Inside Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (Pro Developer) (Pro Developer)

Product Description

Get deep insights into Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 with this hands-on guide. This book focuses on developing Windows SharePoint Services applications for the enterprise with Microsoft Visual Studio® 2005 and the Collaborative Application Markup Language (CAML). A Windows SharePoint Services expert provides technical explanations of the platform architecture and how the technology works, including concise information on key topics including Web Parts, pages, workflow, and security. With this bottom-up view of the platform architecture and task-oriented guidance, Microsoft Windows developers will learn how to embrace Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 as a first-class development platform. Experienced developers will learn how to build robust, feature-rich applications, including enterprise content management (ECM) systems. In addition, this guide includes C# and XML code samples to help developers get up and running as quickly as possible.

Delivers concise information on Web Parts, pages, workflow, security, and other key topics

Provides deep architectural insights, practical advice, and solutions for Windows developers

Features extensive code samples in Visual C# and XML; assumes prior knowledge of Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0

Customer Reviews:

This is my manifesto for SharePoint *Development* (as opposed to customization).......2007-09-24

In what I think of as my "pre-Pattison" era I was beating my head against SharePoint. The projects I'd inherited seemed unmanageable and deployment was a nightmare. For the project I was going to be starting from scratch, I was frantically coming up with excuses to not use SharePoint, although there was external pressure to use it.

Ted's book explains the key difference between SharePoint customization and SharePoint development, and focuses on best practices for the later. After reading it, I had a game plan for future development using SharePoint and also for bringing my two legacy apps under control.

A hands on book .......2007-07-23

I agree with the other reviewers this is a book that is worth reading if you are working with Sharepoint development...

By far, mandatory for all Sharepoint developers..........2007-07-23

I had a chance to take Ted's class on the subject matter of this book and found him to be extremely knowledgeable, insightful and practical with regard to developing for Sharepoint. Taking the class and having his book really took me to the next level understanding how WSS 3.0 work and can be extended. This book is a must read from cover to cover if you are new or want to get more acquainted with Sharepoint Services development.

This book fills in the gaps in the SDK.......2007-07-11

Finally, there is a book that provides all the basic information that a developer needs to get started with WSS 3.0. Almost all that information that a developer would expect to find in the SDK documentation is finally available. If this trend continues, it seems that in the future, there will be no SDK documentation, only books to purchase, if you needed documentation.

Very well written, like all books in the 'Inside...' series!

Staw Away Administrators .......2007-07-03

I love everything about this book when it comes to WSS. It is well written, follows a great path and has a whole lot of information.

The only down side its it is hard to tell by looking at the book that this is a developers book. This is not for admins but for developers. 100% development and offers nothing to admins.Admins go here Beginning SharePoint 2007 Administration: Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 and Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007

So unless you know all the MS Press color schemes, stay away unless you are a developer,

The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services Programming (Microsoft .NET Development Series)

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If you do AD programming, you need this book!
well done!
Great book!
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The .NET Developer's Guide to Directory Services Programming (Microsoft .NET Development Series)
Joe Kaplan , and Ryan Dunn
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ASIN: 0321350170

Customer Reviews:

If you do AD programming, you need this book!.......2007-08-13

This book is everything I was hoping it would be. I'm working on a project where I need to get computer accounts from AD (TENS of THOUSANDS of them) and move, delete, enable, disable and set account expiration dates. Everything I need to know is in this book. The AD paged search, useraccount properties, etc. Some of the routines I was able to use as-is (the VB versions from their web site download). These guys do a great job of explaining all the stuff I couldn't find anywhere else. Highly reccomended!

well done!.......2007-08-09

This book is great for anyone who does AD programming with .NET it covers everything from the basics to some pretty advanced stuff and even some undocumented stuff.. a must have for AD Programemrs!

Great book!.......2007-07-31

If you are or may be in the future, doing directory services programming then this book is a must have. It also suffices a quick reference as it has code sprinkled around so that you can get up to speed quickly.

If anything, it is sort of lacking on other LDAP directories. It does have the history of LDAP and does show where the differences are between AD and the others.

If your primary focus is other directories, this may not be the end all book for you, but should still suffice as a reference.

If AD is your main focus, buy this now, you won't be disappointed.

Comments on [...] Deveopers Guide Book.......2007-01-23

This is a very good book for[...] developers who wants to program against Active Directory. There are some good examples in this book that can be very handy. Other than examples in pieces, there is not a project or Web Site codes that a beginner could use.

