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I purchased this book in the morning and by using its straightforward explanations, had managed to install and run a new mail server operation the same afternoon.

It's not often that you come across a technical subject such as this which has been so well laid out and explained.

Having previously purchased Microsofts Exchange 2000 Server Administrators Pocket Consultant and also SAMS teach Yourself Windows 2000 Server - both of which totally confused rather than helped, it was a delight to open this book and by following the numerous Walkthroughs - achieve what I wanted to do first time round.

A very understandable way of writing which makes life a lot easier for the "non-techies" amongst us.

David Hunter
Managing Director
Glasgow Software Ltd.
Scotland

This is a must have book if you are new or want to learn Exchange 2000. Easy to read and follow. Mitch did a great job. I LOVE THIS BOOK. AAAAA++++++

Sam

Can't see the wood for the trees? If you are involved in looking after ES2000 and want to know how to carry out essential tasks (as well as some advanced ones) then this is the book you need.

Written in an easy-to-follow and jargon-free style, Mitch gives a very clear overview of ES2000 aided by lots of tips, walkthroughs and appropriate screenshots.

Reading the book is like having a conversation with the author himself - just when you think "I wonder how...?" - he answers it!!!

I wish all manuals were this well-structured.

I admit that I found this book incredibly dull next to the three Motley Fool books I had read previously. I guess I just like some humor and irreverence -- this book is a bit too "straight," although I suppose most investment specialists can't be comedians. The information is useful and well laid out, although I found the Motley Fool books more useful with more layman explanations of concepts like the P/E ratio. Sivy doesn't describe enough what these terms signify -- he pretty much tells you what things are.

Anyway, he does provide some good solid information, it's just that other books out there do what he does and do it better. This book reads (surprise, surprise) like a long article in Money Magazine who Sivy writes for.

This book is NOT for a beginning investor because a lot of the investment terms and lingo used are for people already familiar with the stock market and how it works.

I am a beginning investor and college student who knows very little about making investments. So I am kind of clueless when he talks about mutual funds and price earning ratios. I think when I purchased the book I neglected to carefully understand the title and thought it was a 'rule book' for really *really* beginning investors who have no clue in the world of finance and money.

Ignore the 3 star ratings. I just couldnt rate it at all. because I had no clue what i was reading.

I have been playing with stocks for one year, and have an interest in economics. Sivy's book provided me with a comprehensive overview of investing strategies. The author has a witty and readable writing style. The basics of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, foreign stocks, etc. are all covered. Also covered were the basic investing strategies, including value, growth, business cycle, inflation cycle, income. I suspect that a person with no background in stocks or economics would find this book challenging. This edition is from 1996, and contains some information that has been overtaken by events. Aside from this, I would have awarded this book 5 stars.

Great Book for domains with child domains but for simple starters it is not what I thought it would be. Limited detail in the migration and even more limited in basic tasks. The book is good just not for starters. I recommend something else.

I should have taken more note of Robin's review. This book is NOT for someone who knows little or nothing about Exchange Server despite what the introduction of the book states. It jumps right in to migration issues and follows up with other subjects including installing and other administrative issues. There was no overview of what Exchange Server does as would logically be the first thing a beginners book would include. Purchasing and reading this book has been a waste of time and money for me. Maybe after I find a book that can get me up to speed I'll go back to this book and benefit from it.

I was relieved after I read this book. I had read a book called "Exchange 2000" by Gerber which I could not get to work properly and left me very frustrated.
I needed to understand Exchange server in a hurry to prepare for interviews. I had no prior knowledge of Exchange.
This book was beautifully written. A masterpiece! Simple to understand for a beginner. I would say its the best possible starting point as a beginner and by the time you're done you'll have a good solid understanding of just about everything in Exchange server.

There are good bits and bad bits to Phillip Caret's classic. The bits on balance sheets, P&Ls and what makes the difference between investment and speculation are very good. His style is tight and unambiguous. The message is clear. The bad side is that I found it boring and not at all the 24-carat prose that is claimed in the introduction.

Wiley has many great books in its Investment Classics series. This isn't one of them.

This is one of the books that I decided to re-read. There is a little something for everyone in this book. Technical analysis, fundamental analysis, investing and speculation. The thing that really strikes me about books like this that were written 70-80 years ago is how true they are today. Sure, when the author writes about railroads, you may have to replace that with optical equipment today, but the premise and outcomes are the same. If you want some perspective of what things were like in the 30s, with some practical application in the new century, this is a great choice.

