Customer comments on this selection.
 Gold Nuggets for the Skimmer
This book is big. So, you're thinking to yourself: Big is good, right? Not always, and this book exemplifies the bad.
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br /This book definitely has a ton of useful information, but most of that information is poorly presented, poorly organized, and annoying -- if not hard -- to find when you need it. And, much of the stuff you'll want to know IS NOT HERE.
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br /Also, don't even think about reading this book straight through. Yes, pieces of it are written in a narrative sort of way AS IF you were supposed to read the book. But if you try to do that, it will be very clear that the editors never read it straight through. I have to wonder if the authors even did. Yep, this is a book for skimming. You skim and skim and skim until you find the right administrative command to do your work.
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br /Unless, of course, your work involves customizing SharePoint at all. Then you're pretty much up the creek, unless you know someone who's done it. Or, if you're super-unfortunate like me, you just decided to spend months figuring it all out.
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br /Microsoft Press almost always lets me down, but this particular book is only about 80% useless. I'm giving it 3 stars since most technical books are even worse, and this is at least average per the sad state of technical literature.
Good reference but overly wordy
This is in fact a good referece for SharePoint. My biggest complaint is that it is overly wordy without adding anything. You won't be disappoint in this book; however, don't be surprized when you find yourself skipping ahead because of word dribbling.
 A new book from BILL
I' waitting for this book : Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Resource Kit (Pro - Resource Kit)
br /by Bill English. If it's good as the other, Just buy it! EROL MVP
sharepoint v2 res kit
very good book. MS rez kit books usually are. Very thorough, concise.
The best resource on SharePoint out there
Bill English's book is still the best overall resource on SharePoint in one package. I can't wait for the update for SharePoint 2007!
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