Will Willis, David V. Watts, J. Peter Bruzzese 'Windows 2000 Directory Services'

One of the 'Exam Cram' series covering MCSE Exam 70-217. Considering that this material can be made very confusing and extremely dull (try some of Microsoft's offerings!) this makes an excellent read. Split up into 15 short chapters followed by a series of questions it explains the material very well and uses the questions to reinforce the learning. My only criticism is that it tends to gloss over certain practical points; for example, if you want to use Intellimirror to deploy software you will need something much more detailed. Although, considering the scope and aims of this book this is understandable. I was also interested from reading the questions that Keith Jarrett moonlights as a system administrator!

425 pages, published by Coriolis