Holy timing, batman! Microsoft Press Releases Windows Server 2008 Book
Right on the heels of the Longhorn to Windows Server 2008 name change the very first book about it is about ready to release. Written by Mitch Tulloch, who has a number of MS Press (as well as other) books under his belt, this book looks compelling. Here're the chapter topics:
1. Introduction
2. Usage Scenarios
3. Windows Server Virtualization
4. Managing Windows Server 2008
5. Managing Server Roles
6. Windows Server Core
7. Active Directory Enhancements
8. Terminal Services Enhancements
9. Clustering Enhancements
10. Implementing Network Access Protection
11. Internet Information Services 7.0
12. Other Features and Enhancements
13. Deploying Windows Server 2008
14. Additional Resources
According to Mitch,
"Wait a minute. Windows Server 2008 has only reached the Beta 3 milestone. How can you publish a book about a product when it hasn't reached Release Candidate stage let alone RTM? Well, Microsoft Press always does just that with flagship products like desktop or server Windows versions, Visual Studio, and so on. These "Introducing" books are based on pre-release software, and in the past that has generally meant that these books were "throwaways" i.e. you'd read them and then chuck them out once the product reached RTM and a slew of more technically accurate books came out.However, this is not the case with my book, which is going to be a "keeper" not a throwaway. Why? Because...
... I had the privilege (the very, very intense privilege sometimes) of working closely with almost one hundred members of the Windows Server product team to ensure we "got it right" as far as the technical details of Windows Server 2008 are concerned in this book. These experts—and nobody knows Windows Server 2008 better than the team that developed it—contributed almost 100 "From the Experts" sidebars to my book on various aspects of deploying, configuring, maintaining and troubleshooting Windows Server 2008. The product team also thoroughly reviewed everything I wrote to ensure as much as possible that all the book's content will be as technically accurate as possible, not only as of Beta 3 but also for RTM. So this book is going to be a keeper and if you are eager to learn more about the exciting new features and capabilities of Windows Server 2008, you should pre-order the book today so you can get a copy as soon as it becomes available later this month.
Amazon is currently reporting an end-of-May release date for the book and it is anticipated to come in at around 400 pages. You can pre-order it from Amazon at this address:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0735624216/mtitenterprises
Read his full post at:
http://blogs.technet.com/canitpro/archive/2007/05/15/guest-blogger-it-s-official-windows-server-2008.aspx
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