<b class="sans">Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 24seven</b> is a great book for Exchange. For AD and Windows, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Minasi's book, Mastering Windows 2003 </span>is very easy to read and his forum at
<a href="http://Minasi.com">Minasi.com</a>, in which he answers a lot of questions himself. I also tend to look at the Microsoft Whitepages and the cert books from MSFT are dry but very detailed.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 9/21/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">K. M. Peterson</b> <<a href="mailto:KMP@kmpeterson.com">KMP@kmpeterson.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi all,<br><br>To those who have heard about my situation over the past year, I wanted<br>to let you all know that I'm once again gainfully employed.<br><br>I now find myself responsible for a fair amount of Microsoft technology,
<br>in a place where it's come to have a fair impact. I have several people<br>working for me, who are great junior to mid-level sys admins. However,<br>they're good on the "how" and not the "why", and I'm having difficulties
<br>learning about the underlying technology structure.<br><br>So I'm trying to figure out a strategy to get more up-to-speed on the<br>stuff that I need to know about. I'm wondering whether people have<br>recommendations for books, and/or LISA-like training on topics like AD
<br>and Exchange. These seem to be the biggest issues that I have to deal<br>with now.<br><br>There seem to be a lot of books out oriented to those who either don't<br>have sysadmin experience, or those who are mainly studying for
<br>certification (or both!). I have the O'Reilly book on AD which is<br>pretty good, I wish there was something similar on AD. Anyone have any<br>good ideas in this vein (or perhaps some other avenue)?<br><br>And, finally, I will admit to this: we do have people here running
<br>VMWare on Windows with Linux guests. Given I work in a software<br>development environment, I see the advantages. I'm not too sure about<br>doing it on a server, though, still ;-)<br><br>Thanks! Respond to me if you wish, and I'll summarize.
<br><br>_KMP<br><br>--<br><br><br>--<br>K. M. Peterson Boston, Mass. USA<br>mailto:<a href="mailto:kmp@kmpeterson.com">kmp@kmpeterson.com</a> Phone: +1 617 731 6177
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