. Moving a Mailbox Between Exchange Servers

75. Disassociating a Mailbox from its Owner

76. Recovering a Deleted Mailbox

77. Purging a Mailbox

78. Granting Permissions to Access Another User’s Mailbox

79. Creating a New Public Folder Tree

80. Creating a New Public Folder Store

81. Displaying Public Folder Logons and Other Information

82. Assigning Permissions for Creating New Public Folders in Public Folder Trees

83. Assigning a Default Public Folder Store to a Mailbox Store

84. Creating a Public Folder using System Manager

85. Creating a Public Folder using a MAPI Client

86. Creating a Public Folder using a Web Browser

87. Creating a Public Folder using an IMAP4 Client

88. Accessing a Public Folder using a MAPI Client

89. Accessing a Public Folder using an IMAP Client

90. Accessing Alternate Public Folder Trees using a Web Browser

91. Accessing a Public Folder using a Network Share

92. Configuring Replication Settings for a Public Folder Store

93. Replicating Public Folders

94. Viewing Replication Status

95. Verifying Public Folder Replication

96. Adding and Removing Public Folder Replicas

97. Configuring Age Limits for Replicas

98. Copying and Moving Public Folders

99. Propagating Public Folder Settings

100. Modifying Email Addresses for Public Folders

101. Configuring Administrative and Directory Permissions for Managing Public Folders

102. Configuring Client Permissions for Controlling Access to Public Folders

103. Specifying Indexing Priority for a Server

104. Creating a Full-Text Index

105. Populating a New Index

106. Viewing Indexing Statistics

107. Scheduling Indexing

108. Rebuilding a Corrupt Index

109. Other Indexing Tasks

110. Creating a Server Policy

111. Creating a Mailbox Store Policy

112. Creating a Public Store Policy

113. Adding Items to a Policy

114. Applying a Policy

115. Modifying a Policy

116. Enabling Routing Groups

117. Creating a Routing Group Container

118. Creating a New Routing Group

119. Renaming a Routing Group

120. Moving Servers Between Routing Groups

121. Designating Routing Group Masters

122. Connecting Routing Groups

123. Deleting a Routing Group

124. Installing Routing Group Connectors

125. Testing Routing Group Connectors

126. Configuring Common Settings for Connectors

127. Configuring Routing Group Connectors

128. Removing Routing Group Connectors

129. Installing SMTP Connectors

130. Configuring SMTP Connectors

131. Starting, Stopping, and Pausing Virtual Servers

132. Specifying a Unique Identity for a Virtual Server

133. Controlling Inbound Connections for Virtual Servers

134. Creating a New Virtual Server

135. Configuring the Default SMTP Virtual Server

136. Display Current Sessions for a Virtual Server

137. Terminating Current Sessions for a Virtual Server

138. Configuring a Front-End Server

139. Viewing Server and Connector Status

140. Enabling and Configuring Monitors

141. Enabling and Configuring Notifications

142. Enabling and Configuring Protocol Logging

143. Enabling and Configuring Diagnostic Logging

144. Enabling and Configuring Message Tracking

145. Managing SMTP Queues

146. Backing up Exchange

147. Upgrading Exchange 5.5 to Windows 2000

148. Preparing the Forest Using FORESTPREP

149. Installing the Active Directory Connector (ADC)

150. Preparing the Domain Using DOMAINPREP

151. Upgrading Exchange 5.5 to Exchange 2000

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