Book recommendation W2K03

Hello All, I'm just starting setting up a Windows 2003 server for my small office ( ~ 10 XP SP2 clients ) and would like some advice
on acquiring a book / howto documents, any pointers insults etc welcomed...

"Pete Kane" wrote:

> Hello All, I'm just starting setting up a Windows 2003 server for my small office ( ~ 10 XP SP2 clients ) and would like some advice
> on acquiring a book / howto documents, any pointers insults etc welcomed...
>

As a book I would recomend Mastering Windows Server 2003 (Mark Minasi et.
al.) but it all depends upon your experience of Windows Server (if any) and
how much depth you want (Mastering is 1600 pages long). Technet is great for
solving queries but I find that it assumes a lot of prior knowledge.

Hope this helps

William Mann

Trinity Catholic High School wrote:
>
> "Pete Kane" wrote:
>
>> Hello All, I'm just starting setting up a Windows 2003 server for my small office ( ~ 10 XP SP2 clients ) and would like some advice
>> on acquiring a book / howto documents, any pointers insults etc welcomed...
>>
>
> As a book I would recomend Mastering Windows Server 2003 (Mark Minasi et.
> al.) but it all depends upon your experience of Windows Server (if any) and
> how much depth you want (Mastering is 1600 pages long). Technet is great for
> solving queries but I find that it assumes a lot of prior knowledge.
>
> Hope this helps
>
> William Mann
Thanks William, I've actually acquired one called: Windows Server 2003 Inside Out by William R Stanek which is nearly 1500 pages
looks pretty good, thanks again

I find books tend to get outdated too quickly and are too costly. But
if you insist on reading material, then you might want to look at
O'Reilly titles - in the past, I've found just about EVERY O'Reilly book
I've gotten to be useful in one form or another.

I'd also suggest visiting your local bookstore and thumbing through the
books there - when it comes to technical books, I find it tends to be a
personal choice as to which is better than another.

More often, I recommend visiting web sites with how-to information.
Some sites I find most useful include:

http://www.petri.co.il/
http://www.windowsnetworking.com/
http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true

Note: if you are using Small Business Server (which for a business with
10 computers BY FAR makes the most sense, then you probably ought to
look for books and sites specifically on SBS and not Server. While the
two are basically the same, SBS has many wizards Server 2003 doesn't and
should be managed through the use of those wizards.

Pete Kane wrote:
> Hello All, I'm just starting setting up a Windows 2003 server for my
> small office ( ~ 10 XP SP2 clients ) and would like some advice on
> acquiring a book / howto documents, any pointers insults etc welcomed...

leew [MVP] wrote:
> I find books tend to get outdated too quickly and are too costly. But
> if you insist on reading material, then you might want to look at
> O'Reilly titles - in the past, I've found just about EVERY O'Reilly book
> I've gotten to be useful in one form or another.
>
> I'd also suggest visiting your local bookstore and thumbing through the
> books there - when it comes to technical books, I find it tends to be a
> personal choice as to which is better than another.
>
> More often, I recommend visiting web sites with how-to information. Some
> sites I find most useful include:
>
> http://www.petri.co.il/
> http://www.windowsnetworking.com/
> http://technet2.microsoft.com/Window....mspx?mfr=true
>
>
> Note: if you are using Small Business Server (which for a business with
> 10 computers BY FAR makes the most sense, then you probably ought to
> look for books and sites specifically on SBS and not Server. While the
> two are basically the same, SBS has many wizards Server 2003 doesn't and
> should be managed through the use of those wizards.
>
> Pete Kane wrote:
>> Hello All, I'm just starting setting up a Windows 2003 server for my
>> small office ( ~ 10 XP SP2 clients ) and would like some advice on
>> acquiring a book / howto documents, any pointers insults etc welcomed...
thanks very much I'll check them out