A Must Have Title.......2007-01-12

Anyone who wants to include access to the Active Directory / ADAM via the ADSI providers (LDAP, WinNT, IIS, etc) and are finding themselves lost or overwhelmed while sorting thru the .NET environment on their own, need this book. Regardless of your previous experience in scripting or programming with ADSI (including none), this title provides the information you need in a relatively compact manner that brings you up to speed and gets you working productively before you even finish.

The book starts off with a quick introduction to ADSI and the .NET framework: light on history, heavy on solidifying the readers understanding of how the .NET framework's Directory Services got where it is. The middle of the book concentrates on explaining the core set of objects needed to bind, read, write, search, etc., spending the right amount of time on each topic with clear language and to-the-point examples. You could actually put the book down at that point with a clear understanding and the ability to perform the needed tasks. The last section of the book takes your skills even further, starting with showing you how to extend the schema, work with security, and manage namespaces. With those sections complete comes complete walk-thrus on practical applications you can develop as well as sections on hints, tips and troubleshooting. Some potential VB readers may be put off by the fact that all the code examples are in C#. As the examples are typically short and dealing with objects, non C# developers shouldn't have any issue translating the code; if all else fails, the author has posted complete VB translations for download.

This title proves itself to be not only an efficient learning resource, but also serves as a reference for Directory Services that you will use again and again. The authors have created a book that truly aims at demystifying the process and demonstrating to the reader that the technology is not as convoluted as other ADSI books make it out to be. Even though at the time of this review there are few books dedicated to .NET Directory Services available, this is a must have and will continue to prove its value for quite some time.

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Resource Kit

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Committee book
If you are technical/webmaster, this book is not for you.
IIS 6.0 Resource Kit for Dummies?
Must have book for IIS experts

Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 Resource Kit
The Microsoft IIS Team , and Microsoft Corporation
Manufacturer: Microsoft Press
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ASIN: 0735614202
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Book Description

Deploy and support Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 with tools and technical information—straight from the Microsoft IIS product team.

Customer Reviews:

Committee book.......2006-11-18

Microsoft's development groups appear not to talk to one another, and for Internet Information Server that longstanding bad habit is a critical problem. IIS intersects systems, programming tools and applications (Windows Server 2003, Visual Studio and Internet Explorer). The Resource Kit is written from a systems perspective and has little to say about the other main actors. With the introduction of Visual Studio 2005, release 2.0 of the .NET framework, Small Business Server R2 and most recently Vista the material is badly outdated.

[...] As with other items written by Microsoft marketing staff, it is heavy on coverage, light on technical information and hard to use. Unfortunately IIS is a niche topic and so far has not attracted a skilled and knowledgeable writer who can integrate the several technologies and perspectives needed to explain it.

If you are technical/webmaster, this book is not for you........2005-08-19

This book is great for those who are managers and won't ever actually do any real programming/web mastering or do anything but just want to know how IIS operates, or just want to claim you read a book on IIS. If you are a webmaster or want to learn about IIS specifics, you've come to the wrong place, this book is not for you.

If you are looking for a how to guide, this book is painfully underdeveloped. The authors are great for saying, if you want more information, use the IIS help and not discuss anything in great details. Most of the book mentions different aspects of the IIS without really delving into the details of the options. Parts on setting up mutliple websites is limited to 2 pages without telling you how to specifically do it. Instead they mention the various options and pros and cons for the different options. Beyond this, they say absolutely nothing. This is a fantastic no help book and is one of the worst books written from Microsoft press. Very disappointing.

IIS 6.0 Resource Kit for Dummies?.......2004-08-29

My biggest objection to this book is the tone used by the authors in talking to the reader. Presumably this is a book that will be bought and used by professional persons with an above-average intelligence, but the feeling I get when reading many passages in this book is that the authors are talking down to someone who they don't expect to be very bright.

There is a lot of repetition and a lot of trying to describe something that is intrinsically complicated in a way to try to make it sound simpler than it is. This is presumably done because the authors are afraid that the reader will otherwise not be able to follow the descriptions at all.

Another thing that I don't like about this book is that references from one place in the book to another place do not use page numbers. Here's a typical example:

'For more information about how to back up the Web server, see "Back Up and Restore the Web Server to a File or Tape" in "IIS Deployment Procedures" in this book.'

Because there isn't any page number reference you have to go to the table of contents and find "IIS Deployment Procedures" (which is an appendix) and then scan the contents of that appendix for "Back Up and Restore the Web Server to a File or Tape", and then you find the page number.

