[THIN] Re: books
- From: "Brian Madden" <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:03:25 -0500
Hi Randy,
I didn't see anyone respond to this, so I'll throw in my two cents... :-)
For MetaFrame XP, there are four books:
*Citrix MetaFrame XP: Advanced Technical Design Guide, by Brian Madden
*Citrix MetaFrame for Windows Server 2003: The Official Guide, by Steve
Kaplan
*Inside Citrix MetaFrame XP: A System Administrator's Guide to Citrix
MetaFrame XP/1.8 and Windows Terminal Services, by Ted Hardwood
*Configuring Citrix MetaFrame XP for Windows, by Melissa Craft
AS for which is best generally depends on what you're looking for.
Brian Madden's book focuses on real world design. I has no screen shots and
is not a rehash of the instruction manual. It's made for people who need to
design Citrix environments. It's written on Windows 2000 and XP FR-2, but
from a design standpoint, it's all the same.
Ted Hardwood's book is more of an admin guide. Sure, it covers some design
stuff, but it's more about what Citrix is and how to use it. It's written on
MetaFrame XP FR-1, but it has a lot of content on MF 1.8 administration as
well.
Kaplan's book is published by Citrix Press. It's not as technical as the
other two, rather, it talks a lot about what server-based computing is and
when to use it, how to run projects, etc. Since it's published by Citrix,
everything in it is always positive all the time. (Which isn't exactly how
the real world always works.) The good news is that this book is new, so it
covers FR-3 and Win 2003.
Melissa Craft's book is also written on XP FR-1. It was written by several
authors (many are members of this list, actually). Unfortunately, the book
lacks a central focus and overall isn't that strong. This book is not really
in contention for consideration.
From a Windows 2003 standpoint, there are two books that focus on Terminal
Services:
*Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Terminal Services, by Bernhard Tritsch
*Terminal Services for Microsoft Windows Server 2003: Advanced Technical
Design Guide, by Brian Madden and Ron Oglesby
Bernhard Tritsch's book is published by MS Press, so there is a lot of spin.
Also, it tries to cover a lot of MetaFrame stuff which leaves it kind of
weak in the pure TS area.
Oglesby & Madden's book is written for people who want to use Terminal
Services only. It's for people who need to design Windows 2003 Terminal
Server environments.
Finally, a few more points:
If you're not sure about whether you want to use plain Terminal Services or
Citrix MetaFrame, check out my head-to-head comparison of them (and DAT
Panther, Jetro, and Tarantella New Moon Canaveral iQ) at
http://www.brianmadden.com/reviews/SBC_Software_Roundup.htm
Also, if you haven't read it yet, be sure to get Doug Brown's MetaFrame XP
Methodology-in-a-Box. This leads you through a MetaFrame XP design and
implementation from a project management standpoint.
Brian
Brian Madden
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Visit www.brianmadden.com for in-depth Citrix, Terminal Server, and
server-based computing news and analysis, white papers, downloadable videos,
and product reviews.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Randy Wood
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:19 PM
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Subject: [THIN] books
What books would anyone recommend on MF XP FR3, and Windows 2003? Thanks.
David R. Wood (Randy)
Systems Engineer
Southwest Bank of Texas
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