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Good reference for any Windows administrator or planner
The 2003 performance guide was probably one book that's worth the price of this entire package.Mark Friedman, the author of Windows 2000 Performance Guide, wrote this book for resource kit.That explained why he never published a follow-up of his famous 2000 performance book.The other books in the kit were also extremely helpful.This is THE set of reference book to get for authoritative Windows 2003 information.Also included is a disc with all the ebook versions of everything, including some bonus books not in the resource kit.So stop Googling for unreliable second hand information, and get your stingy boss to cough up the money for this must have tool.

7 Individual Books ++
This bundled set of books contains just about everything it is possible to know about Windows Server 2003. Well, maybe not everything, but everything you can include in four thousand six hundred and fifty pages, yes, 4650 pages.
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Well Leashed and Very Useful Installation Guide
The book is poorly named. "Unleashed" suggests to me wild and wonderful things to do with complex features or even tricks and undocumented things. This is definitely a black Labrador on-the-leash kind of book, and it will get an administrator safely across the broad avenue that is an ISA installation. It's a great book in spite of the name.
Awesome Book
This is by far the best ISA Server book on the market.
Great book on a rising product!
This is THE book if you are looking to learn ISA 2004. It is structured in an easy-to-understand manner for windows admins who are familiar with Windows but may not have been exposed to ISA Server or are upgrading from ISA 2000. All in all this is the only book on the subject you'll need. ... Read more

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Great in-depth info for a very under documented topic
Jason & Stacy have done a great job digging into the details of site definitions. You rarely find this level of depth in available resources, including in the WSS/SPS SDK or MSDN. Wish I had this a long time ago!

Best Book so far on the topic...
While there are other books that have been published in the past year on the topic of SharePoint and customizations and what not, I would have to say that this book brings all the pieces together, gives the explanations to UI developers, administrators and developers that they need.

A Serious Book on SharePoint
Even though it is not a big book in pages, it is an excellent book in content! The core of the book focuses on creating site definitions; with many excellent examples and useful tips. Other topics covered include template construction, definitions for Lists and customization of themes and alerts.
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Excellent ASP reference book
This is an excellent companion book to 'Professional Active Server Pages'. Like most O'Reilly Nutshell texts, this book is designed more as a reference aid, rather than a learning text. If you buy both the Professional ASP tome, and this reference guide, you've bought everything you need for ASP.

Excellent book!
As a student in college, I want to learn some advanced web programming language. I found this book is very helpful for beginner. I also get a discount from couponsky.com when buying this book. This book is not only useful for beginner's studying, you also can take it as reference after you finish the studying. I recommend this book to the beginners in ASP.

Good reference and code samples, but...
Somewhat in a rush and while trying to learn ASP I purchased this book.I thought it was aweful and it collected dust for nearly 6 months while I searched elsehwere to boot myself up on ASP.However, now that I'm fairly proficient at ASP, this book has been helpful as a reference.No so much for the actual reference value but becasue the sample code helps put things in perspective. ... Read more

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Excellent beginner to mid-level book
This is an easy to read book with the detail you would expect from a pocket consultant. The author doesn't waste time with the basic chit-chat and does a good job of laying out the useful material.
Stanek bats a thousand again!
This book is really worth every penny it costs. It is packed with useful information, well written, intelligent, and enjoyable to read. Just the chapters on IIS applications, side by side .NET configurations, and pooling are worth the whole book: it goes through every detail.
A Good One

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its ok, but I'd rather spend time online
You'll get much better luck and practice with the online free material than this book

