O'Reilly is putting the finishing touches on my latest book:
Windows Server Cookbook. It is due out March 23rd. Take a look at the
table of contents if you want to see what's in it. I've started getting the scripts in order and hope to have them (and parallel Perl examples) on this website by the release date. You can
pre-order the book on Amazon now.
I just got a copy of the cover for the book today and I'm happy with how it
turned out:
If you are the observant type, you might have noticed that
Mark Russinovichwrote the Foreword for the book. I use a bunch of
Sysinternals tools in the book and thought it would be fitting if Mark wrote the Foreword. He was nice enough to oblige. I've always admired Mark's knowledge of the Windows operating system and his uncanny ability to deliver extremely practical sys admin tools. He's one of those rare people that knows both theory and implementation. He can code and he can troubleshoot. He can describe low-level operating system constructs and he can create useful tools that make the OS easier to manage. He's sort of a super-admin. My goal with Windows Server Cookbook is to impart some of these super-admin qualities to those that don't have a Ph.D in Computer Science.
I've decided to create yet another blog. There is so much stuff going on at MIT that I could easily post something new every day. The way I have my current home page set up makes it difficult to post quickly (I'm still hand-editing the rss.xml file). Now I have three blogs plus this home page. Here is a quick overview of what each is for:
- Home page: The page your are reading now is for general updates on what I'm doing, conferences I'm speaking at, books and articles
I'm writing, etc.
- Active Directory Cookbook Blog: All the news and tidbits I collect about Active Directory, LDAP, and Identity Management.
Maintaining this blog helps keep me current on the IdM and Directory Services industry.
- Carolina Basketball Update: An outlet to write about my favorite team and sport - University of North Carolina Basketball.
- Robbie's MIT Musings: A log of my experiences while attending MIT.
