Is there a manual for Lion Server?

Where can I find detailed documentation for Lion Server?

Piggy-backing but the lack of official documentation amazes me and can be seen as a sign of immature product roll-out. My similar question is below, but unless something has changed I will be looking at 3d party books (yes, in paper).
What is the best overall documentation and guide for using OS X Lion Server? I am using a Mac Mini (2.3/8GB/500GB) and learning the server in preparation for a small office server. I am just using it at home now but going to try multiple user config for iCal, document sharing, remote access, VPN server, print server, mail server, and back-up. I am suprised not only by the presence of so much adverse comment but even more by the apparent lack of solid and readily available documentation from apple--maybe it is there and I have just missed it. I downloaded from apple.com the .pdf
Lion Server
Upgrading and
Migrating
For Mac OS X v10.7 Lion Server.
Not much there for getting started from scratch. I viewed www.apple.com/macosx/server/ which is more marketing than help. I also went to https://discussions.apple.com/community/servers_enterprise_software/mac_os_x_lio n_server and ended up back here. Is there a good old fashioned paper book that I can sit in the sun with a cup of tea and start to both skim and study?
forrest

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/rant
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The truth is, I shouldn't have posted this. Sorry. Late. Frustrated. I really just want it to work. I got Lion in hopes of learning how it worked. Now that I know it doesn't, I know not to recommend to my clients.
Apple should give up trying to "make believe" you can manage an Enterprise Network Server using a GUI. They have successfully proven it over and over. Lion is their coup d' gras of "Don't try this at home".
Now, I will search the forum for the answer, sure to discover that after a long, long, session in Terminal, using cryptic unix commands, I'll solve my problem.
That's all. It will be doubly frustrating, as I'll have to turn off the Server so I can even see the internet, to find answers, create pdf's of web pages, turn the server back on, and try to fix.
It is simply unacceptable. That's all.

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