SSDD - Much like it's predecessor (Site Server)
Like Site Server - you won't find a ton of material that is actually useful about this technology.
The Only Book Availalbe for BizTalk 2004
I understand the frastrations of the other reviewers towards this book. BizTalk 2004 is quite different from the earlier versions. BizTalk 2004 is not well documented and there is no other reference book available. Many of us waited anxiously for the arrival of this book and hoped it would biring us extensive and in-depth coverage beyond what was available online, in particular since one of the authors is Scott Woodgate, the product manager of BizTalk, wellknown in BizTalk community.
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Security Is The New Watchword
A few years ago (I'm told) Bill Gates called all of the developers together and told them that the big thing it was necessary for Microsoft to do was to implement strong security systems in their mainstream products. I don't know if this is true, but the biggest changes in their 2003 series of products is greatly increased security emphasis.
Gotta have it.
In today's environment of spam, virus, and bad things in general, knowing how to protect yourself is a very valuable commodity. GREAT book on Exchange 2003 Security!!
If you're going to pick up a book on Microsoft Exchange Server security, this is *the* book for you.Great and comprehensive coverage on everything to do with Microsoft Exchange Server from one of the foremost Exchange Security experts in the industry. I highly recommend this book to anyone who is seriously interested in understanding what's entailed in Exchange-related security, including some ground-breaking content on compliance (Sarbanes-Oxley, HIPPA, SEC, etc.) and legislation pertaining to e-mail ... which alone is well worth the price of the book!Highly recommended!! ... Read more

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If you are technical/webmaster, this book is not for you.
This book is great for those who are managers and won't ever actually do any real programming/web mastering or do anything but just want to know how IIS operates, or just want to claim you read a book on IIS.If you are a webmaster or want to learn about IIS specifics, you've come to the wrong place, this book is not for you.
IIS 6.0 Resource Kit for Dummies?
My biggest objection to this book is the tone used by the authors in talking to the reader. Presumably this is a book that will be bought and used by professional persons with an above-average intelligence, but the feeling I get when reading many passages in this book is that the authors are talking down to someone who they don't expect to be very bright.
Must have book for IIS experts
Covers all topics required for successfully planning, designing, deploying, troubleshooting and tuning IIS. You can't claim to be an IIS expert without this book! ... Read more

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Not completely complete, but pretty good
I haven't read all of this book yet, and I probably never will, considering that some of the chapters are irrelevant once you've decided on which programming platform you are going to use. But what I've read so far I like.Read more

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Active Server Pages (ASP) is the best way to create dynamic Web sites--that is, Web sites based on the contents of a database--under Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and other Microsoft Web platforms. Read more

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Easy read for experienced programmers
I have experience with PHP and Perl-based CGI programming.I needed to learn ASP in a hurry to get started on a new project.This book was suitable for my circumstance by providing an inexpensive, easy-to-read introduction to ASP. Get with the times
For those who don't want to be dragged into the new .net world. There is still asp...however, 2.0 is the old version, at least get 3.0

good for beginners
A good book for beginners.Read more

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COOKING SECURITY WITH WINDOWS SERVER 2003!!
Do you use Windows Server 2003 and perform security tasks as one of your primary job functions? If you do, then this book is for you! Authors Mike Danseglio and Robbie Allen, have done an outstanding job of writing a book that covers Windows Server 2003 and some amount of Windows XP security.
Recipes and formulas sorted by task domain or system service for quick and easy access
Mike Danseglio & Robbie Allen's Windows Server 2003 Security Cookbook is for the IT pro and systems administrator concerned with Windows security. Windows 2003 is much more secure than prior versions but you have to know how to set it up properly - and that's where Windows Server 2003 Security Cookbook comes in, offering recipes and formulas sorted by task domain or system service for quick and easy access. Many topics here are more advanced coverages not seen in competing titles, such as auditing and event log usage.
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A GOOD STARTING PLACE
This book is a good starting place for those who need to develop and in-depth understanding of a complex product set. It sets a foundation of understanding of concepts and processes and provides good examples of howto best use complex functionality.