Another problem is that you can't be 100% sure that what it says in this book is correct. I haven't found all that many errors, but I have found a few.

For example, on page 10 it says, "When IIS is installed, it is locked down by default so that it can serve only static content." This is not true, at least not for Windows Server 2003, Web Edition, which has ASP support enabled by default.

Another example: On page 22 it says, "When you complete installation of Windows Server 2003, Manage Your Server automatically starts." This is not true, at least not for Windows Server 2003, Web Edition.

Two CD-ROM's are included with the book. One CD contains an evaluation version of Windows Server 2003. The other CD contains several searchable online versions of IIS documents and Help files, and 14 IIS tools. Incidentally, you don't need to buy this book to obtain the tools, as they are also available for download on Microsoft's web site.

This book contains a huge amount of very detailed information about IIS 6, and if you really need this information then this book is "the only show in town". My advice though, is to consider carefully if you really need all this advanced information, or whether you can perhaps get along with one or two of the less comprehensive books about IIS 6.

Rennie Petersen

Must have book for IIS experts.......2004-07-16

Covers all topics required for successfully planning, designing, deploying, troubleshooting and tuning IIS. You can't claim to be an IIS expert without this book!

The Guide to a Successful Managed Services Practice - What every SMB IT Service Provider Should Know...

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a great resource
Phenomenal Managed Service Book
Worth it

The Guide to a Successful Managed Services Practice - What every SMB IT Service Provider Should Know...

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ASIN: 0978894308
Release Date: 2006-08-18

Product Description

The "Guide to a Successful Managed Services Practice" applies some of the most innovative and highly effective Managed Services techniques ever developed, and proven to increase long-term predictable revenue, thereby increasing an IT Organization's value. Leverage Intelligent Enterprise's successful Managed Services concepts: - 3 "Killer" Managed Services deliverables - A Unique Managed Services Sales Process so successful that Clients can't resist signing your Agreements - Pricing your Managed Services deliverables for Maximum Profit - What to do after your Client is sold - Advanced Annuity-Based revenue philosophies. The "Guide to a Successful Managed Services Practice" includes everything you'll need to: Transition to a successful, Annuity-Based Managed Services model and Evaluate your existing Clients and calculate what they'll be worth on a Monthly and Yearly basis when converted to Managed Services - Successfully market and sell Managed Services to new Clients - Increase your organization's overall value by transitioning to an Annuity-based Service Delivery model. *Includes over 25 Managed Services Business, Technical, Sales and Marketing Tools, Forms and Collateral on CD-ROM! *Bonus: 4 Business-Winning PowerPoint Presentations! *Extra Special Bonus: Recorded Managed Services Webcast Included!

Customer Reviews:

a great resource.......2007-07-21

This book sits on my shelf and my service manager's shelf. You can't get $99 worth of consulting this valuable. It's a great reference, a great start, and worth looking at for everyone looking at managed services.

Phenomenal Managed Service Book.......2007-07-14

Every Small Business consultant needs to read this book. Yes, it's an awesome guide to managed services. But it's also a great guide to deciding which services to sell, how to price them, how to sell them, and how to "deliver" after you've inked the deal.

Did you need to know how to run a help desk? Or how to create an escalation procedure? It's all here.

You'll save literally hundreds -- maybe thousands of hours of work by reading this book. I run a very successful managed services business and I learned a great deal from this book. Simpson deserves a big hand for putting together such a valuable guide.

It takes less than one hour of consulting labor to pay for this book. It is more than worth it!

Worth it.......2007-05-08

Hard to justify the cost for such a small book. However, the value lies in what you get out of the book. I would give it 5 stars if they weren't so greedy in pricing this small book so high.

Partnering with Microsoft: How to Make Money in Trusted Partnership with the Global Software Powerhouse

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Good information, terribly written
Serious Momentum with Microsoft
DANCING WITH MICROSOFT
The Inside Scoop on Working with Microsoft

Partnering with Microsoft: How to Make Money in Trusted Partnership with the Global Software Powerhouse
Ted Dinsmore
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Advance Praise for Partnering with Microsoft: 'Partnering with Microsoft is the first great book about the breathtaking culture, opportunity and roadmap for joining Microsoft's 850,000 partners cutting an impressive B swath in the marketpl

This inside guide to effective partnering with Microsoft reveals how to become a trusted partner in order to gain supportive co-marketing, assured referrals, and joint success in selling complementary products and services.

