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Robert McIntosh

Robert McIntosh is a consultant and trainer who teaches about Microsoft and security technologies and is the founder of Covenant Solutions. He is an MCT, an MCSE, and an ISS-certified instructor.
Email: rmcintosh@covenantsolutions.com

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Web Sharing and WebDAV

By Robert McIntosh, 07/30/2001

Robert McIntosh discusses Microsoft IIS's WWW Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV).

New Resource Kit Utilities

By Robert McIntosh, 07/23/2001

Robert McIntosh discusses FAZAM 2000 and the User State Migration Tool, two new utilities you can find in the Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Resource Kit Supplement One.

AD Disaster Recovery

By Robert McIntosh, 07/17/2001

Proper disaster-recovery planning begins long before a failure occurs. Discover what you need to back up and what methods you can use to ensure a successful recovery from an AD ...

DHCP Improvements

By Robert McIntosh, 07/09/2001

Robert McIntosh discusses some of the improvements that Microsoft made to DHCP with Windows 2000.

DHCP in Windows 2000

By Robert McIntosh, 07/02/2001

Win2K's New WINS Features

By Robert McIntosh, 06/25/2001

Robert McIntosh describes several of the enhancements Microsoft has made to WINS since the release of Windows NT 4.0.

Name Resolution in Windows 2000

By Robert McIntosh, 06/11/2001

Robert McIntosh discusses Windows 2000 and name resolution, a critical function in any TCP/IP environment.

Configuring VPNs

By Robert McIntosh, 06/04/2001

Columnist Robert McIntosh explains how to configure VPN on Windows 2000 servers and clients.

Windows 2000 VPN Basics

By Robert McIntosh, 05/28/2001

Robert McIntosh explains some of the basics of Windows 2000's VPN support.

Configuring RAS in a Mixed Environment

By Robert McIntosh, 05/21/2001

Robert McIntosh explains how to configure RAS servers so that dial-up access functions properly in a Windows 2000-Windows NT 4.0 domain.

DNS Zone Types

By Robert McIntosh, 05/14/2001

Windows 2000 DNS supports two kinds of zone files, standard and AD integrated. Robert McIntosh explains each.

PKI and Your Win2K Network

By Robert McIntosh, 05/07/2001

Robert McIntosh discusses a few Win2K services and applications that a public key infrastructure (PKI) can benefit.

Securing Web Communications with SSL

By Robert McIntosh, 04/16/2001

Robert McIntosh explains how to use PKI, Microsoft IIS 5.0, and SSL to secure your Web site’s sensitive content.

Backing Up and Restoring a Remote Domain Controller

By Robert McIntosh, 04/09/2001

Robert McIntosh discusses administering a domain controller (DC) remotely using Windows 2000 Server Terminal Services.

Configuring Your Own CA

By Robert McIntosh, 04/02/2001

Robert McIntosh walks you through the CA configuration process, reviewing some of the configuration options you'll face.

PKI and Windows 2000

By Robert McIntosh, 03/26/2001

Find out how public key infrastructure (PKI) works and how Win2K's Certificate Services lets you establish your own Certificate Authority (CA).

Group Policy Tools

By Robert McIntosh, 03/19/2001

Robert McIntosh describes three tools that help you manage and troubleshoot Windows 2000's Group Policies.

Upgrade Issues

By Robert McIntosh, 03/12/2001

Columnist Robert McIntosh discusses some of the common issues you'll face when as you upgrade from Windows NT 4.0 Windows 2000.

Windows 2000 Time

By Robert McIntosh, 03/05/2001

Robert McIntosh discusses the Windows Time Synchronization service and setting an authoritative time server.



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