Windows Group Policy: Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Awesome book written for Windows Server 2008 & R2, Windows Vista and Windows 7. Focussed on group policy settings and group policy preferences. Best I've found and like any book by this author, it's got lots of tips and tricks. It will truly help you understand everything about group policy.

Just reading the first few pages and I was more comfortable with Group Policies(GP), would recommend for people wanting to learn about GP.

Out of all the Windows 2008 books I have, this one stands out as the best. William Stanek is a great writer, and has put together a stellar book that should be required reading for every System Administrator!

William Stanek never ceases to amaze me with how much great info he can pack into his pocket consultants. There's not one that's not worth it's weight in gold and I mean that. His are the only books I've ever read front to back and then gone back in for a second or third read with highlighter in hand. Everyone in IT I work with has at least one of his books if not several and sometimes several copies of the ones they have. I bought three copies of this and three copies of Active Directory® Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Administrators Pocket Consultant). I kept one of each and gave out the rest in my last staff meeting. There are no other books I will buy for my team, because no other books are as good. I am also grown up enough to admit knowledge I got from his books over the years are what earned me multiple promotions. What makes this book so good is its relentless focus on what matters and the deep level of technical information William shares. William knows Windows and Microsoft products better than any 10 other tech experts on the planet put together. No other Group Policy book I've ever read has been as good and what's even better is William does this in less than 320 pages. The 600+ page book I had before this didn't explain half of this even half as well. I'll finish by also saying this book should be used with William's Windows Server 2008 Inside Out.

In the past few years William Stanek has become the only computer book author who matters. When he has a book coming out, I pre-order it sight unseen because I know it is going to be the best, the most definitive and the one I use on whatever subject he writes about. I was so eager to get this one I pre-ordered it and then when it didn't come on time, I went out and bought it too. When the copy I ordered came I had two copies and I use them both! Every network admin, win admin, networker, IT pro, developer, whatever needs to read this book. Buy it, steal, borrow it, but read it. It'll do more for your understanding of Group Policy than books 2 or 3 times as long - and that's what's so amazing about Stanek's books. Clear, concise, to the point. Right on. Pure gold. To be clear, it's not everything you need to know, but you do need to know what's in here and you might as well get it straight from the master himself.