Product Description

Get the essential reference for deploying, managing, automating, troubleshooting, and optimizing Windows Server 2008 with expert insights and best practices from Microsoft Most Valuable Professionals (MVPs) and the Windows Server team at Microsoft. This official Microsoft® RESOURCE KIT features six volumes of in-depth technical information that every Windows® administrator needs to understand to master Windows Server 2008 administration. You get detailed information about networking, network aspect projection, security features, Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0, Active Directory®, and Windows PowerShellTM. You also get more than 200 time-saving tools, scripts for automation, job aids, eBook resources, plus a fully searchable eBook of each RESOURCE KIT volume on DVD.

Key Book Benefits:

Provides six volumes of in-depth technical information for administering, optimizing, troubleshooting, and automating Windows Server 2008

Delivers definitive product information with expert insights straight from the Windows Server team at Microsoft, Microsoft MVPs, and field consultants

Details information that every Windows administrator needs about Windows Server performance, troubleshooting, security services, group policy, Active Directory, IIS 7, and Windows PowerShell

Features a DVD with more than 200 essential tools and scripts, eBooks with additional technical information, tips, and best practices plus a fully searchable eBook of all six RESOURCE KIT volumes

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #51057 in Books
• Published on: 2008-04-06
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Dimensions: 14.33 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 4000 pages

From the Publisher
* Provides six volumes of in-depth technical information for administering, optimizing, troubleshooting, and automating Windows Server 2008 and IIS 7.0
* Delivers definitive product information with expert insights straight from the Windows Server team at Microsoft, Microsoft MVPs, and field consultants
* Details what every Windows Server administrator needs to know about performance, troubleshooting, security services, Group Policy, Active Directory, IIS 7, and Windows PowerShell
* Features a CD with more than 200 essential tools and scripts, eBooks with additional technical information, tips, and best practices--plus a fully searchable eBook of all six RESOURCE KIT volumes

About the Author
Microsoft MVPs are exceptional technical community leaders from around the world who are awarded for voluntarily sharing their high-quality, real-world expertise in offline and online technical communities. Microsoft MVPs are a highly select group of experts that represents the technical community's best and brightest, and they share a deep commitment to community and a willingness to help others.

The Windows Server team at Microsoft designs, develops, and supports the Windows Server operating system.

Customer Reviews

Windows Server 2008 Reskit
If you're going to plunk down $249 for this 4000-page reskit, you should add Stanek's exceptional $59 1500-page Windows Server 2008 Inside Out. The reskit books are meaty but don't always have the most relevant, useful info throughout. Frequently, there are whole chapters, appendixes, and such I never refer to or read. In contrast, Stanek's book is extensive, relavent, and useful from start to finish. I use the reskit books to lookup things periodically and use Stanek's book frequently even after having read it cover to cover. Stanek's book is on my desk. The reskit is on my bookshelf.

In the reskit, you get five books

Windows Administration Resource kit, a rather weak book for general administrations

Windows PowerShell Scripting guide, a basic reference for PowerShell

Windows Active Directory Resource kit, a general Active Directory reference

Networking and Network Access Protocol guide, a solid look at NAP, 802.11, VPN, not so good look at everything else

Internet Information services 7 resource kit, a reference resource for IIS

Windows Server 2008 security resource kit, an okay but rather short reference for security.

You also get a CD with scripts and tools and such, but gone are the days when the tools were as valuable as the books. These are just extras in this kit as the real tools are now part of Windows and you don't need to buy them anymore.

If you already plunked down the big bucks for this, you'll likely use it. Add Windows Server 2008 Inside Out to get a more complete library.

If you haven't plunked down the big bucks, a much better set of books for about the same:

Windows Server 2008 Inside Out

Windows Server 2008 Networking and Network Access Protection (NAP)

Active Directory® Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Administrators Pocket Consult)

Windows Server 2008 Administrator's Pocket Consultant (Pro - Administrator's Pocket Consultant)

Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.0 Administrator's Pocket Consultant

Microsoft PowerShell, VBScript & JScript Bible

I'm going on faith here for Stanek's PS and AD books, but if it's anything like his others they'll be well worth it.

Win2K8 Server Resource Kit
I already bought in the past the 2003 resource kit and this one is still as it is/was for 2003: Great!
Thanks all
Nicolas

Great Resource Kit
Hi, I bought this kit for my certification plan.

It's a great kit that helps me to learn the new features of Windows Server 2008.

Giuseppe