Customer Reviews:

Good information, terribly written.......2007-03-09

If you partner with Microsoft in sales, this is a must read. But it's also a maddening read becuase the same topics are reviewed over, and over, and over, and over again. It's like the author had to make a certain word count, so they just kept repeating themselves to make the magic number. I would recommend you digest the material over a period of weeks rather than a day or two. It's certainly not a page turner. . .

Serious Momentum with Microsoft.......2006-05-25

I had the privilege in attending a "Partnering with Microsoft" presentation and I am reading Ted Dinsmore's book now. Since the meeting with Ted Dinsmore, our organization is adopting many of the techniques revealed in his book and our corporation now has serious momentum with Microsoft. I highly recommend reading the book, and if the opportunity arises to meet Ted, don't miss it.

DANCING WITH MICROSOFT.......2005-08-28

Within 21 years of becoming the most powerful company therein, Microsoft has ascended to the pinnacle of the IT industry. Authors by Ted Dinsmore and Edward O'Connor have done an outstanding job of telling the readership of this book, how by virtue of its own commitment of partnering with other firms, Microsoft has done so to an extent unparalleled by other large companies in the industry.

Dinsmore and O'Connor begin this book by telling you why you should partner with Microsoft. Next, the authors detail the core attributes of Microsoft's culture, organization and strategy, and explain the position of Microsoft's partners in its ecosystem. Then, they build on the responsible understanding of the ecosystem by elucidating the principles of partnering with Microsoft. The authors next focus on the partnering tactics that successful ISVs employ vis-a-vis Microsoft. Dinsmore and O'Connor continue by focusing on the partnering tactics that successful services firms employ vis-a-vis Microsoft. In addition, the authors focus on the partnering tactics that successful resellers employ vis-a-vis Microsoft. Finally, they advance the tactics implicit earlier in the book; that is: how to leverage other Microsoft partners not only to improve your relationship with the company, but to accentuate your firm's success by working productively with other partners in Microsoft's Partner Ecosystem.

With the preceding in mind, the authors have done an excellent job of helping your firm come to terms with Microsoft, to assess and mitigate the risks of partnering, and to pursue and realize the rewards of partnering with this globally successful company. At the end of the day, only by understanding what makes Microsoft tick and how the company thinks and behaves, can your firm be a successful Microsoft partner.

The Inside Scoop on Working with Microsoft.......2005-08-10

A great many companies want to use computers in their business to do something a little bit different than what the programmers originally thought. Many companies do not want to invest, perhaps they cannot invest in their own IT department to understand and develop exactly what they need.
Microsoft understands this very well. Consequently many of their products are designed so that someone else can take their products and make it function as the final customer needs.

A perfect example is a database. A company wants to keep track of something. A database is the ideal way to do this. But does anyone at that company understand enough about database design to implement the database, design the forms and reports to make it easy enough for the clerks in the company to use, and then train the clerks?

The result is Microsoft's partnering philosophy. If you will set up your company to take Microsofts basic software and make it work as the final customer wants, then Microsoft wants to work with you, will supply you with support and leads, give you all kinds of advantages.

The alternative in the IT industry is to do your own thing, perhaps in competition with Microsoft. History tends to say that this isn't all that wise.

The authors fo this book are experts in working with Microsoft. In this book they give you the whole scoop, including the bad points (Suppose the customer really should use Linux!).

Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C# 2005, Second Edition

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Ignore the hype, buy for WSE 3.0

Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C# 2005, Second Edition
Jeffrey Hasan , and Mauricio Duran
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Expert Service-Oriented Architecture in C# 2005, Second Edition will immerse you in updated code and reference material specifically architected for Visual Studio 2005 and Web Services Enhancements (WSE) 3.0. With this book, you can get a head start on building SOA applications using the clear, conceptual discussions and practical examples provided by SOA experts Jeffrey Hasan and Mauricio Duran. The authors give fair treatment to difficult material without just glossing over it.

Most .NET-based web services are simply containers for limited RPC-style methods. This book will show you how to shift your development paradigm to create web services that process sophisticated XML messages within a secure, service-oriented, loosely coupled architecture. You'll gain deep insight into the newest release of the WSE toolkit, as this book blends theory with ample C# code samples and teaches you how to implement SOA solutions based on specifications like revised WS-Security, WS-Policy, and WS-Addressing. You'll want a copy of this second edition because

The spirit of the second edition follows that of the successful first edition, providing clear, conceptual discussions and practical material, with unambiguous samples.
Approximately 60% of the book has been updated, including rearchitected code and updated visual materials using Visual Studio 2005.
The second edition is more focused on implementation by policy--rather than code--as a more efficient means for implementing solutions.

