Who This Book Is for

As I mentioned, tutorials are generally written for beginners , have lots of screenshots, and are generally quite wordy. This book has no screenshots (probably a first for a book on a Windows platform) and is highly condensed, packing tons of information into each page. So the individuals most likely to benefit from using this book are intermediate to advanced admins who are already familiar with either the Windows NT, Windows 2000 platform, or both. Not that beginners won't find this book useful as well, but it's definitely not a starting point for learning WS2003 administration ”as I said, it's a reference not a tutorial. You don't learn a language by reading the dictionary, but for enhancing your fluency in a language, a dictionary is certainly essential. And my hope is that experienced NT/W2K admins will find this book just as essential.