Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Resource Kit [With CDROM]

This book was written with SBS design and planning in mind first and foremost. If this book is purchased up front and used early in the SBS life cycle then you will find it excellent and it will meet your needs. You will especially benefit from this book if you are new to SBS and unfamilar with SBS branding matters such as structured setup and deployment, console-based management, etc. If your expectations were for the book to be a downstream technical troubleshooting manual, you need to consider using Microsoft TechNet for the latest KBase articles related to SBS or newgroups such as the Yahoo! SBS Group. Note that this book does not discuss third-party SBS products such as virus detection applications, and you'll need to look at other third-party Small Business Server 2000 books that are on the market for that. These other SBS 2000 third-party books do more step-by-step deployment and administration than the SBS 2000 Resource Kit, so again, manage your expectations accordingly and you'll be pleased with this book.

This is not a "resource kit" in the typical, MS Press sense... Why do I say that? Resource Kits have traditionally been highly technical, giving you a very concise understanding of the product it covers.In the case of the Small Business Server 2000 Resource Kit, however, you're given a quick and very high-level overview of SBS2K and its component parts. There's nothing wrong with that, of course... If you want to know more each component, then buy the appropriate resource kit... For example, if you want to know about Exchange, then buy the Exchange 2000 Server Resource Kit.This book is aimed at professionals new to Small Business Server, and it succeeds in this goal. It'll give you a (very) basic grounding in how to plan, install, administer and support a network based on SBS2K.I would recommend that you buy this book to give yourself a high-level summary and quick peek at SBS2K, then to buy the Resource Kits and Administrator Guides (from MS Press) for the various components of SBS (namely Windows 2000, Exchange, ISA, and SQL).