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The book is excellent for AP World History for a number of reasons:

1- It thesis ties directly into one of the main themes of the AP World History course.

2- It is divided up into sections dealing with different aspects of world trade, making the book highly readable for 10th graders.

3- The topics are interesting to the kids. They especially liked reading about Drugs: Chocolate, Tea, and Coffee.

I wanted to use Diamond's book this year, but fell in love with this book. Maybe I'll try both. I can hear the groans and gnashing of teeth now!

Another fascinating and recent publication in this field is by Andrei Shleifer: "Inefficient Market"

Anway, this is one of the very few "serious" books about behavioural finance that is relatively practical. If you are abound of time, go for it. Otherwise, you may try the two books I mentioned above.

p.s. I like the following the most: In April 1997 Financial Timesran a contest suggested by economist Richard Thaler. Readers were told to choose a whole number between 0 and 100. The winning entry would be the one closest to two thirds of the average entry. The winning choice is 13. The real point of this game is that playing sensibly requires you to have a sense of the magnitude of the other players' errors. Hope you got it right.

As other reviewers have noted, the poor copy-editing is embarassing. But even with all the typos, the information presented is very useful.

The book is large but that is because the objectives of the module are vast. In fact it appears that Microsoft have split the new Exchange 2000 exam into two modules. To gain in-depth understanding of the Exchange system make sure you use this book to give yourself the confidence required for the exam.

I used this book to supplement my main Sybex text and I was impressed by the depth of coverage. It covers everything you would every need to know about Exchange and then some. The labs are clear and structured, and fun to work through. The book is well illustrated throughout.

Perhaps its only shortcoming is that the end of chapter questions are not "exam like". This may certainly cause problems if the book is used as the only resource for the 70-081 exam. Combine it though with the Sybex or a decent "test prep" book and you have a virtually unbeatable combination.

Outside the exam the book is useful reference material and unlike purely "examcentric" books will certainly not be relegated to the garage after the exam.

Be prepared for long nights though as this book is almost 1400 pages!

I got 933 on the exam. A fair portion of the material on the exam was covered by this book and not by the Sybex book.

Well worth the money!

If you are thinking of certifying for MS Exchange, don't waste your time reading this book. Instead, buy Mitch Tulloch's books on the subject: at least he has used the product in the real world. Then, after reading the Tulloch book(s), buy one of the excellent CBT exam preps that MS recommends.

Apparently Marcus thinks he knows firewalls as well, but if you read the reviews of his firewall books, it seems that most "real world" users consider his knowledge in this area equally shallow at best. I don't have much time to waste on misinformation and therefore I don't think I will ever buy anything else this author writes. Marcus, do us all a favor: consider a career in writing fiction!

You may choose to verify the following: (1) Recipient Mailbox properties -"Advanced" tab- it shows the Exchange 5.0 version (This is different from the Exchange 5.5 version) (2) The installation for Exchange describe per server option (Note: Exchange 5.5 has only per seat option).

Here are some good books which you may want to use to study for your MCSE Exchange 5.5 exam:

(1) MCSE: Exchange Server 5.5 Study Guide (from Sybex) ISBN: 0782122612

(2) Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 in 21 Days ISBN: 0672315254

(3) Microsoft® Exchange Server 5.5 Administrator's Companion ISBN# 0-7356-0646-3

However, if you are looking for Exchange 5.0 book, this is the book you might to take a look.

This book gave a good overall understanding of the subject. Not evey aspect is covered in depth - yet the book is not aimed at beginners so I expected this.

An enjoyable book to read, that certainly helped me prepare for the Exchange 5.5 exam.

My only critisism would be that the questions at the end of each chapter were fairly easy and didn't made me think enough about the subject. But there are lots of example questions on NET so I wasn't too concerned about this.

Byrne admits in his introduction that he had a difficult time completing this book because of all the security restrictions that MS has placed into the Outlook object model. Clearly, it was a blow to many developers, Byrne included, when MS did this. But as Byrne concedes, MS really had no choice. Byrne discusses strategies for circumventing the security restrictions throughout his book. Byrne is a likeable guy: he's not arrogant, and it's clear that he knows his stuff.

There are a number of subtle and confusing points that must be understood when designing an Outlook application. One example is the concept of "one-off" forms. Do you store the form def in an organization's form library, the application's public folder, or do you send the form def with the item? Byrne does an admirable job in discussing the distinction, but it may take several readings to fully understand it, and the implications behind it. Because of the security restrictions, VBA code will not execute in an one-off form. So, pitfalls abound.

Contrary to what one reviewer has stated, the Outlook object model is discussed in minute detail. Unfortunately, you won't find it until you have gotten through hundreds and hundreds of pages of relatively introductory material, some of which is prone to repetition. That is one of the biggest weaknesses of this book: too much repetition in the early chapters. One example: we don't need to know how to publish a form more than once, but there are at least three step-by-step examples of how to do this.

The structure of the book is such that the early chapters are oriented toward beginners and the later chapters toward more advanced programmers. That is as it should be. But I have to agree with other reviewers who have criticized the beginning chapters of the book as being just too elementary, too repetitious, and too sophomoric (eg, that silly vacation request form).

Overall, I came away from this book feeling Byrne's enthusiam for the Outlook object model, as well as his acute disenchantment at the new security restrictions that have been built into Outlook. This book was published before .NET was finalized, so criticism that it doesn't contain .NET material is unfair. I agree that the book is way over-priced.

Criticism in other reviews focus on minor details seems to me to nitpick on irrelevant details, while ignoring the fact that Byrne exhaustively discusses Outlook programming with Visual Basic and VBA, including Outlook functionality and the use of the Outlook Object Model (and CDO as well as a little MAPI as relates to Outlook programming). The book is filled with relevant explanation and analysis (not just minimalist captions or code comments, or explaining the obvious).

For a book of this size and scope, a certain number of errors are inevitable. I'm surprised there are so few.

An absolute beginner with programming would probably find this book took too difficult. On the other hand, it's ideal for someone who is familiar with Visual Basic and wants to program Outlook. Byrne discusses the structure and implementation of Outlook (and CDO) methods, properties and objects in sufficient detail to be useful even to an advanced programmer who needs a good Outlook intro and reference with sample code.

On the other side the author is speaking mostly from personal experience. That obviously has positive impact on readers who might have only some basic theoretical knowledge about MS Xchange. The useful part of material is presented in very simplified form with hundreds of screenshots covering most of basics which is also a good point :)

With my best wishes. There is always a place for improvement
Regards
Paul

I used the book to come up with a migration strategy, but had some questions about Public Folder migration that were not addressed in the book. I emailed Barry Gerber (Author) about it, and he responded within 1/2 hour giving me details about the public folder migration. He actually acted as a very valuable resource for me, and his book is informative, although maybe not for someone who is trying to just pass an exam or a complete novice. It is detailed with regards to migration and security, and Barry provides some excellent real-word stories that help understand some of the best practices of top-notch Exchange administrators.

I recommend this book to all who are serious about truly mastering Exchange 2003. I have pulled off the migration with no other books, have implemented an outlook 2003 rollout, and 2003 Outlook Web Access all from this resource, and could not be happier. Neither can my supervisors!