Yeah there is a chapter on migration from 2K to K3 as well as a small chapter on upgrading to K3R2.
The big wins in this version of the book if anyone asks me though are 1. A real live chapter on ADAM. First in existence that I am aware of. I like this chapter, if anyone reads it and has issues with it, please email me directly. I really like ADAM, I want to make sure my info is all correct and that it fits people's experiences with it. Heck I wouldn't mind just hearing about people's experiences so if I write anything else concerning ADAM, I can comment on it so others may not hit the same issues/pitfalls. 2. Significant updates to the Schema Chapters. 3. Significant updates to the Security Chapters. 4. A chapter on basic Exchange (AD-Related) tasks and how to script them. 5. The Site Topology and Replication chapter got a pretty serious update as well. 6. A lot of the scripts were reworked. Do not buy the book for the VB.NET and Directory Services chapter. I am not a NET person, I fully admit it, it is pretty much the same as it was in 2E. If you want a book in that realm, you want the book Joe Kaplan has been working on, I was a technical reviewer for that book and it looks like it is going to be pretty good. The TR folks can comment if they like on what they liked about it or anything they think that is in it that makes it worthwhile. I had, what I considered unusual, a two way street with feedback with the TRs. They sent me their comments, I sent back responses for many of the comments and asked for more detail or asked questions or what not as needed. I know most everything I have ever TR'ed has been sort of a black hole where I don't know if the feedback is being used or not which I never liked. At least one reviewer mentioned to me that the feedback was unusual and well accepted. I don't expect this to be the be all end all book on AD but I did try to make it so I would be happy my name was on it which if anyone knows me is not a low achievement bar, I am a bit picky. But at the same time, I know I didn't get everything perfect, there wasn't time for perfect, it had to be released this decade. It isn't a book that is in my voice/tone; it is a refresh so I attempted to follow the voice/tone that was there as much as possible as it wasn't mine to change. Some people will not like that and some people are probably thankful for it. :o) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Garyphold Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 3:02 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books... We're migrating our AD from W2K to W2K3 in the next month. And I want to be able to find out a little about the AD migration beforehand (our consultant is doing it - I'm not ready to jump into deep water on something like this). Will the 3rd edition cover W2K and getting from there to W2K3? And we'll still be using W2K on a couple of servers, so I want to be able to have documentation that will cover both. Thanks. Gary -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Desmond Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 2:39 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [ActiveDir] OT: speaking of AD books... Reserved my copy. You should see if they'll do the Saturday Fedex home delivery like when you reserve a copy of Harry Potter. ;) Thanks, Brian Desmond [EMAIL PROTECTED] c - 312.731.3132 List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/ List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
