Product/ Book Reviews

This page contains various reviews undertaken by us here at FAQShop.

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Books

Books

• Admin 911: SMS [7/2/01]
• IIS 6 Administration by Mitch Tulloch [05/07/04]
• Microsoft Encyclopaedia of Security [22/12/03]
• The Book of VMware [1/11/02]
• The Start to Finish Guide to Microsoft Web Reporting [31/7/03]
• The Windows XP/ 2000 Answer Book [9/4/03]

Admin 911: SMS

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
Like all of the books featured here, Admin 911: SMS is available from the Bookstore.  Here's our review of this book... [Go to the review]
 

IIS 6 Administration by Mitch Tulloch

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
With an ever increasing number of Microsoft products such as SUS, SMS and many others now using and becoming reliant on IIS, it's time for those of you that have thought you don't need to learn it in the past to hit the books and the IIS 6 Administration book written by Mitch Tulloch for me is the one to go for which is why we've added it to the Bookstore.... [Go to the review]
 

Microsoft Encyclopaedia of Security

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
"Why do I want to read a book on Security let alone an encyclopaedia?" was my attitude until I read the Microsoft Encyclopaedia of Security written by Mitch Tulloch which is now available from the Bookstore.... [Go to the review]
 

The Book of VMware

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
I'm a BIG fan of VMWare (in case you haven't already guessed), and was delighted when I was asked to review a copy of Brian Ward's excellent Book of VMware which is available from the Bookstore.  Here's our review of this book... [Go to the review]
 

The Start to Finish Guide to Microsoft Web Reporting

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
One of the first things you as an SMS Administrator will probably need to do is produce reports of the information collected by SMS such as inventory, package deployments, amongst others.  Microsoft provides the free Web Reporting tool to help you on your way but I'd recommend you seriously consider buying the The Start To Finish Guide to Microsoft Web Reporting book written by Scott Stephen to help you get the best out of this tool and here's why... [Go to the review]
 

The Windows XP/ 2000 Answer Book

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
I was very pleased when John Savill agreed to my doing a review on his latest book The Windows XP/2000 Answer Book which is available from the Bookstore.  Here's our review of this book... [Go to the review]
 

Hardware

• iGo Juice Power Adapter [17/05/04]

iGo Juice Power Adapter

Contributed By: Cliff Hobbs [MVP SMS]
When you have to travel isn't it a pain having to pack your laptop charger and the charger for your mobile phone?  Isn't is also a pain that if you want to use either of these on the plane or in the car you can't without yet more adapters?  Wouldn't it be great if you could have ONE charger that does it all?  Well you can with the iGo Juice... [Go to the review]
 

Software

• NetSwitcher [9/7/02]
• Spybot – Search and Destroy 1.3 [12/08/04]
• VMware Workstation 4.0 [13/6/03]

NetSwitcher

Spybot – Search and Destroy 1.3

VMware Workstation 4.0