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This month, the Windows NT Magazine Lab begins to address the complex issue of NT scaleability. We start ongoing coverage by testing Exchange Server's ability to scale on a high-end NT platform. Focusing on CPU and memory use, we explain our test environment, client/server configurations, and findings with real-world configurations so that you know what to expect from the same boxes in your environment.


Tricord: A Mainframe’s Little Sibling

By Joel Sloss, 11/01/1996

The Tricord PowerFrame is not your typical PC server. It almost classifies as a mainframe or minicomputer.

Who Needs a Firewall?

By Charles Kelly, 11/01/1996

How to determine whether your organization needs a firewall for Internet security.

Inside the Difference Between Windows NT Workstation and Windows NT Server

By Mark Russinovich, 11/01/1996

Microsoft doesn't want you to read this article. At the kernel level, NT Server and NT Workstation are the same, and only a Registry key or two determines which is which. Just ...

Safe Internet Shopping with Microsoft Merchant System

By Ronald K. Arden, 11/01/1996

Microsoft Merchant System lets retailers set up a complete store on the Internet to sell anything.

Licensing Woes and Confusion

By Mark Smith, 11/01/1996

Behind the front lines of the Web browser war, a Web server battle has been raging between O'Reilly & Associaties and Microsoft.

CompuServe Brings NT Online

By David Truncale, 11/01/1996

CompuServe has bet its business on NT. Discover how the online service is migrating its entire operation from its DEC-10 architecture to Windows NT.

Windows NT Disk Administrator

By Michael D. Reilly, 11/01/1996

Discover some neat tricks and services that will make managing your hard drive easy.

Who’s on Your Web Site?

By T.J. Harty, 11/01/1996

Log-analysis packages will tell you what happened earlier on your server, but IISA tells you what's happening now.

Netscape’s New Navigator

By Jonathan Chau, 11/01/1996

Navigator 3.0 is the latest incarnation of Netscape's trend-setting and industry-leading Web browser.

Exploring Internet Access Server Software

By Mark Joseph Edwards, 11/01/1996

This article is the third in a series introducing the Microsoft Catapult proxy server.

Services for Macintosh

By Darren Mar-Elia, 11/01/1996

Connecting Mac users to your Windows NT system? They won't have to change their Mac habits at all.

Name Resolvers: WINS vs. DNS

By Mark Minasi, 11/01/1996

What's in a name? WINS and DNS read names differently, that's what. Check out the subtle differences.

Internet Commerce

By Alex Pournelle, 11/01/1996

Internet commerce the next milestone in the Web's evolution. What does the future hold for online business pioneers?

Optimizing Exchange to Scale on NT

By Joel Sloss, 11/01/1996

The Windows NT Magazine Lab tests Microsoft's Exchange Server's ability to scale on an NT platform based on CPU and memory use. The conclusions might surprise you.

Neat Tricks in NT 4.0 and Benchmarks

By Joel Sloss, 11/01/1996

The Lab Guys tell you about some great features in NT 4.0, and they introduce the Lab's new approach to benchmarking.

NT Europe

By Jon Honeyball, 11/01/1996

NT and trade shows.

Windows NT Event Logs

By Michael Otey, 11/01/1996

A look at NT's built-in Event Log viewer.

Dynameasure by Bluecurve: Born to Measure

By John Enck, 11/01/1996

Test and troubleshoot performance in a client/server environment with Dynameasure, a solution for applications such as server benchmarking, capacity planning, stress testing, and ...

Administering NT Domains from Win95

By Douglas Toombs, 11/01/1996

So you don't have access to NT right now? Windows NT Server Tools for Windows 95 lets you perform NT administrative functions.

Why POET?

By David Truncale, 11/01/1996

CompuServe needed an object-oriented database to handle the complexities of its forums. The solution was POET.

NT News Network

By Valda Hilley, 11/01/1996

This department focuses on what's new in operating systems, hardware, software, support, scalability, the enterprise and Windows NT's take on the trends in the marketplace.

Internet Explorer 3.0

By Jonathan Chau, 11/01/1996

Microsoft's latest Web browser, Internet Explorer 3.0, has what it takes and then some.

Drafting an Internet Policy Document

By Charles Kelly, 11/01/1996

To mitigate the risk of connecting to the Internet, make sure your network security policy is up to date and the security procedures are working.

Firewalls: Securing NT Networks from Internet Intruders

By Charles Kelly, 11/01/1996

Tyring to juggle the importance of Internet access with your network's security? Improve your business security with firewalls and a few rules for Internet users.

Installing and Configuring Dynameasure

By John Enck, 11/01/1996

Step-by-step instructions for installing and configuring Dynameasure.

Customers Want a Solution, Not a Database

By Alex Pournelle, 11/01/1996

Somebody needs to think about what benefits SQL Server 6.5 offers end users and applications.

PartitionMagic: Hard Disk Management Made Easy

By Michael D. Reilly, 11/01/1996

PartitionMagic 2.0 from PowerQuest has some unique abilities, including the ability to change the size of a disk partition without destroying the data.

Building a Network Security Monitor

By Michael Otey, 11/01/1996

Windows NT Magazine introduces this practical, hands-on department by showing how NT APIs let you easily develop a utility to quickly check security on your networked Windows NT ...

Tricks & Traps

By Bob Chronister, 11/01/1996

Find answers to questions about booting to NT, using schedule service, NT 4.0 and icons, TCP/IP printing, modem set up, configuring NT 4.0, Program Manager, and ...

LoadSim Revealed: Scientific Method to the Rescue

By Joel Sloss, 11/01/1996

LoadSim can tell you a great deal about your server's performance, what an optimal configuration is, and what load your server can support.

Is SQL Server Ready for Prime Time?

By Jane Morrill, 11/01/1996

Microsoft announced an alliance with eight other software companies to provide a strong, scalable, interoperable, data-warehousing solution for SQL Server and Windows NT.

Interview with Bruce MacNaughton

By Mark Smith, 11/01/1996

Here is what Bruce MacNaughton had to say about NT.

Can Your Firewall Take the Heat?

By Charles Kelly, 11/01/1996

Vendors and products passed the NCSA certification program.

Reader to Reader - November 1996

By Readers, 11/01/1996

Share your NT discoveries, comments, problems, solutions, and experiences with products and reach out to other Windows NT Magazine readers (including Microsoft).

Securing Commerce on the Web

By Ronald K. Arden, 11/01/1996

To provide secure commerce across the Web, Merchant System will rely on Secure Sockets Layer and Secure Elecronic Transactions.

RAID Performance and NT: Configuring an Enterprise Server

By Joel Sloss, 11/01/1996

The test results of Exchange and NT scalability sparked analyzing the effects of disk configuration and performance on overall system performance.


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