I found this book to be very useful after building my WHS home server. The first several chapters I read straight through, dealing with installation and initial setup. The troubleshooting tips and alternate methods helped when loading the server clients on my other computers (e.g., trouble with the install cd, so used "direct from server" method shown in the book).
Later on, I found the index to be very useful in researching topics for things I knew I wanted to do, but didn't know how to do them. After I had the sever up and running, I read the chapters that pertained to my setup, with others to be read if/when I utilize those functions.
Given the layout and functional categorization of the various chapters, this book is very easy to use, reading what you need, and saving other chapters for need.
WHS is a product that is quite well done by Microsoft, and this book will help you get the best out of your server. Easy to follow, with good screen shots and step by step instructions. My only complaint is that sometimes the type is a bit hard to see in the screen shots (e.g., looking for 1 line in a full shot), but otherwise a very nice book to have in hand.
I can't say this is the best book on WHS, but it certainly gets the job done and is a good reference to have on your bookshelf. I certainly prefer a hard copy over on-line help, and the cost was certainly offset by time saved.