Customer Reviews:

Ignore the hype, buy for WSE 3.0.......2007-03-31

If I could rate the first half of the book separately from the second half, I'd give the first half 1 star, because it's filled with junk and hype and stupid marketecture assertions about magical things that services do that ordinary components don't. Most of these assertions are simply false, the kind of "selling-it" nonsense that usually accompanies a bleeding-edge technology. Thing is, the edge isn't bleeding for Web Services or SOA any more, and we can see through the hype pretty clearly, but Hasan hasn't caught up. So the first half of the book is pretty useless, just as it was in the first edition.

On the other hand, also just like the first edition, the second half is amazingly useful, dead-on practical, and totally hands-on. It's probably the most coherent summary of WSE 3.0 around, so the second half should get 5 stars. If you need to know how to get anything in WSE 3.0 up and running (and you should if your Web Services actually do anything significant), then the second half of this book is the first place you should look.

Average customer rating:

Out of date!

MSN.com for Dummies
Doug Lowe
Manufacturer: For Dummies
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MSN.com, Microsoft's all-in-one online network, has been completely revamped and updated to provide everything you could possibly want in a home port. Best-selling author Doug Lowe's book, MSN.com For Dummies, discusses the bounty of features that make you come back to MSN.com again and again...

Get the basics of MSN with an overview of its features and an overview of connecting to the Web with MSN Internet Access.
Dive into personal communications features, such as free e-mail, Web communities, online chatting, newsgroups, and instant messaging.
Explore the fun side of MSN with games, shopping services, and vacation planning.
Dig deep into MSN's most useful online services: MSNBC, Encarta, Investor, and CarPoint.
Build your own home page.
Take a close look at security issues concerning kids on the Web.

Customer Reviews:

Out of date!.......2003-02-07

This book was published in March 2000, and MSN 8 was just recently introduced as I write this in Feb. 2003. MSN 7 was introduced in July 2002.

Book Description

.NET System Management Services is a comprehensive overview of a next-generation system management framework, which emerged recently as a result of a merger between two new technologies from Microsoft: the .NET platform and Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI). WMI has a much narrower focus and somewhat limited audience than .NET. Together, these two technologies are a cornerstone of Microsoft's strategic vision, aiming to make Windows a supreme enterprise computing environment.
.NET System Management Services is a detailed and practical overview of the enterprise system management facilities, available as part of the Framework Class Library (FCL) of the .NET Framework. While WMI, which is a centerpiece of Microsoft's enterprise management technology, is a fairly well researched topic, .NET system management documentation is scarce and books are non-existent. This book not only acts as a comprehensive and sensible supplement to often inadequate documentation, but also covers some completely overlooked aspects of .NET and WMI programming.
After reading . NET System Management Services, .NET software developers and system administrators will possess a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts behind WMI and should be well positioned for rapidly developing custom management tools, often more flexible and powerful than any expensive off-the-shelf software.

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.NET System Management Services is a detailed and practical overview of the enterprise system management facilities, available as part of the Framework Class Library (FCL) of the .NET Framework. While Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI), which is a centerpiece of Microsoft's enterprise management technology, is a fairly well researched topic, .NET system management documentation is scarce and books are non-existent. It is the goal of this book to not only act as a comprehensive and sensible supplement to often-inadequate documentation, but also cover some completely overlooked aspects of .NET and WMI programming.

After reading .NET System Management Services, .NET software developers and system administrators will possess a solid understanding of the fundamental concepts behind WMI and should be well positioned for rapidly developing custom management tools, often more flexible and powerful than any expensive off-the-shelf software.

Customer Reviews:

A "must" to have for MS Windows Admins and Developers.......2003-05-16

This book is intended for both system administrators and developers.
If you work for relatively small "start-up" company, chances are you have been involved in System Administration aspects as well as DBA as well as Software Development as well as "The guy who troubleshoot and replaces broken computer parts", this book is very useful to you.

This book walks you through System.Management namespace of the .NET framework, a wrapper around WMI(Windows Management Instrumentation). It is used to access just about any component of the system (both hardware and software). WMI even includes a SQL-like language, called WQL, which can be used to query system components.

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Available exclusively in print form from Microsoft Press, this core reference definitively documents version 5.0 of Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS)-the powerful Web server integrated with Windows(r) 2000 Server. IT professionals charged with planning, managing, and supporting Internet/intranet sites on the Windows NT(r) Windows 2000 platform understand how to deliver better business solutions faster with detailed information about IIS features and capabilities. Documentation includes: Getting Started-introductory topics for utilizing IIS 5.0; Internet Information Services Snap-In Documentation for using the IIS administration tool to configure server settings and create new Web and FTP sites; and Active Server Pages Guide-critical reference for developing Web applications and programmatically administering IIS.

