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New Third Edition Covers Windows 2008, Exchange 2007, and PowerShell

Sebastopol, CA--When you need practical hands-on support for Active
Directory, the updated edition of the popular "Active Directory Cookbook"
(O'Reilly, Third Edition, US $59.99), by Laura E. Hunter and Robbie Allen
is the resource you can trust.  The book provides quick solutions to more
than 300 common (and uncommon) problems you might encounter when
deploying, administering, and automating Microsoft's network directory
service.

For the third edition, Active Directory expert Laura E. Hunter offers
troubleshooting recipes based on valuable input from Windows
administrators, in addition to her own experience. You'll find solutions
for the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP), ADAM (Active
Directory Application Mode), multi-master replication, Domain Name System
(DNS), Group Policy, the Active Directory Schema, and many other features.
The "Active Directory Cookbook" will help you:

- Perform Active Directory tasks from the command line
- Use scripting technologies to automate Active Directory tasks
- Manage new Active Directory features, such as Read-Only Domain
Controllers, fine-grained password policies, and more
- Create domains and trusts
- Locate users whose passwords are about to expire
- Apply a security filter to group policy objects
- Check for potential replication problems
- Restrict hosts from performing LDAP queries
- View DNS server performance statistics

Each recipe includes a discussion explaining how and why the solution
works, so you can adapt the problem-solving techniques to similar
situations. "Active Directory Cookbook" is ideal for any IT professional
using Windows Server 2008, Exchange 2007, and Identity Lifecycle Manager
2007, including Active Directory administrators looking to automate
task-based solutions.

"It is rare for me to visit a customer site and not see a copy of 'Active
Directory Cookbook' on a shelf somewhere, which is a testament to its
usefulness. The Cookbook takes the pain out of everyday AD tasks by
providing concise, clear and relevant recipes. The fact that the recipes
are provided using different methods (graphical user interface, command
line and scripting) means that the book is suitable for anyone working
with AD on a day-to-day basis. The introduction of PowerShell examples in
this latest edition will be of particular interest for those looking to
transition from VBScript. Laura has also done a great job in extending the
Cookbook in this edition to encompass the broad range of changes to AD in
Windows Server 2008."
--Tony Murray, Founder of Activedir.org and Directory Services MVP

"If you already understand Active Directory fundamentals and are looking
for a quick solution to common Active Directory related tasks, look no
further, you have found the book that you need."
--Joe Richards, Directory Services MVP

"The 'Active Directory Cookbook' is the real deal... a soup-to-nuts
catalog of every administrative task an Active Directory administrator
needs to perform. If you administer an Active Directory installation, this
is the very first book you have to put on your shelf."
--Gil Kirkpatrick, Chief Architect, Active Directory and Identity
Management, Quest Software and Directory Services MVP

Robbie Allen is the coauthor of Active Directory, 2nd Edition and the
author of the Active Directory Cookbook.

Laura E. Hunter is an Architect with the Oxford Computer Group,
specializing in Microsoft Identity and Access Management technologies. Her
specialties include Active Directory design and implementation,
troubleshooting, and security topics. Laura is a Microsoft MVP for Windows
Server-Networking.

For more information about the book, including table of contents, index,
author bio, and samples, see:
http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596521103/

Active Directory Cookbook, Third Edition
Laura E. Hunter and Robbie Allen
ISBN: 978-0-596-52110-3, 1059 pages, US $59.99
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