There is alot to this book that makes the reader think...the beginning chapters on what is speculation and what is gambling, I found invaluable. As a full time trader I needed someone to explain to me why I wasn't just a river boat gambler, or for that matter why all the Brokerage & Banks weren't either, and Mr Carret did beautifully, putting speculation in its proper place in the trade annals of all mankind.
The bulk of the book gives one a short course in Graham & Dodd valuation & why the Internet stocks with no sales/no profits were bound to come to earth (sorry AMZN :-)
Yes he talks about mining and railroads but don't they still exist? Or their counterparts? Railroads are transports; mining is r/d semis and electronics, energy & of course minig. The ideas are the same. Do a little thinking & this book is sheer gold.
I will not say that I overstayed in the valuation parts but I do admit it was good to understand & what to look for whilst reading the various trade papers. Exactly why do profits matter?
Finally, the chapter on volatility...haven't we all been caught in volatility is priceless. It's helped me in my trading immeasurably.
I saw Mr Carret on Lou Rukeyser when he was in his 90's & still working. He impressed me then, vigorous in mind & body, & I was saddened to hear that he died at 101 just 2 years ago. This book like the man, is a time that is lost to all of us & thus with the Internet bubble we were condemned to repeat it.
I wish I had read him earlier. Honestly.
God Bless you Mr Carret & Thanks

This book glosses over each subject with minimal technical information. I guess you could use it to get up and running, but don't expect anything beyond that. And if you run into any problems or advanced configuration issues, forget it.

This book has some fair information, but it is very hard to find what is needed by using the table of contents & the index. Its is also very generalized information, it did not help at all with just about every problem I have had with Exchange. I am giving two stars only because it has come in handy (very rarely), otherwise I would only give it a one star rating. I am still looking for the ultimate Exchange 5.5 book!

I got this book because of all of the lowing reccomendations that I saw for it. It has NO troubleshooting, and the information on the IMS is also very weak. Every time that I ahve had a serious Exchange issue that needed to be addressed, this book fell far short of what I needed. I have had to do everything through either online research, or reading an exam cram book. Don't do it.

This book only gives a brief overview to the actual nuts and bolts of starting a hedge fund. Instead it spends time explaining various hedge fund strategies, risk-management approaches, and basic entity structures (what is a c-corp? what is an s-corp? what is an llc?).

As someone who has started a fund in the past and is looking to start another, this book was a disappointment. If you are learning the info in this book for the first time, you probably shouldn't be starting a fund in the first place.

While admittedly there is a lot of fluff in this book - ie explaining strategy and instruments, there is a lot of valuable advise on creating the structure of the company and constructing a business plan.

If your looking for someone to tell you how to trade in the financial markets you probably shouldn't be starting a fund.

A lot of great commentary about the preparation and hard work to build a business, not just trade/manage money. The other reviews listed here correctly point out that this is not another instructional book with investment techniques. This is the ideal book for someone confident enough with their investing strategy be it equities, bonds, limited partnerships, real estate, futures, commodities etc. to grasp business structures, investor/customer expectation, realistic marketing timelines, accounting, and the business aspect of managing a fund. Expect to seek out additional resources to add on McRary's outstanding work. If you are even toying with the idea of starting a mangement company, fund, fund of funds etc. do not proceed without this book.

First of all, the title of this book is PRICELESS. If I was a complete idiot (and I'm not far from it), I would want to start day trading and as a matter of fact, I did just that.

About half the information in this book describes the workings of the stock market. The other half goes into some information abou the ins and outs of day trading. I'm sorry, if you're going to start to day trade, shouldn't you already know about how the NASDAQ and NYSE work? Why spend half the book talking about it?

Anyway, I read the book and entered one of those mock stock market games. They gave me $500,000 and a margin account so that I can trade up to $1,000,000. The game was not really geared toward day trading, there were different limitations and they couldn't offer Level II quotes (for a free game) so I had to "Swing Trade". I kept some positions overnight but I used the techniques mentioned in this book. So, the result (drum roll please): I started with a half million, I ended with $365,000 (a $135,000 loss). I came in 3,700th place (ouch!).

Ah well, To All Idiot's Out There: Don't try this at home! :-)

This book is perfect for those of use who wan't to just get to know a little more about daytrading. Other books on the topic are much more advanced and assume that you already know a whole lot. This book is great for learning terms, concepts, and the basic ins and outs of the daytrading world. Beware of some typos and mistakes throughout. Otherwise, an excellent book.