Customer Reviews:

Great reference book.......2001-01-30

I purchased this book along with a few others for use in administering IIS 5.0. This book does a good job of covering the new features in IIS 5, as well as explaining how to use them effectively. The sections on ASP were not as useful to me, as I am not a programmer, but the pieces on the metabase (chapter 9) are a good reference.

This is a good book to have in your library if you support Windows 2000 / IIS 5.

I did find some errors in the book, and could not find anything on the MSPRESS site regarding errata. Example- Page 51 (under heading Multiple IP Addresses) states something about needing multiple NICs, if you are going to use multiple IP addresses. This is in error, and does not coincide with the requirements outlined for Windows 2000 Server. I have tested configurations with 1 NIC and multiple IP addresses, with no problems.

Overall, this reads like a typical MS Press book, which means it won't be the most exciting book ever, it will give you large amounts of information on the topic. They also have gotten better about making the material presented more useful.

All the information is together, but . . ........2000-12-20

You can also get all of this information from Microsoft's web site. It is convenient to have all of the information in one place, so it may be worth the money.

Also, typical of Microsoft documentation, there isn't a lot of detailed information. Instead there are general overviews on concepts with small detours into simple actions. This can be good or bad, but mostly comes off as incredibly dry.

Full of information can be hard to follow.......2000-05-11

Executive summary: I would recommend this book to anybody implementing the IIS 5.0 product for knowledge and information along with tech tips and general rules. I would not recommend this book to somebody wishing to learn about the product before installing.

Overall: The information was key and useful, as I was able to install and maintain a web site by both going through aspects in the book and the online help throughout the installation. More information could have been provided on web printing and other things that make this product excel in the industry. Some of the key points throughout the book are upgrades from prior versions, administration, installation, Security, Active pages, resources, FAQ's, an index, and glossary. The book also touches on DNS and Front Page as ways of administering your web site or items to improve it.

Jeff Lee Student Southeast Technical Institute Sioux Falls, SD

A Typical Microsoft Press Style.......2000-04-01

This documentation set provides you almost every thing you need to setup and administrate the IIS 5.0. You can only make use of this set effectively if you have good understanding of Windows NT. An excellent soure for web administrators/programmer.

Programming Windows(tm) Services: Implementing Application Servers

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excellent book. highly recommended
I like this book
Not worth the price
Should be titled Programming Windows(tm) Services in C++
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Programming Windows(tm) Services: Implementing Application Servers
Randy Charles Morin
Manufacturer: John Wiley & Sons
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 047138576X

Book Description

The biggest development in Microsoft Windows in the last few years is the introduction of Windows NT application servers. NT application-servers are a newer breed and few NT programmers have any expertise in developing application servers. This book explains NT application servers as implemented using NT and Windows 2000 services.

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excellent book. highly recommended.......2002-02-09

i highly recommend this book for those of you who stroll underneath the covers of nt. this was one of the few books that actually explained, with simplistic but detailed enough code examples about topics that are taboo to most authors. Areas such as the eventlog, services, the underpinnings of programmatic security. Enough information is provided so as not to overwhelm, yet stir up enough new thoughts to begin experimenting on your own. *****

a bonus * to the author for being available to answer email questions related to the text.

I like this book.......2002-02-07

I have a doubt regarding nt services. From reading the book I remove any doubts.

Not worth the price.......2001-12-30

This book is very thin on content and provides only a shallow overview of NT service programming. It tries to cover far too much territory in too few pages.

The author's C++ "framework" class for NT services makes some extremely naive assumptions, particulary with regard to processing SCM control messages. (See John Bell's article in the August 1998 C/C++ User's Journal for a much better C++ service framework.)

This book is not a good place to learn about service programming from scratch; and if you already know the basics, this book has nothing new to tell you.

Should be titled Programming Windows(tm) Services in C++.......2001-12-11

This book should have been titled "Programming Windows(tm) Services: Implementing Application Servers IN C++" I am a Delphi programmer and was misled into thinking that this book would help me in Delphi. I was disappointed to find one and a half snippets of Delphi code with little to no explanation.

Author Helps.......2001-05-24

After buying this book I had questions more indepth then the book offered. So I sent emails to the author and he help me. I really appreciate that.

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