Product Description

Microsofts Windows Small Business Server has taken the market by storm, offering a compelling solution for business with 50 or fewer employees. Pro Windows Small Business Server 2003 is a complete guide for you intermediate-to-advanced administrators who have deployed SBS, gotten it working for your organizations, and want to take the product and its features to the next level. This book is your solid reference to SBS 2003, and youll gain great insight to IT security.

Inside this book, youll find everything you need to know about managing SBS 2003 on a daily basis. Author Tony Campbell walks you through all aspects of installing and running the products in the suite. Specific topics include Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows SharePoint Services, Exchange Server 2003, Microsoft Office Outlook 2003, Microsoft Shared Fax Service, Routing and Remote Access, as well as coverage of the Premium Edition, and even a chapter on troubleshooting. A requirements gathering and mapping exercise will teach you how to best plan a small businesss IT system.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #712138 in Books
• Published on: 2006-07-19
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 480 pages

About the Author

Tony Campbell is a veteran Microsoft consultant (MCP) specializing in the architecture and design of secure Microsoft-centric business solutions. He also has vast experience in many other industry niches such as networking, collaboration, security, business logic, and disaster recovery and resilience. Tony has been involved with all sizes of business, from the very small to the very large, and has successfully delivered secure, reliable, robust solutions to over 150,000 clients in his 18 years in the business. Tony started his career back in the 1980s as a "green screen" mainframe programmer for the British Meteorological Office, finally arriving after a long journey in his current role as a self-employed IT consultant for over a dozen full-time customers.

Tony is a regular contributor to a number of IT journals distributed across the globe, and has been involved in the production of software manuals, user guides, white papers, hardware manuals, and training courses. His love of writing has led to publication of some fiction by a number of small presses as well as by a few more obscure magazines.

Customer Reviews

Best SBS 2003 Book
I've read almost every SBS 2003 book, and this one is, by far, the best of the lot. It strikes the perfect balance between information and application. It is geared perfectly for those who are familiar with Windows, but may be new to SBS 2003, or Windows Server technologies in general.

It is the only book which advocates the POP3 connector over SMTP for Exchange in truly small businesses, which I strongly agree with. There are so many ways your Internet connection can be severed (power failure, ISP downtime, hardware failures, malware infections, etc) - why depend so strongly on such a weak link for your entire organization's email needs? Having a web/email host take care of these details is a much better value, and in virtually all cases, more secure. If you are a really small business without full-time IT support, you'll be much safer keeping your ports closed.

Bottom line: if you're setting up SBS 2003 for the first time and don't know where to start, this is your book.

Who should buy this book ?
I have always felt this book should be called "SBS foundations". This book forms a solid foundation for anyone wanting to be successful installing SBS server. The book covers SBS 2003 whithout assuming prior knowledge of SBS 2000 and is a very easy read. You will come to the end of this book knowing real world examples and situations. You will have the foundations you need to continue on in your career.

This book is a must for any persons SBS library and worth reading over and over again. It is a fantastic reference tool and provides you with resources beyond the book.

Well done Tony, this is a treasured member of my Professional book range at work.