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I haven't spend much time lately reading the
books I have at home and so the stack of those I still have to go trough
is getting bigger. A think I have noticed though that I do use a few books
often as reference when I'm editing or writing articles. This might sound
odd, but it shows that a book is valuable.
One of these books is Exchange 2000: The
Complete Reference by Scott Schnoll. Scott is, like me, a MVP Exchange
and wrote a book about the product he supports in the newsgroups. The book
is written in an 'easy to read' writing style, which means that it isn't
just dry technical stuff.
Value? With almost 800 pages the book offers
the following topics:
- Understand Exchange 2000 architecture
- Install and configure Exchange 2000
- Upgrade from and coexist with Exchange Server 5.5
- Work with related technologies—Public Key Infrastructure (PKI),
Clustering, Outlook Web Access, Outlook 2002, and more
- Learn to manage servers, recipients, and protocols
- Manage public folders
- Deploy real-time collaboration solutions, such as Instant Messaging
and Exchange 2000 Conferencing Server
- Perform system backup and recovery tasks
- Install certificate services and implement secure messaging
The first edition of the book has a small
flaw though. The index in the back of the book doesn't match with the page
numbers. Once you know you need to look 2 pages further then the index
tells you to do, you are fine. However, this doesn't bring the overall
technical content down. I have to make clear though that you won't become
an expert by just reading a book about Exchange 2000. You need to do much
more. Testing and playing around with the product is also important and
having a good book as reference when you have questions comes handy.
Scott Schnolls book will help you out on that point.
Till next time !
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Exchange 2000 Server: The Complete Reference
Format:
Paperback, 793pp.
ISBN: 0072127392
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Pub. Date: May 2001
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