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Robbie Allen is the coauthor of Active Directory, 2nd Edition and the author of the Active Directory Cookbook. Visit Robbie's web site at www.robbieallen.com.

Active Directory by Robbie Allen , Brian Desmond , Alistair G. Lowe-Norris , Joe Richards Fifth Edition November 2012	Active Directory Cookbook by Laura E. Hunter , Robbie Allen Third Edition December 2008 Print: $59.99 Ebook: $43.99
Active Directory by Brian Desmond , Joe Richards , Robbie Allen , Alistair G. Lowe-Norris Fourth Edition November 2008 Print: $54.99 Ebook: $43.99	Active Directory Cookbook by Robbie Allen , Laura E. Hunter Second Edition June 2006 Ebook: $39.99
Active Directory by Robbie Allen , Joe Richards , Alistair G. Lowe-Norris Third Edition January 2006 Ebook: $39.99	Windows Server 2003 Security Cookbook by Mike Danseglio , Robbie Allen December 2005 Print: $49.95 Ebook: $39.99
Windows XP Cookbook by Robbie Allen , Preston Gralla August 2005 Print: $44.95 Ebook: $35.99	Windows Server Cookbook by Robbie Allen March 2005 Print: $44.95 Ebook: $35.99
DNS on Windows Server 2003 by Cricket Liu , Matt Larson , Robbie Allen Third Edition December 2003 Print: $49.99 Ebook: $31.99	Active Directory Cookbook by Robbie Allen September 2003 OUT OF PRINT
Active Directory by Robbie Allen , Alistair G. Lowe-Norris Second Edition April 2003 OUT OF PRINT

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Data as seeds of content

April 05 2012

Visualizations are one way to make sense of data, but they aren't the only way. Robbie Allen reveals six additional outputs that help users derive meaningful insights from data. read more

How I automated my writing career

November 03 2011

You scale content businesses by increasing the number of people who create the content ... or so conventional wisdom says. Learn how a former author is using software to simulate and expand human-quality writing. read more

How I automated my writing career

November 03 2011

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VBScript or Perl?
Publish Date: Nov. 18, 2003In the process of writing Active Directory Cookbook, author and long-time Perl coder Robbie Allen had to make a decision that Windows system administrators often face: whether to use VBScript or Perl? Ultimately, Robbie decided to use VBScript for the book's examples (though you can find Perl examples on his web site). In this article, Robbie outlines the advantages and disadvantages of each language, with sample code, to help you determine which works best for your project. Overview of the New Active Directory Tools in Windows Server 2003
Publish Date: Oct. 14, 2003Microsoft set out to improve manageability in several key areas with the release of Windows Server 2003. Did it succeed? Robbie Allen, author of the recently released Active Directory Cookbook, gives you the rundown on the best new tools for improving manageability. Introduction to System.DirectoryServices, Part 2
Publish Date: Aug. 4, 2003In the conclusion to this two-part series on using the .NET Framework's System.DirectoryServices namespace, Robbie Allen, coauthor of Active Directory, 2nd Edition, looks at how to search with the DirectorySearcher class. Introduction to System.DirectoryServices, Part 1
Publish Date: Jul. 28, 2003The .NET Framework's System.DirectoryServices namespace contains numerous classes, but two you should become familiar with are DirectoryEntry and DirectorySearcher. In Part 1 of this two-part series, Robbie Allen, coauthor of Active Directory, 2nd Edition, covers the DirectoryEntry class and shows examples of how to iterate over the attributes of an object. In Part 2 next week, he'll cover the DirectorySearcher class and show examples of how you can modify objects.

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