How bad does it get?
This book appears to be written by and for 6 year old children.Theinformation is generalized to the point that it is of little help inworking with the actual product.Factor in the MANY typos and you have adifficult to read, entry-level book that barely rates as reference classmaterial, let alone an MCSE study guide. ... Read more

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it is all about Portals
The title mentions portals, intranets and corporate web sites. But the emphasis in the text is clearly on portals. Where perhaps these might be regarded as special types of corporate web sites.
Finally a book that ties all these products together
As a long-time user of Microsoft products, I have found the array and depth of the various products overwhelming and needed a comprehensive yet easy to understand presentation of the key parts of these products and how they can be used within a portal implementation.While the code fragments were far too technical for me, the rest of the book was very approachable and well worth the time investment to read.I strongly recommend this for all CIOs or people responsible for technical architecture and direction.

Broad in scope and audience
While most technology books either pander to Luddite executives or deliver pages of code to professional developers, _Building Portals_ is that rare breed, a tech book with content for managers and architects and developers. Townsend has done a great job capturing the spirit of portals and answering the hardest two questions: "What is a portal" and "What does it do". I passed a dog-earned copy around to some tech-challenged coworkers and it was very well received. ... Read more

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ASP Components
This book is a waste of money. The author continually switches between describing simple theories such as n-tier computing to an overly in-depth analysis Windows that no-one outside of Redmond should even care about. Too much text and not enough examples.

Great Beginning Component book
I found this book to be very useful.I have been developing components now for 4 years and I still found this book useful.I have been trying to find a good book about developing components, especially in Visual C++.It has great examples for developing the asp page and connecting the page to the COM Object be it Visual Basic, Visual C++ or Java.A must have book for all.I emailed the author with a question and she email me right back.

Not worth the paper it's written on
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This is not an MCSE exam guide...
Nor does it claim to be one.It does what is says it will do:Give a rookie a guide for setting up and running a vanilla install of IIS and Proxy server.If you're looking to be spoon fed answers on how to take a test, this book is not for you.

Completely Inadequate
This book doesn't even come close to covering the information on the exam.I relied on information from my instructor, class notes and Transcender exams to pass.

You people are liars!
I'm not under 13, I just wanted a quick way to gripe at you people.First of all, the IIS exam is in no way, shape, or form one of the hardest MCSEexams.It is by far one of the easiest.You people are just here to makemoney, not to help anyone pass the exams. You say that the O'Reilly bookshave virtually no errors? You obviously have not read those books.Theymake some very obvious mistakes.Get off you money trip and set this siteup to actually help some people or get off the web. ... Read more

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Microsoft Content Management Server (MCMS) may be relatively new on the Web-publishing scene, but it's very closely integrated with the Windows infrastructure and therefore an attractive option for many organizations. Read more

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Worthless for beginers and experts alike.
This book has too many flaws to count.It has no focus. It contradicts itself in many places (sometimes within the same paragraph!). The organization of the chapters is completely alien and ensures a beginner will be confused. The rambling, repetitive prose and authors' habit of inventing and making extended use of non-standard terminology renders the book useless to developers. The authors' complete lack of common sense makes it a poor choice for admins.I really can't imagine who this book is for.EVERY chapter I got frustrated with text about half way through and looked up the information in MCMS's online help instead. In EVERY instance, the MS documentation was more clear and helpful.
Poor Layout. Not for beginners.
I bought this book to help my client evaluate CMS 2002. First few weeks with the book was agonising to read through. The author explains in verbose text about something and you have to read through it all coz you dont know what is fluff or where he might say something useful! I read through the documents that came with CMS 2002 last week and there is one called SiteDevl.chm which has a chapter on how to Use VS.net to create a CMS web site. I finished the whole chapter in about an hour creating my site simultaneously. Since I did a web site from scratch I had a better understanding how to use various CMS components! First read this help file before you buy this book.
Authoritative Reference for Content Mgmt. Server
What drew me to this book was Bill English's name.I've known Bill for a few years (I'm a Windows Server MVP, Bill is an MVP on the Exchange side), and am usually quite impressed with his writing, his teaching, and his work.Yet, there were a number of other names that are associated with this book.I don't know who was responsible for which parts, but this is truly an all-star cast of technical experts on Microsoft Content Management Server.Read more

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