Designed to provide businesses of fewer than 50 employees--which is to say, businesses without dedicated information systems staffs--with capable and reliable back-end information services, Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 has a potentially huge market. If you're a consultant who caters to that market, or someone who aspires to be one, you need to have Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Resource Kit on hand and refer to it often. Like all Microsoft Resource Kits, this one ships with a CD-ROM that's enormously valuable. It contains an assortment of utilities--dozens of them--for use with Small Business Server, including one that locks floppy disk drives for unprivileged users, another that shows the active Kerberos tickets, and a third with which you can make any application run as a service. They're tools, and there are a lot of them. The odds are strong that you'll find some of them relevant to your situation.

Don't treat this solely as a software package, though. The authors--the documentation team at Microsoft--have created a definitive document on Small Business Server 2000 as it's meant to be installed and configured. The book is task-oriented (for example, there's a stepped procedure on how to create a NetWare Gateway account user) and generally clear, though the volume of documentation in this package is less graphical than some other late-model products in this series. Keep it on hand for reference during installation and reconfiguration. --David Wall

Topics covered: Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 recommended practices, standard procedures, troubleshooting, and reference material. A CD-ROM contains lots of diagnostic and configuration utilities for Small Business Server 2000 and for Windows 2000 generally.


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Provides instructions for installing and maintaining Microsoft's server-based platform for small businesses with under 50 employees. The guide addresses issues that arise when planning the server network, outlines factors and conditions that should be considered when customizing the deployment of the server, and describes administration of server tools, applications, and components. The closing chapters cover integration and interaction, security, migration and upgrade, and disaster recovery. The CD-ROM contains tools, utilities, and scripts.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 is designed to enhance the way small business communicates and collaborates, both internally and through the Web. Roll out, support, and optimize this server-based platform for small businesses with the help of those who know the technology best-the Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 development team. MICROSOFT SMALL BUSINESS SERVER 2000 RESOURCE KIT delivers 800+ pages of authoritative technical information plus essential tools on CD-ROM-all designed to help maximize the productivity of your Microsoft Small Business Server system while minimizing overhead and support costs. This official Resource Kit covers vital subjects such as planning and deployment, administration and maintenance, performance tuning and optimization, integration and cross-platform interaction, security and troubleshooting, disaster recovery strategies, and migration and upgrading. Appendixes discuss specialized topics such as networking basics, customization, extensibility options, deployment with Microsoft Office 2000, and TAPI solutions. The accompanying CD includes the complete searchable text of the book, and tools, utilities, and scripts for adding users in batches, setup integration, monitoring modem status, customization, performance monitoring, and more.

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Enhance the way your organization communicates and collaborates with comprehensive information, tools, and insights from the Small Business Server 2000 product team!

Roll out, support, and optimize Microsoft￯﾿ﾽs server-based platform for small businesses with the expertise of those who know the technology best—the Microsoft® Small Business Server 2000 team. This official RESOURCE KIT includes hundreds of pages of authoritative technical information plus essential tools on CD-ROM—all designed to help you maximize the productivity of your server system while minimizing overhead and support costs. It￯﾿ﾽs full of information and tools that can help any small business turn information into action.

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PRODUCT OVERVIEW: Learn about the Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 design philosophy and features and read introductory information specifically for the technology consultant. PLANNING: Discover how to plan for a Small Business Server 2000 network and applications, an Internet presence, connectivity for remote access users, and capacity increases. DEPLOYMENT: Find out how to deploy Small Business Server 2000 both on new machines and in existing environments, learn about setup and client issues, understand ISP and remote connectivity issues, and familiarize yourself with Windows 2000 configuration issues. ADMINISTRATION: Understand Small Business Server Wizard processes, Terminal Services, and other administrative tools; and find out how to monitor, optimize, and administer Small Business Server components. INTEGRATION AND SECURITY: Learn about e-mail andInternet connectivity alternatives; cross-platform issues; and security and Web caching with Microsoft Proxy Server 2000, Microsoft Windows® 2000 Server, and Internet Information Services 5.0. UPGRADES, MIGRATION, AND TROUBLESHOOTING: Find out about Small Business Server 2000 licensing and upgrades, data migration, disaster recovery, and troubleshooting. OTHER RESOURCES: Get complete appendixes full of information about networking basics, migrating from Netware, customization and extensibility options, deployment with Microsoft Office 2000, Telephony Applications Programming Interface (TAPI) solutions, and more.

Included On CD-Rom:

An electronic copy of the book Tools and accompanying help files for computer and network management, deployment, diagnostics and troubleshooting, security, scripting, and use with Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS) and Microsoft Internet Explorer.

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Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 is designed to enhance the way small business communicates and collaborates, both internally and through the Web. Roll out, support, and optimize this server-based platform for small businesses with the help of those who know the technology best-the Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 development team. Microsoft Small Business Server 2000 Resource Kit delivers 800+ pages of authoritative technical information plus essential tools on CD-ROM-all designed to help maximize the productivity of your Microsoft Small Business Server system while minimizing overhead and support costs. This official Resource Kit covers vital subjects such as planning and deployment, administration and maintenance, performance tuning and optimization, integration and cross-platform interaction, security and troubleshooting, disaster recovery strategies, and migration and upgrading. Appendixes discuss specialized topics such as networking basics, customization, extensibility options, deployment with Microsoft Office 2000, and TAPI solutions. The accompanying CD includes the complete searchable text of the book, and tools, utilities, and scripts for adding users in batches, setup integration, monitoring modem status, customization, performance monitoring, and more.

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Provides instructions for installing and maintaining Microsoft's server-based platform for small businesses with under 50 employees. The guide addresses issues that arise when planning the server network, outlines factors and conditions that should be considered when customizing the deployment of the server, and describes administration of server tools, applications, and components. The closing chapters cover integration and interaction, security, migration and upgrade, and disaster recovery. The CD-ROM contains tools, utilities, and scripts. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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