Our environment is small, but pretty complex for its size. We have about 100 Exchange users in three facilities, each with its own domain and Exchange 2000 server. (We're a graphics house saddled with large customer attachments and slow internet connections) I suppose I'm not really qualified to be a publisher, but that logic seems backward to me. Small businesses might have simpler environments, but we've also got a lot less staff, for example, my staff is me. I think small businesses need more resources, since they're unlikely to have an expert available. We buy a lot of books and find it's a lot cheaper (albeit spottier) than classes or long-term support contracts. Plus a high quality book is worth its weight in gold when it's 3AM on Friday and the class was 2 years ago. Then again, it seems like every IT book is $60, whether it has 100 pages or 1000. Steve
_____ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:43 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: What would YOU want to know? Asking for clarification: What size environment? I presented a plan for something like that to two different publishers, including sections on "small", "medium" and "large" environments; but it was shot down. The feeling from the publishers was that small businesses wouldn't want to spend the money on a book that covered so much material that didn't apply to them. And vice versa - big companies would consider the space spent on small companies a waste. (And yes, when I do a design and install I work from my own set of notes and URLs. There are some good books out there, but none cover "it all".) From: Steve Hart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 2:52 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: What would YOU want to know? I would LOVE a complete installation guide. There are so many variables in the installation procedure and very little online documentation. A perfect book would talk about ALL of the prereqs, including the common stuff (you need 64 bit server) to the less common stuff (if you have trusted domains with Exchange, they need a 2003 DC). It would cover all of the setup.com switches and what each one does in detail, then the install procedure, what the roles are and what a particular install will need. It would cover entering the key, setting up certs, OWA, OMA, OAB, all of the little detailed steps. Then, it would cover properly decomissioning Exchange 2000 and 2003 servers. After a couple weeks of learning and quite a bit of struggling, I finally ran out of time and called in a consultant for our first E2007 install. His documentation is a document that they circulate internally, because they haven't found any complete sources either. Steve _____ From: Campbell, Rob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 10:55 AM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: RE: What would YOU want to know? As far as Exchange topics and articles, there don't seem to be any references available for 2007 equal to the technical reference library that was available for 2003. _____ From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 12:24 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: OT: What would YOU want to know? OK, I ask these questions for my own benefit. I hope you'll forgive me. 1] Let's assume that a book regarding using Exchange 2007 and SCOM (Systems Center Operations Manager) together was going to be written. Would you buy such a thing? What would you want to be in it? 2] What type of Exchange topics would you like to see covered in blogs and articles that you don't see being covered? Or that you don't get enough details about? The more specific the better! Regards, Michael B. Smith MCSE/Exchange MVP http://TheEssentialExchange.com ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~
