Well on the adam home page that Al pointed out is the
Technical Reference document, this is a GREAT document on ADAM its really worth
the read, trust me I know I wrote a few articles on ADAM and that document has
pretty much everything you need to know
***Shout out to AL!!!***
Carlos Magalhaes -- AD programming? --- http://groups.yahoo.com/group/adsianddirectoryservices
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mulnick, Al
Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2004 8:48 PM
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Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] good books
Wouldn't hurt, but it is significantly different.
AD/AM is more of a subset of the same technology (think
what a product would look like if we just took one feature from it and turned it
into it's own product after removing the larger product dependencies) and
therefore there are things that Active Directory can do that AD/AM won't. AD/AM
is focused on providing a LDAP database; IMHO for developer's usage so they
won't have to go use a *nix solution such as OpenLDAP (http://www.openldap.org for more
information).
Once you have the hang of LDAP, AD/AM's included documents
tell you a lot about the product and how to use it. They just don't talk
much about why you'd use it or what tools would make it easier to use.
They assume you already know that information.
A book would be nice to tie all of that together and put
AD/AM in perspective. It's a great product and there are many uses that
make a lot of sense for many shops, whether they've come to that
realization yet or not. As an example I just got out of a beating
about directory services and how they could help provide a foundation
for solving a lot of other problems. AD/AM could fit in that solution
pretty well (along with other LDAP stores), whereas Active Directory has too
much overhead. The fact that they place well together is helpful, but not
the focus from my perspective.
If you're going to pick an Active Directory book, Robbie
Allen's book seems to get good reviews (on my list to read eventually I swear),
as is Sakari Kouti & Mika Seitsonen's book (Inside
Active Directory).
There's also an LDAP book written by Tim Howes that is
pretty good (Understanding and deploying LDAP directories) and give some history
and background on why you'd even want such a thing. It's becoming a
little outdated IMHO, but...
And of course, there's IBM's Redbook on the subject: http://tinyurl.com/22k6k (note,
it's 6.5 mb and not a tremendous amount of pictures).
Of course, this is all my personal
opinion.
-Al
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Would a book on AD be a good start?
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I haven't seen any books myself. It could use one though :)
Here's some online information though that may be helpful. http://tinyurl.com/lkqp
Al
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Can anyone suggest best books for someone who needs to get a very strong understanding of ADAM.
Thanks,
Sonya
