Reserved my copy. You should see if they'll do the Saturday Fedex home delivery like when you reserve a copy of Harry Potter. ;)
Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:ActiveDir- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe > Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:42 AM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books... > > http://www.joeware.net/win/ad3e.htm > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of joe > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 5:09 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books... > > Yeah the dates have been all dorked up. Even the O'Reilly site initially > said Feb. The initial thought was this would be out for the release of R2 > at > the end of the year. Didn't happen. :) > > Anyway, as mentioned in another post, I got my advance copy via FedEx > today > so I know hardcopy versions officially exist, at least one. I was last > told > the 18th was the date and today is the 19th and it was shipped to me on > the > 17th so that seems pretty accurate. Not sure when it will hit US Amazon. > Once it does, I will post a link from my website that will take people > directly to it. > > Hopefully the person who posted that review below will take another read > and > see if I made it better for them as there were, to be honest, parts that > were just plain incorrect. :) However there was/is a table indicating what > modes there are and what you get from each. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Parris > Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 3:30 PM > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books... > > I just went to see the UK release date on amazon.co.uk for this book and > it's 28/02 or 02/28 depending on your flavour and I saw this - someone was > not happy. > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Active Directory, 2nd Edition, August 14, 2003 > > Reviewer: A reader from Oxfordshire, United Kingdom > > I was recommended this book and can only guess at what the person who > recommended it was thinking. Make no mistake, this book is poor. Some > parts > are misleading, there are a number of omissions (for example, there's a > long > discussion of changing domain/forest modes, but no discussion of what the > modes are and what each provides) and some parts are just plain incorrect. > > Now, how do I get my money back? > > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > Anyway it made me laugh. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Susan Bradley, > CPA > aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] > Sent: 19 January 2006 18:57 > To: ActiveDir@mail.activedir.org > Subject: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books... > > Design and Deployment of Microsoft's Active Directory O'Reilly Releases > "Active Directory, Third Edition" > > Sebastopol, CA--Since its introduction in Windows 2000, Microsoft's Active > Directory has improved the way organizations share network resources such > as > users, groups, computers, printers, applications, and files. "Having a > single source for this information makes it more accessible and easier to > manage," notes Robbie Allen, co-author of the highly acclaimed "Active > Directory," now available in its third edition (O'Reilly, US $49.99). "To > accomplish this, however, requires a significant amount of knowledge on > topics such as LDAP, Kerberos, DNS, multi-master replication, group > policies, and data partitioning, to name a few." > > In other words, Active Directory is still a major headache for network and > system administrators who have to design, implement, and support it. > Allen's book, co-written with industry experts Joe Richards and Alistair > G. > Lowe-Norris, offers a clear and detailed introduction that not only guides > administrators through the maze of technologies, but also helps them > understand the big picture. > > "Our book describes Active Directory in depth, but not in the traditional > way of going through the graphical user interface screen by screen," Allen > explains. "Instead, the book sets out to tell administrators how to > design, > manage, and maintain a small, medium, or enterprise Active Directory > infrastructure that's both scalable and reliable." > > Many industry authorities consider this book to be the definitive resource > for implementing Active Directory. Allen, Richards, and Lowe-Norris have > revised the new edition of "Active Directory" significantly to describe > features that have been updated or added in Windows Server 2003 R2, > including coverage of programmatic interfaces available to manage them. > Three additional chapters explain new features and concepts such as Active > Directory Application Mode (ADAM), and scripting for common user and group > tasks for Microsoft Exchange 2000/2003. > > "Once information has been added to Active Directory, it can be made > available for use throughout the entire network to as many or as few > people > as an administrator likes," Allen points out. "The structure of the > information can match the structure of the organization, and users can > query > Active Directory to find the location of a printer or the email address of > a > colleague. Administrators can delegate control and management of the data > however they see fit." > > While Microsoft's documentation serves as an important reference, any > administrator who deals with Active Directory will find this book to be a > valuable resource, whether he or she manages a single server or works for > a > global multinational with thousands of servers. To that end, "Active > Directory" is divided into three sections: > > -Part I introduces in general terms how Active Directory works, giving > readers a thorough grounding in its concepts, such as Active Directory > replication, the schema, application partitions, group policies, and > interaction with DNS. > > -Part II covers the issues around properly designing the directory > infrastructure, including designing the namespace, creating a site > topology, > designing group policies for locking down client settings, auditing, > permissions, backup and recovery, and a look at Microsoft's future > direction > with Directory Services. > > -Part III is all about managing Active Directory via automation with > Active > Directory Service Interfaces (ADSI), ActiveX Data Objects (ADO), and > Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). Readers learn how to create and > manipulate users, groups, printers, and other objects in their everyday > management of Active Directory. > > "Administrators who want a book that lays bare the design and management > of > an enterprise or departmental Active Directory need look no further," > Allen says. "Even if they have a previous edition of the book, they'll > find > this third edition to be full of updates and corrections and a worthy > addition to their 'good' bookshelf: the bookshelf next to their PC with > the > books they really read that are all dog-eared with soda drink spills and > pizza grease on them." > > Additional Resources: > > Chapter 11, "Active Directory Security: Permissions and Auditing," is > available online at: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actdir3/chapter/index.html > > For more information about the book, including table of contents, index, > author bios, and samples, see: > http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/actdir3/ > > For a cover graphic in JPEG format, go to: > ftp://ftp.ora.com/pub/graphics/book_covers/hi-res/0596101732.jpg > > Active Directory, Third Edition > Joe Richards, Robbie Allen, and Alistair G. Lowe-Norris > ISBN: 0-596-10173-2, 800 pages, $49.99 US, $69.99 CA [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 1-800-998-9938 > 1-707-827-7000 > http://www.oreilly.com > 1005 Gravenstein Highway North > Sebastopol, CA 95472 > > -- > Letting your vendors set your risk analysis these days? > http://www.threatcode.com > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > > > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ > > List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx > List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx > List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