I think it's an excellent starter book for a novice day-trader. It defines a lot of relevent terms and gives the reader an overview of the trading world-Both about us and the professional, liscensed trader. If you study these chapters, you will defenitely SOUND like an intelligent and sensible day-trader.

The ONLY thing I don't agree with is the unimportance of the Level II screens, as the author purports. I think that level II screens are vital to know what the marketmakers real intentions are behind a stock. Does anyone concur?

(For those in the viewing audience who don't understand the last chapter, just pick-up this book!) I haven't finished reading the book, yet, but I think it's a terrific confirmation of what to expect as you begin to daytrade.

I had this book and the Transcender exam for Exchange 5.5. It's a good thing I had the Transcender stuff. I've been working with Exchange for over a year in single-site configurations, but needed something to get wise to multi-site configurations, etc. This book wasn't enough. Maybe it was just the fact that I kept falling asleep over it, but there seemed to be major sections that the Transcender exam covered well that this didn't touch at all. All in all, a disappointment.

Book seems OK. However if you're thinking about emailing them for a question/corections, I suggest that you don't. You're never gonna get a reply back anyways.

I USED THIS BOOK TOGETHER WITH THE MOC TO PASS MY EXCHANGE SERVER 5.5 EXAM. I AM NOW A MCSE.

I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO ANYONE WHO HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT EXCHANGE SERVER. IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR THE PROFFESIONALS. IT COVERS THE BASIC ADMINISTRATION INFORMATIONS BUT NOT MUCH OF PRACTICAL STUFF e.g. LOTUS NOTES CONNECTIVITIES. DON'T JUST CONCENTRATE ON THIS BOOK, TRY TO LOOK AROUND FOR OTHERS.

If we state passing the exam as our main goal, the book is well written. I readed the entire book several times during the last month and I passed the exam at the first attempt with 720 over 1000. You can skip the Forms chapter. It is not an exam objective.

I have read the Mastering Exchange Server book, and found it to be a story book - didn't like it. The MCSE: Study Guide for Exchange 5 at least gives you the information up front, without having to read through the "story" to get the information. They cover the core components very well, without leaving too much out. I did find that there were a few advanced features that it didn't quite cover, but I suppose that is why there are "Study Guides" and "Reference Books." I would rate it as one of the better study guides, but I would also look for another book to use as a reference guide.

I've been studying for my MCSE through an ATEC provider, and therefore have been using "Microsoft Official Curriculum". Needless to say, Microsoft does not write textbooks nearly as user-friendly or useful as they do software. Sybex's Exchange Server 5 Study Guide is twice as informative as and ten times easier to read than Microsoft's offering. This book is the perfect example of why Microsoft has finally changed their mind and is allowing ATEC providers to use textbooks other than their own - because, in the case of textbooks, the competition is actually better than Microsoft's own.

I own the Win2k resource kit which proved to be an excellent source of information, no matter what topic (well almost).

I didn't find the Exchange resource kit that useful for looking up information - the book seems like a collection of case studies rather than a list of facts. It always takes a long time to find information in the book.

Get this book if your task is to plan a complex Exchange 2000 scenario (which I wouldn't dare to do anyway - due to it's flakyness) which involves careful planning. Otherwise I would look for something else.

The only thing I liked was the included CD ...

I bought this as a reference companion to a recent Exchange 2K implementation. Unfortunately, I ended up using it very lightly.

The format of the chapters is mostly scenario concepts that dive into some details pertinent to each. The primary text being scenario based causes me to thumbs-down the general layout of the book.

I was unsatisfied when looking to the index for topics that would give me practical understanding, and therefore some guidance on best practice for certain Exchange 2K topics. The book kept on about the ideas of possible implementation and specific case studies it includes.

I may read through it again for some general less practical Exchange 2K knowledge, but I expected quality like that from the Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit, but not so.

I have been working with Exchange Servers for about 2 years, and now I in the process of going to Exchange 2000. I thought this would be a fairly transparent transition. After reading through this book I was amazed at how much work goes into the migration and upgrade.

From the planning of Exchange 2000 in an NT environment, to deploying and using Active directory services to over a 100 pages for upgrading and testing, which I found to most important reading.

Also there is discussion of the clients, working with applications that integrate with Outlook and exchange as well as Terminal Server and Outlook Web Access. I have already used or will be using several ideas that I learned from this book.

Finally there is a cd with tools and utilities included that help diagram the topology and another for modifying the Global Address list. Working with a couple of other people and using this book, the transition should be less complicated that I first thought