1.1. Approach to the Book

If you are familiar with the O'Reilly cookbook format that you can find in other popular books such as Active Directory Cookbook, Perl Cookbook, or Windows Server Cookbook, then the layout of this book will not be new to you. It is composed of 20 chapters, each containing 10 to 30 recipes that describe how to perform a particular task. Within each recipe are four sections: Problem, Solution, Discussion, and See Also. The Problem section briefly describes the task the recipe addresses and when you might need to use it. The Solution section contains step-by-step instructions on how to accomplish the task. Depending on the task, there could be several sets of solutions covered. The Discussion section goes into detail about the solution(s). The See Also section contains references to additional sources of information that can be useful if you still need more information after reading the discussion. The See Also section may reference other recipes, Microsoft Knowledge Base (MS KB) (http://support.microsoft.com/) articles or documentation from the Microsoft Developers Network (MSDN) (http://msdn.microsoft.com).